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Wouldn't this be a perfect New Year's Goal 🤩

You can help make this happen!

Join Access BC's fight.

You can write your MLA. You can donate to the organization. You can share your story.

#AccessBC #BCPoli #CndPoli #NotJustAPinch #ReproductiveJustice

Want to help pain management for IUDs? Check out our campaign briefing paper for all the info you need!

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Imagine a world where you can get the care you need and deserve, without wondering how you're going to be able to pay for it.

Access BC believes this is possible

Go to pharmacarematters.ca to share your story

#BCPoli #CndPoli #AccessBC #ReproductiveJustice #HealthPolicy #UniversalContraception

#ReproductiveJustice #BCPoli #HealthPolicy #Feminism #CdnPoli #IUD

Is pharmacare on ice? Health minister says no new deals with provinces in the works | CBC News Canada’s public drug insurance program appears to be in limbo, with the Carney government failing to earmark any new money to expand coverage to the rest of the country.

Only B.C., Manitoba, P.E.I. and Yukon have signed deals so far.

“That’s worrying,” said Teale Phelps Bondaroff with AccessBC, a grassroots group that successfully lobbied for free contraceptives in British Columbia and has advocated for access across the country."

'Systemic failure': Advocacy group calls for easier access to pain relief during IUD insertions An advocacy group in B.C. is calling for easier access to pain relief for patients when getting an intrauterine device (IUD) inserted.

Pain management is a right, not a luxury.

Learn what you can do at www.accessbc.org

#ReproductiveJustice #BCPoli #HealthPolicy #Feminism #CdnPoli #IUD @cheknews.ca

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Advocates calling for improved pain management for IUD insertions | CBC News For some, the procedure is no problem. For others, it’s extremely painful.

Advocates calling for improved pain management for IUD insertions in B.C.

🌟Help us make a change by sending your MLA and the Minister of Health a letter at www.accessbc.org

#bcpoli #painmanagement #iud #CBCVancouver

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Image is a white box with blue, white, and pink border and candle in the same colours. AccessBC logo in black followed by text reading: Transgender Day of Remembrance, November 20,2025

Access BC acknowledges Transgender Day of Remembrance
#TransgenderDayofRemembrance #ReproductiveJustice #BCPoli #Contraception #Feminism

‘Not just a pinch’; reproductive justice group push for IUD pain management More people in B.C. are choosing an IUD for their birth control, but the insertion is often painful and performed without any sedatives. Cecilia Hua with more on how a reproductive justice group is ca...

Currently, there are no standardized practice guidelines for evaluating and planning for pain management during the insertion of an IUD in British Columbia. Learn what can be done at www.accessbc.org

#bcpoli #iudpain @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social

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Improving access to preventative medicine will help take pressure off our healthcare system 👍 AccessBC has just launched a new campaign focused on improving pain management for IUD insertions in BC! L... TikTok video by Teale P.B. 🇨🇦🦆

Improving access to preventative medicine will help take pressure off our healthcare system

AccessBC has just launched a campaign focused on improving pain management for IUD insertions! Learn more:
www.AccessBC.org
#contraception and #ReproductiveJustice .
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Title: Pain relief for IUD insertion Top image is a figure in orange hoodie with a sad face and hand up next to the text: "It's Just a Pinch". Bottom image is the same figure with a happy face next to the text: Pain Relief is not a Luxury It's a Right. caption: Learn more at accessbc.org

Learn more about our new More Than a Pinch campaign at www.accessbc.org/not-just-a-p...
#ReproductiveJustice #Feminism #MemeMonday #BCPoli

Why Thanks, Birth Control Day matters more than ever this year As we prepare for Thanks, Birth Control Day next week (Wednesday, November 15th—come hang out with us!), we’ve been thin

Happy ThxBirthControl day! Campaigns all around the world are still fighting for reproductive healthcare rights, will you support them?

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Our new campaign is launching Monday!

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4 things you need to know about health care in the federal budget Cuts, broken promises, and missed opportunities for health care in Carney's first budget

Carney’s Budget 2025 plans to cut healthcare funding. Is this the future we want?

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Trudeau made headlines with free birth control. Why didn’t Canada follow through? Nearly a year after a historic law promised free contraception, most provinces still haven’t signed on

It’s been a year, why don’t all Canadians have free prescription contraception?

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A student 'womb service' works covertly to deliver contraception at a Catholic college CHICAGO (AP) — College student Maya Roman has the handoff down to a science: a text message, a walk to a designated site, and a paper bag delivered with condoms and Plan B emergency contraception. At ...

Catholic universities across the US are restricting student access to contraception. So the students are taking it in their own hands!

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Birth control in Africa: study tracks the use of long-acting contraception in 26 countries Appropriate interventions are needed to increase the use of long-acting reversible contraceptives in sub-Saharan Africa.

Low income countries use less contraception, a study!

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Global Trends in Opposition to Women’s Reproductive Autonomy | International Confederation of Midwives Sexual and reproductive health and rights are increasingly under threat. The Trump Administration in the U.S. has restricted dialogue about and access to contraception and safe abortion causing a glob...

The global impact of the Trump administration on reproductive health policies is significant…and bad!

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AccessBC | Campaign for Free Prescription Contraception in BC AccessBC is a group of people from around British Columbia who are concerned with removing barriers to accessing prescription contraception. It's time for free prescription contraception in BC.

IMPORTANT!!!

Your access to healthcare shouldn’t depend on your postal code! Join our letter writing campaign to tell Carney it is unacceptable that he isn’t committing to new pharmacare deals promised under Bill C-64.

www.accessbc.org

Advocates question fairness as federal government backs away from pharmacare program OTTAWA — Reproductive health advocates say the federal government's failure to commit to funding pharmacare in all provinces and territories is leaving people with a lot of uncertainty, and could crea...

The federal government must follow through on funding Pharmacare for ALL Canadians!

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Health advocates shocked as Carney Liberals back away from pharmacare program Health advocates say they’re shocked to hear the federal government may not sign more pharmacare funding deals, which would leave coverage uneven across the country.

ACCOUNTABILITY TIME!

Carney is backing away from Pharmacare. Everyday Canadians deserve equitable attention from the federal government, us as individuals matter just as much as the macro issues in this country!

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African women face significant barriers in accessing contraception, including clinic access, cultural pressure from their husband, and cost. nation.africa/kenya/news/g...

In preparation for the launch of our new campaign for pain management for IUD insertions we are asking for stories! If you have a story about an IUD experience that you would like to share, go to our website www.accessbc.org and click the ‘Share Your Story’ link at the bottom of the pages.

Donate to support AccessBC We are a group of young people from around British Columbia who are concerned with removing barriers to accessing prescription contraception. We are running this campaign out of pocket and on a shoe s...

We are raising funds to continue our advocacy campaigns. If you care about reproductive justice, please consider donating through our link!

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In preparation for the launch of our new pain management for IUD insertion campaign, we are collecting stories. If you would like to share an experience with an IUD go to our homepage at www.accessbc.org and click the “Share Your Story” link at the bottom of the page. Thank you!

Sara Sunderji presented our new campaign to the 2025 BC Budget Consultation last Wednesday, and did an amazing job! We will be advocating for pain management for IUD insertions! Sign up to our newsletter to stay up to date with what we are doing!

Slogan contest!!!

Hey friends, we are looking for a slogan to go with this awesome graphic that reflects our fundamental Canadian values, specifically reproductive justice! So please shoot us your ideas!

Today’s the day to vote! www.elections.ca to register and find polling locations and hours.

Action Canada is sounding the alarm on the political leaders not addressing healthcare in their messaging.

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Expand Pharmacare across the country!

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