Reproductive health advocates praise Liberal pledges but caution more details needed [Video]

Liberal Party pledges to make an access to abortion fund permanent, spend up to $20,000 for IVF treatment and invest in data collection on issues like menopause are welcomed initiatives, some women’s health advocates say.

But they also cautioned that the party needs to release more details, particularly on how such initiatives would be funded. While the IVF program did lay out an actual dollar amount, the party’s platform does not detail how much it would invest in other reproductive health programs.

“I’m excited about visible commitments to women’s reproductive health, women’s safety, gender,” said Frédérique Chabot, executive director of Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, an organization that advocates for sexual and reproductive health issues in Canada and globally.

“There’s a lot of measures that will benefit people. And we’ll see what it actually looks like if they form government.”