BC NDP tries to make abortion election issue, BC Conservatives push back [Video]

Ahead of next month’s provincial election, the BC NDP is claiming the BC Conservatives – if elected – will reduce access to abortion and support for other reproductive health services if elected.

Women’s reproductive health has been a major focus of the NDP government from funding birth control and abortion pills, to promising one round of IVF treatment per family starting next year.

Premier David Eby was quick to highlight his government’s approach during a pre-campaign event in Victoria on Tuesday.

“We were the first province to make birth control free,” Eby said. “We’ve had hundreds of thousands of British Columbians take advantage of that, saving about $10,000 over a lifetime. [People are] able to access prescription birth control now through a pharmacist if they don’t have a family doctor.”

And after Eby rattled off his government’s progress on the reproductive health file, he went on the offense against BC …