Groups pressure Quebec to cover perinatal care costs for migrant women [Video]

Citizens, unions, organizations and MNAs are putting pressure on the Legault government to ensure public coverage of perinatal care for all pregnant women living in Quebec, regardless of their immigration status.

They are calling on the government to stop limiting access to perinatal care for pregnant migrants living in Quebec whose immigration status does not give them access to health insurance.

A petition sponsored by the Quebec Liberal Party with more than 3,000 signatures has been submitted to the National Assembly. The College of Physicians, Médecins du monde and the Regroupement Les sages-femmes du Québec (RSFQ) are also supporting the petition. Quebec Solidaire (QS) tabled a bill on the subject on Wednesday.

During question period, Health Minister Christian Dubé said he would continue to look at what could be done.

“We will always come up with solutions to situations that are worrying, exceptional, out of the ordinary, but at some …