Birth control will become free for all Manitobans with a prescription as of Oct. 1, Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara announced on Thursday.
The Manitoba pharmacare program will cover the full cost of about 60 commonly used birth control products, including the pill, intrauterine devices, hormone injections and others.
“Costs should never be a barrier to you receiving the health care you need, and we all know that reproductive health care is health care. Birth control is health care,” Asagwara said.
“People deserve to have autonomy over their bodies, autonomy over their health-care choices, and to have the choice to make reproductive decisions that make the most sense for them. This announcement today is about reproductive justice.”
