A group of Saskatchewan medical students wants the provincial government to make prescription birth control available free of charge.
“Our call to the government is to implement prescription coverage of contraception in order to reduce barriers of access,” said Natisha Thakkar, a University of Saskatchewan medical student and one of the co-founders of Universal Access to Contraception Saskatchewan (UACSask).
The students say universal coverage can improve people’s health and well-being. They say the cost of birth control options in Saskatchewan is preventing people from accessing them — potentially leading to unplanned pregnancies or other health complications.
Thakkar said IUDs (devices embedded into the uterus
