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The nonpartisan campaign for universal no-cost prescription contraception in British Columbia. accessbc.org linktr.ee/accessbc

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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Wouldn't this be a perfect New Year's Goal 🤩 You can help make this happen! Join Access BC's fight. You can write your MLA. You can donate to the organization. You can share your story. #AccessBC #BCPoli #CndPoli #NotJustAPinch #ReproductiveJustice
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Want to help pain management for IUDs? Check out our campaign briefing paper for all the info you need! www.accessbc.org/_files/ugd/9...
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Imagine a world where you can get the care you need and deserve, without wondering how you're going to be able to pay for it. Access BC believes this is possible Go to pharmacarematters.ca to share your story #BCPoli #CndPoli #AccessBC #ReproductiveJustice #HealthPolicy #UniversalContraception
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Only B.C., Manitoba, P.E.I. and Yukon have signed deals so far. “That’s worrying,” said Teale Phelps Bondaroff with AccessBC, a grassroots group that successfully lobbied for free contraceptives in British Columbia and has advocated for access across the country."
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Is pharmacare on ice? Health minister says no new deals with provinces in the works | CBC News
Canada’s public drug insurance program appears to be in limbo, with the Carney government failing to earmark any new money to expand coverage to the rest of the country.
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Pain management is a right, not a luxury. Learn what you can do at www.accessbc.org #ReproductiveJustice #BCPoli #HealthPolicy #Feminism #CdnPoli #IUD @cheknews.ca cheknews.ca/systemic-fai...
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'Systemic failure': Advocacy group calls for easier access to pain relief during IUD insertions
An advocacy group in B.C. is calling for easier access to pain relief for patients when getting an intrauterine device (IUD) inserted.
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Advocates calling for improved pain management for IUD insertions in B.C. 🌟Help us make a change by sending your MLA and the Minister of Health a letter at www.accessbc.org #bcpoli #painmanagement #iud #CBCVancouver www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Advocates calling for improved pain management for IUD insertions | CBC News
For some, the procedure is no problem. For others, it’s extremely painful.
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Access BC acknowledges Transgender Day of Remembrance #TransgenderDayofRemembrance #ReproductiveJustice #BCPoli #Contraception #Feminism
Image is a white box with blue, white, and pink border and candle in the same colours. AccessBC logo in black followed by text reading: Transgender Day of Remembrance, November 20,2025
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Currently, there are no standardized practice guidelines for evaluating and planning for pain management during the insertion of an IUD in British Columbia. Learn what can be done at www.accessbc.org #bcpoli #iudpain @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/video/2025/1...
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‘Not just a pinch’; reproductive justice group push for IUD pain management
More people in B.C. are choosing an IUD for their birth control, but the insertion is often painful and performed without any sedatives. Cecilia Hua with more on how a reproductive justice group is ca...
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Improving access to preventative medicine will help take pressure off our healthcare system AccessBC has just launched a campaign focused on improving pain management for IUD insertions! Learn more: www.AccessBC.org #contraception and #ReproductiveJustice . www.tiktok.com/@tealepb/vid...
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Improving access to preventative medicine will help take pressure off our healthcare system 👍 AccessBC has just launched a new campaign focused on improving pain management for IUD insertions in BC! L...
TikTok video by Teale P.B. 🇨🇦🦆
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Learn more about our new More Than a Pinch campaign at www.accessbc.org/not-just-a-p... #ReproductiveJustice #Feminism #MemeMonday #BCPoli
Title: Pain relief for IUD insertion
Top image is a figure in orange hoodie with a sad face and hand up next to the text: "It's Just a Pinch".
Bottom image is the same figure with a happy face next to the text: Pain Relief is not a Luxury It's a Right.
caption: Learn more at accessbc.org
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Happy ThxBirthControl day! Campaigns all around the world are still fighting for reproductive healthcare rights, will you support them? www.bedsider.org/features/254...
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Why Thanks, Birth Control Day matters more than ever this year
As we prepare for Thanks, Birth Control Day next week (Wednesday, November 15th—come hang out with us!), we’ve been thin
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Our new campaign is launching Monday! www.accessbc.org/not-just-a-p...
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Carney’s Budget 2025 plans to cut healthcare funding. Is this the future we want? www.healthcoalition.ca/4-things-you...
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4 things you need to know about health care in the federal budget
Cuts, broken promises, and missed opportunities for health care in Carney's first budget
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
It’s been a year, why don’t all Canadians have free prescription contraception? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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Trudeau made headlines with free birth control. Why didn’t Canada follow through?
Nearly a year after a historic law promised free contraception, most provinces still haven’t signed on
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Catholic universities across the US are restricting student access to contraception. So the students are taking it in their own hands! halifax.citynews.ca/2025/09/30/a...
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A student 'womb service' works covertly to deliver contraception at a Catholic college
CHICAGO (AP) — College student Maya Roman has the handoff down to a science: a text message, a walk to a designated site, and a paper bag delivered with condoms and Plan B emergency contraception. At ...
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Low income countries use less contraception, a study! theconversation.com/birth-contro...
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Birth control in Africa: study tracks the use of long-acting contraception in 26 countries
Appropriate interventions are needed to increase the use of long-acting reversible contraceptives in sub-Saharan Africa.
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
The global impact of the Trump administration on reproductive health policies is significant…and bad! internationalmidwives.org/global-trend...
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Global Trends in Opposition to Women’s Reproductive Autonomy | International Confederation of Midwives
Sexual and reproductive health and rights are increasingly under threat. The Trump Administration in the U.S. has restricted dialogue about and access to contraception and safe abortion causing a glob...
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
IMPORTANT!!! Your access to healthcare shouldn’t depend on your postal code! Join our letter writing campaign to tell Carney it is unacceptable that he isn’t committing to new pharmacare deals promised under Bill C-64. www.accessbc.org
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AccessBC | Campaign for Free Prescription Contraception in BC
AccessBC is a group of people from around British Columbia who are concerned with removing barriers to accessing prescription contraception. It's time for free prescription contraception in BC.
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
The federal government must follow through on funding Pharmacare for ALL Canadians! www.timescolonist.com/national-new...
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Advocates question fairness as federal government backs away from pharmacare program
OTTAWA — Reproductive health advocates say the federal government's failure to commit to funding pharmacare in all provinces and territories is leaving people with a lot of uncertainty, and could crea...
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
ACCOUNTABILITY TIME! Carney is backing away from Pharmacare. Everyday Canadians deserve equitable attention from the federal government, us as individuals matter just as much as the macro issues in this country! www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
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Health advocates shocked as Carney Liberals back away from pharmacare program
Health advocates say they’re shocked to hear the federal government may not sign more pharmacare funding deals, which would leave coverage uneven across the country.
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
African women face significant barriers in accessing contraception, including clinic access, cultural pressure from their husband, and cost. nation.africa/kenya/news/g...
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
In preparation for the launch of our new campaign for pain management for IUD insertions we are asking for stories! If you have a story about an IUD experience that you would like to share, go to our website www.accessbc.org and click the ‘Share Your Story’ link at the bottom of the pages.
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
We are raising funds to continue our advocacy campaigns. If you care about reproductive justice, please consider donating through our link! www.accessbc.org/donate-1
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Donate to support AccessBC
We are a group of young people from around British Columbia who are concerned with removing barriers to accessing prescription contraception. We are running this campaign out of pocket and on a shoe s...
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
In preparation for the launch of our new pain management for IUD insertion campaign, we are collecting stories. If you would like to share an experience with an IUD go to our homepage at www.accessbc.org and click the “Share Your Story” link at the bottom of the page. Thank you!
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Sara Sunderji presented our new campaign to the 2025 BC Budget Consultation last Wednesday, and did an amazing job! We will be advocating for pain management for IUD insertions! Sign up to our newsletter to stay up to date with what we are doing!
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Slogan contest!!! Hey friends, we are looking for a slogan to go with this awesome graphic that reflects our fundamental Canadian values, specifically reproductive justice! So please shoot us your ideas!
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Today’s the day to vote! www.elections.ca to register and find polling locations and hours.
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Action Canada is sounding the alarm on the political leaders not addressing healthcare in their messaging. www.actioncanadashr.org/news/2025-04...
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Expand Pharmacare across the country! www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
We need to remember our vulnerable populations during this election. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
2SLGBTQ+ Canadians want politicians this federal election to commit to safeguarding rights | CBC News
With Canada's 45th federal election two weeks away, 2SLGBTQ+ voters, community organizations and experts say tariffs have overshadowed the salient issues against a rising transphobic and anti-queer rh...
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Criminal charges for women who seek abortion? This is regressive ideology that infringes on our right to reproductive autonomy! www.newwestrecord.ca/health/these...
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These abortion abolitionists want women who get abortion to face criminal charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Kristan Hawkins, president of the national anti-abortion group Students for Life, tours college campuses, she has grown accustomed to counterprotests from abortion rights activist...
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
We need to hold Carney accountable for pharmacare! canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/04/14/p...
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Pharmacare’s future
Carney’s stance on pharmacare will show whose side he’s on.
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
We want healthcare funding part of our parties platforms! www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
We are marking the 2nd anniversary of free prescription contraception in BC! Over 300,000 people have been helped! That’s cause for celebration! 🥳 Check out our media advisory and if you’re feeling a bit generous while you’re there, consider donating! www.accessbc.org/2ndanniversary
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AccessBC Campaign celebrates second anniversary of free prescription contraception in BC
The AccessBC Campaign is celebrating the second anniversary of free prescription contraception in British Columbia. As national pharmacare, which includes coverage of prescription contraception, rolls...
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Amazing news today!!! Yukon has signed on to Pharmacare!! A huge win toward health equity and access for all Canadians!!! www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...
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Government of Canada signs pharmacare agreement with Yukon to improve universal access to free medications
Today, Member of Parliament Brendan Hanley, on behalf of the Honourable Kamal Khera, Canada’s Minister of Health, and the Honourable Tracy-Anne McPhee, Yukon’s Minister of Health and Social Services, ...
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
It is unacceptable that the new Prime Minister eliminated the cabinet position of Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth (WAGE). We demand better! www.criaw-icref.ca/statements/j...
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Joint News Release on Minister of WAGE - CRIAW
Canadian Government Eliminates Minister for Women and Gender Equality Amid United Nations Women’s Rights Summit For Immediate Release New York UNHQ –   It is unacceptable that the new Canadian Prime M...
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Happy international women’s day!
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
www.accessbc.org/bcsignsc64
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AccessBC Celebrates BC Signing of Pharmacare Agreement
On the morning of March 6th, federal Minister of Health Mark Holland and the provincial Minister of Health Josie Osborne announced the signing of a pharmacare agreement between their respective govern...
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
A call to action for eastern Canada on the day Manitoba secures free contraception! www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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COMMENTARY: Atlantic Canada premiers need to urgently opt in to pharmacare
"Our best hope is to pass bilateral agreements between Ottawa and the Atlantic provinces before the election," writes Catherine Cervin.
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rePROs Fight Back @reprosfightback.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Check out the 2025 #ReproJustice Policy Agenda from Intersections of Our Lives, a collaboration of @blackwomensrj.bsky.social, the National Latina Institute for RJ, & the @napawf.org! Share with family, friends, & local lawmakers: intersectionsofourlives.org/wp-content/u...
Red and blue cover of the 2025 Reproductive Justice Policy Agenda, created by Intersections of Our Lives. At the bottom, there are the logos of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice.
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Meme Monday!
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
We need bill c-64 to pass before the election! Please support our national letter writing campaign! Go to accessbc.org to find the letter, and I’ve linked the federal government website with the information. www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...
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AccessBC | Campaign for Free Prescription Contraception in BC
AccessBC is a group of people from around British Columbia who are concerned with removing barriers to accessing prescription contraception. It's time for free prescription contraception in BC.
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Why do we care about universal no-cost prescription contraception? For those of you new to our campaign, here are some of the (many) reasons free contraception just makes sense! part 1/2
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AccessBC @accessbc.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Welcome to AccessBC's new bluesky account! We are a nonpartisan campaign advocating for universal no-cost prescription contraception in BC - a fight we won in 2023, and now we advocate for no-cost contraception across Canada and reproductive justice for all! Follow to learn more about our campaign
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