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I think we should set up abortion clinics at every Canada/Us border crossing. This could be a real money maker.

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[–] willybe@lemmy.ca 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If the woman who travels to Canada to get an abortion, and faces legal issues at home because of that, then they should be able to claim refugee status.

[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

Agreed. That's the kind of immigration I can get behind.

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Which of the border states even ban it?

Washington definitely doesn't here on the west coast.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Only a few according to these maps. And in those cases, residents would probably better going out of state instead of out of country. And even if those resident who went out of country, I would expect only a minority would arrive via land boarders.

[–] karlhungus@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm all for women's right to choose. How would we make money, I think we'd essentially be funding US medical treatments, which I'm ethically fine with, but would prefer to have my taxes go towards things for Canadians.

My understanding is that we can't have a private system along side the public system without "funding" the private system by WTO rules. Besides the fact that running a private system beside a public system is parasitic (i.e. we are assuming an infinite supply of doctors and nurses).

I think we should probably focus on paying our existing nurses and doctors better, and getting our hospitals back in working order.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 years ago

, I think we’d essentially be funding US medical treatments, which I’m ethically fine with

Canada maintains a rate structure for non-residents needing healthcare while in Canada. (Hint: Get your travel insurance)

[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

If you're not covered by provincial insurance, you pay out of pocket.

[–] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Are there any anti-choice states that border us? Maybe North Dakota but that's the only one I can think of and I'm not even sure about their stance on abortion