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A former New Brunswick family doctor who closed her Sussex practice in February had been ordered to repay the Department of Health more than $500,000 in Medicare billings.

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  FREDERICTON -- A New Brunswick judge on Monday reserved her decision on whether a national civil liberties group can challenge the provinces abortion law, which bans government funding for abortions conducted outside approved hospitals. Court of Queens Bench Chief Justice Tracey DeWare told the hearing Monday shell decide by the end of June if the Canadian Civil Liberties Association should be granted public interest standing. The group launched legal action in January, seeking the court...

Regulation 84-20 of the Medical Services Payment Act prohibits government subsidies for abortions conducted outside an approved hospital. Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, CCLAs equality program director, said, "Womens choices about their bodies do not need to be regulated. "It is the regulation of women, girls and trans individuals bodies through regulation 84-20 that is the problem," she told a virtual news conference Thursday. The group says the regulation is inconsistent with and in violation of the C...

Kevin Bissett Clinic 554 in Fredericton, N.B., is shown on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. A national civil Liberties group has launched legal action against the province of New Brunswick in an effort to increase abortion access in the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kevin Bissett January 07, 2021 - 9:11 AM FREDERICTON - A national civil liberties group is launching a legal action against New Brunswick in order to increase abortion access in the province. The Canadian Civil Li...

Clinic 554 in Fredericton, N.B. (Image: Facebook) A national human rights organization has filed a lawsuit against the New Brunswick government over abortion access in the province. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) filed a statement of claim with the Court of Queen’s Bench in Fredericton this week. They want the courts to repeal provincial legislation which prevents Medicare from covering abortions performed outside of designated hospitals. “Today, we are making the beginnin...

FREDERICTON — A national civil liberties group is launching a legal action against New Brunswick in order to increase abortion access in the province. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association filed a statement of claim with the Court of Queen’s Bench on Wednesday, seeking for a judge to declare a section of New Brunswick law unconstitutional. That section of the Medical Services Payment Act prohibits state subsidies for abortions conducted outside an approved hospital. New Brunswick’s gov...

Winnipeg Free Press By: Kevin Bissett, The Canadian Press Posted: Last Modified: 11:11 AM CST Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 FREDERICTON - A national civil liberties group is launching a legal action against New Brunswick in order to increase abortion access in the province. Clinic 554 in Fredericton, N.B., is shown on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. A national civil Liberties group has launched legal...

Higgs government blunts opposition abortion motion, removes references to Clinic 554 The Progressive Conservative government has used its majority in the legislature to neutralize an opposition motion calling for the funding of surgical abortions at Fredericton’s Clinic 554. Social Sharing