75-Minute Debate (9 November 2023)

From Hansard (9 November 2023)

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Access to Reproductive Health Care and Abortion

The Assembly was debating the following motion moved by Vicki Mowat (NDP - Saskatoon Fairview):

That the Assembly supports the rights of all Saskatchewan people to access reproductive health care, including abortion; and further, That the Assembly opposes the implementation of measures to require parental consent for minors accessing abortion services.

Mr. Keisig: — Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. We hear a lot of things from the members opposite, but what we never hear about is how, when they had the opportunity to form government, they closed 52 hospitals and the Plains Health Centre. And we will never hear about what they will do to make up for those lost services.

But our government has a plan. We will continue to build and protect. To the member from Regina Elphinstone: how did the NDP party policy of closing the Plains hospital help all Saskatchewan people access all health services they required, including reproductive health care, Mr. Deputy Speaker?

Ms. Conway: — Mr. Speaker, I’m happy to correct the record each time this tired and out-of-touch government tries to resurrect a talking point that even their former cabinet minister and new senior communications expert has told them is a bit old and inaccurate, Mr. Speaker.

There are 52 health centres that are open and functioning to this day. And after 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 long years they haven’t transitioned any one of them back. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker.

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