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Your Pregnancy and Informed Consent
The 15-minute video below outlines the three pregnancy options: Parenting, Adoption, and Abortion. Additional information can be found in the Pregnancy Options Guide published by Pregnancy Care Canada. For more support, find a local pregnancy care...
Frequently Asked Questions and Clarifications: Pregnancy Care Canada
Updated July 2023 Introduction Pregnancy Care Canada provides comprehensive expertise and mentoring in the field of pregnancy care support. We equip, connect, and empower local pregnancy care centres to serve their communities with excellence. Below is a summary of...
The Societal Value and Legitimacy of Pregnancy Care Centres
Charity at work September 2021 by Laura Lewis MD, CCFP Every year across Canada, individuals voluntarily seek help at local pregnancy centres. The support they receive may include a range of services – free of charge and available to all. Last year alone,...
Post Abortion Grief: myth or reality?
July 2021 by Laura Lewis MD, CCFP If some women do not experience post-abortion loss or grief – does that mean no woman is allowed to have these feelings after an abortion? What if a woman does have feelings of loss or grief? Do we have the right to tell her she...
Unexpected Pregnancy: 9 Key Questions
February 2021 by Dr. Laura Lewis Sherie was 18 years old when she came to see me at the clinic on a Friday morning. She presented with a cold but admitted that she might be pregnant. Without me asking many questions, Sherie’s words spilled out, “I can’t go through...
Using our time for good
January 2020 Laura Lewis MD, CCFP I am proud of how pregnancy care centres across our nation cared for the vulnerable when much of the world was shut down. When many businesses and organizations closed their doors in 2020 because of COVID-19, PCC-affiliated pregnancy...
