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title: "BC Greens announce reproductive healthcare plan with six commitments"
description: "BC Green leader Emily Lowan published a six-point reproductive healthcare plan on October 21, covering abortion pill access, fertility clinic transparency, midwifery funding, and post-partum care."
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The BC Green Party published a six-point reproductive healthcare plan on October 21, 2026, with leader [Emily Lowan](/bc/provincial-2026/candidates/emily-lowan) announcing it from Victoria.

The plan covers six areas, according to the party's own release on bcgreens.ca. The party says it will keep abortion medication, specifically mifepristone and misoprostol, available through virtual telehealth clinics, with the medication able to be shipped to patients. The party has not published a cost breakdown for this commitment.

The party also says it will include sexual health services in community health centres and provide direct funding to existing services. Fertility clinics, under the plan the party published, would be required to advertise their live birth success rates per cycle, including for any add-on services, so patients can compare results across clinics. These figures are the party's own; no independent body has reviewed them.

"Across the world, reproductive rights are under attack," Lowan said in the release. "It is more important than ever that government does everything in its power to protect the right for everyone to make their own reproductive choices."

## Midwifery and mental health

The party says it will review the midwifery funding model to determine whether it is sustainable, addresses the needs of rural and Indigenous communities, and provides enough care for families to receive services close to home. No target date or funding figure was included.

Post-partum depression mental health support, the party says, would be fully covered by the Medical Services Plan, the province's public health insurance. Currently, coverage is limited in scope. The party has not published a cost estimate for this change.

The sixth commitment is to make vaginal estrogen available over the counter from pharmacists, without a prescription. The release lists this as part of the party's plan to give better access to healthcare that has been, in the party's words, "under-resourced and under-studied."

## What voters can do

BC voting day is Saturday, October 24. Advance voting has closed. To compare all parties running in your district, visit the [BC Green Party page](/bc/provincial-2026/parties/bc-green-party) and the [candidates list](/bc/provincial-2026/news).

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