A Vancouver abortion and reproductive health clinic that has operated for more than three decades is shutting its doors due to funding uncertainty. Read More
The Elizabeth Bagshaw clinic told Vancouver Coastal Health it’ll be closing its doors at the end of June 2025.
The Elizabeth Bagshaw clinic told Vancouver Coastal Health it’ll be closing its doors at the end of June 2025.
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A Vancouver abortion and reproductive health clinic that has operated for more than three decades is shutting its doors due to funding uncertainty.
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The Elizabeth Bagshaw Clinic says its lease is set to run out this summer, and relocating and spending on in a new site “did not make sense” given there is only one more year of confirmed funding for its services.
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The clinic’s board says in a news release that the uncertainty stems from “changes to the provincial health care system” that includes a shift by Vancouver Coastal Health to a new sexual and reproductive health model.
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Vancouver Coastal Health funds three reproductive health clinics in the city: Elizabeth Bagshaw clinic, Everywoman Health Services, and Willow Reproductive Health Services.
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In a statement, the health authority said it is considering consolidating all three clinics under a single provider and single site model, which it said would increase service capacity and be more financially sustainable.
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It was informed by the Elizabeth Bagshaw clinic that it’ll be closing its doors at the end of June 2025.
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The clinic says it will work with Vancouver Coastal Health and other clinics to make sure its patients continue to have access to abortion and reproductive health services.
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Board co-chair Robyn Jones-Murrell says in a statement that the closure is going to add more strain to an “already overburdened” reproductive care system in B.C., adding that the province needs to establish a “dedicated provincial strategy” to alleviate the stress.
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The clinic is named after Dr. Elizabeth Bagshaw who helped set up Canada’s first community birth-control clinic.
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With files from Postmedia
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