Interior Health provides both medication (medical) and procedural (surgical) abortion services. These services are offered in safe, private and non-judgmental spaces.
Would you like to speak with a nurse? Contact our Sexual and Reproductive Health Team at SRH@interiorhealth.ca. A nurse will connect with you to provide confidential information and support. Please provide your contact information and the area where you would like service, so we can assist you as quickly as possible.
Types of abortion
- Medication (Medical) Abortion: Available up to 10 weeks of pregnancy at some locations in B.C. Medication abortion (2 pill combination) is free for B.C. residents with medical service plan (MSP).
- Procedural (Surgical or Aspiration) Abortion: Typically, available up to 13 weeks and six days of pregnancy, and up to 24 weeks and 6 days at some locations in B.C.
- For more information to help you choose the type of abortion best for you, you can connect with one of our nurses at SRH@interiorhealth.ca and/or review It’s My Choice: an online interactive patient decision aid
Locations offering these services are also self-referral
- Cranbrook: East Kootenay Women’s Clinic 250-919-8154
- Medication up to 9 weeks and 6 days (can be done virtually)
- Procedural up to 13 and 6 days
- Kamloops/surrounding area: STEPS - Women’s and Sexual Health Clinic 778-362-1582
- Medication up to 10 weeks; Procedural (surgical) services will be referred locally by STEPS
- Virtual or Telephone Appointments:
Please contact the clinic to inquire about virtual or telephone appointments. The service is available remotely, which may allow you to access care even if you live outside the Kamloops area.
- Kelowna: Outreach Urban Health Primary Care Clinic 250-868-2230
- Medication (Medical) up to 9 weeks
- Services provided to local patients who do not have a primary care provider on a limited, first-come first-serve basis
- Kelowna: Kelowna Women’s Services Clinic (Kelowna General Hospital) 250-980-1399
- Procedural up to 13 weeks and 6 days
- Done under conscious sedation
- Nelson: West Kootenay Family Planning Services 250-505-3885
- Medication for up to 10 weeks. (can be done virtually)
- Procedural up to 11 weeks and six days
- Trail: Aspen Maternity Clinic (Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital) 250-364-5131
- Medication for up to 10 weeks
- Procedural for up to 24 weeks
Other B.C. Locations offering these services
- Vancouver: Everywoman’s Health Centre 604-322-6692
- Procedural up to 13 weeks 6 days
- Vancouver/B.C. residents: Willow Women’s Clinic 604-709-5611
- Medication for up to 10 weeks
- Can be virtual “Abortion at a Distance” see website for details
- Available to anyone living in B.C.
- Vancouver: BC Women’s CARE Program 1-888-300-3088 ext 2022 or 1-604-875-2022
- Procedural up to 24 weeks and 6 days
- Book appointment online
Information and counselling about your choices are available toll-free:
- Pregnancy Options Service: 1-888-875-3163
- This service provides information, and counselling for abortion services, including support for accessing late-term abortion (over 19 weeks and 6 days). Available to all B.C. residents.
- Sex Sense: 1-800-739-7367 (1-800-SEX-SENSE) or 604-731-7803
- provides free, confidential sexual and reproductive health information, and referral to resources across B.C. They can help connect you with local services, including abortion providers in many communities throughout B.C. and Yukon.
- Ending a pregnancy - Province of British Columbia
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