NDP raises recent shortages of transition-related hormones in emergency debate

[SandraJane]

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NDP raises recent shortages of transition-related hormones in emergency debate


Posted on March 13, 2012 by npdqclgbtt | Retrieved from the Internet on March 18, 2012 by SJ


http://ndpqclgbtt.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/ndp-raises-recent-shortages-of-transition-related-hormones-in-emergency-debate/





During an emergency debate that the NDP successfully obtained on the subject of ongoing drug shortages throughout Canada, Health Critic Libby Davies (Vancouver East, BC) and Robert Chisholm (Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, NS) raised the issue of the situation's impact on trans people, who need uninterrupted access to hormone therapy and can suffer significant health effects if it is withdrawn.