{"id":328861,"date":"2025-04-05T11:46:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T16:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=328861"},"modified":"2025-04-07T00:18:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T05:18:16","slug":"vancouver-abortion-facility-close-decades-killing-preborn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/vancouver-abortion-facility-close-decades-killing-preborn\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver abortion facility set to close after decades in business"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An abortion business in Vancouver, British Columbia, that has been in operation for 35 years has announced<\/a> its plans to close due to lack of funding.<\/p>\n

The Elizabeth Bagshaw Clinic (EBC), which has reportedly seen “thousands” of patients each year since its opening in 1989, cited uncertainty in changes within the provincial healthcare system after Vancouver Coastal Health, the health authority funding the EBC, announced it was exploring a “single provider, single site” model for “reproductive health” \u2014 which includes abortion. EBC announced that because its lease is set to expire and it did not have enough funding to relocate elsewhere, closing was the only option.<\/p>\n

Per its website, the facility commits abortions up to 17 weeks gestation. At this stage of development<\/a>, the child in the womb can make complex facial expressions, and her nose and lips completely formed. She stretches, signs and opens her mouth. Her teeth are growing, and most of her body is sensitive to touch. Her heart has been beating since about 22 days after fertilization and her brain activity began at about eight weeks gestation (six weeks after fertilization). Studies<\/a> have shown that this preborn child can almost certainly feel the pain of the violent procedure that ends her life.<\/p>\n