Wendy Norman

Health Canada no longer requiring ultrasounds before prescribing abortion pill

Wendy Norman, a professor in the department of family practice at UBC, spoke to the Globe and Mail about the announcement from Health Canada that ultrasounds will no longer be […]

Apr 18, 2019

Why doctors are bad at sex ed

The Walrus spoke to Wendy Norman, a professor in the department of family medicine at UBC, in an article about the failure of the medical system to educate doctors in […]

Dec 7, 2018

Pregnancy gap should be at least a year: Researchers

Various media outlets reported on pregnancy research from UBC and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “Older mothers for the first time have excellent evidence to guide the […]

Oct 30, 2018

Two-pill abortion drug Mifegymiso prescribed at least 13,000 times since becoming available in Canada

The Montreal Gazette quoted Wendy Norman, a UBC professor who researches reproductive services, for an article about an abortion drug. She discussed the reasons for different uptake results across Canada.

Oct 16, 2018

Abortion-pill inequality: How access varies widely across Canada

Wendy Norman, a professor in UBC’s department of family medicine, was interviewed for a Globe and Mail article about abortion pill inequality. She said Manitoba’s policy “appears to be more […]

Oct 15, 2018

Court gives anti-abortion group another shot at transit ads

CBC quoted Wendy Norman, a family physician and professor at UBC’s faculty of medicine, in an article about an anti-abortion group that wants to place ads on Metro Vancouver transit. […]

Sep 12, 2018

Abortion pill regulations limit access, put Canadian women at risk: UBC profs

UBC professors say Health Canada’s regulations for the abortion pill mifepristone will limit access to abortions and compromise patient safety.

Oct 17, 2016