During the election, the Liberals promised to introduce regulations under the Canada Health Act to ensure abortion services were clearly medically necessary and to be publicly funded.
While the decision from the Supreme Court of the United States has not yet been finalized, Arthur said those working in the field have for the past several years expected Roe v. Wade would eventually be overturned.
AHS confirmed it had to divert the patients to other care centres in central Alberta or to Edmonton and Calgary due primarily to a shortage of clinical assistants who help in the surgeries.
Whatever the outcome, the Politico report late Monday represents an extremely rare breach of the court's secretive deliberation process, and on a case of surpassing importance.
Chris McCarthy, the association's president said that requiring patients to go to their family doctors for requisitions for x-rays slows down their care.
The drugs treat conditions including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, severely low blood sugar, migraines, low white blood cell levels, multiple sclerosis and heart failure.
