Quebec nurses to prescribe pill
 

Nurses will be able to hand out six-month orders for contraceptives including pills, patches and injections.



Quebec has a shortage of doctors and provincial health officials say nurses are often more accessible than a physician.



Nurses who endorsed the changes say it should reduce the number of unplanned pregnancies and abortions.



Quebec nurses will be able to prescribe a six-month supply of contraceptive pills, but women will need a doctor's exam to get the prescriptions renewed.



Two years ago, Quebec began to allow school nurses to prescribe birth control pills in an effort to reduce teen pregnancies.



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