Canadian abortion clinic turns to crowd-funding to keep doors open

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Canadian abortion clinic turns to crowd-funding to keep doors open

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/canadian-abortion-clinic-turns-crowd-funding-keep-doors-205952494.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XEn9zOPjAEnDD.U8MPWC0Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ca/News/CBC/hi-nb-morgentaler-clinic-852.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The Morgentaler Clinic in Fredericton, N.B., seen here in a file image, is set to perform its last abortion on Friday, before closing its doors to the public." align="left" title="The Morgentaler Clinic in Fredericton, N.B., seen here in a file image, is set to perform its last abortion on Friday, before closing its doors to the public." border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - A crowd-funding campaign to save a Canadian abortion clinic has surpassed its C$100,000 ($93,100) goal but the Fredericton, New Brunswick, facility will still close its doors on Friday while organizers scramble to lease space for a new clinic. While state-funded abortion is available across Canada, the eastern province of New Brunswick provides abortions only in hospitals and only if two doctors agree the procedure is medically necessary. The Fredericton Morgentaler Clinic, founded by the late abortion provider and activist Henry Morgentaler in 1993, is a private facility and does not need to meet that criteria. Clinic manager Simone Lebovitch said the Morgentaler clinic has been operating at a loss for a long time because it is only open one day a week and women must pay C$700 to C$850 out of pocket to terminate their pregnancies.</p><br clear="all"/>

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