For 30 years, Prince Edward Island has been known among pro-life groups as a “life sanctuary,” the lone province in Canada that refuses to perform abortions.

Since the last abortion was performed on P.E.I. in 1982 — after the merger of Catholic and Protestant hospitals in Charlottetown came with the proviso that the new hospital not perform the procedure — women who wished to end their pregnancies have had to leave the island.

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