Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
It's delightful to have you here with us today, Ms. Bowden. Thank you so much for being here. It's nice to see you again. I wish I could be there in person.
Your testimony is not new to many of us. However, I can't help but be shocked by these numbers. We all know them, but they are shocking nonetheless: the 219 million women who have unmet needs with regard to reproductive rights and health, and the loss of life that is happening because of unsafe abortions.
I think your testimony makes it very clear that limiting women's access to health care does not stop abortions from happening; it simply stops safe abortions from happening. The number that you gave us for the cost to the health care system of $553 million per year because of unsafe abortions is another indication of how we are failing women around the world.
I know that you are such an expert in this field, so I just want to give you some time to expand on your recommendations on how or where Canada could specifically scale up funding for SRHR in neglected areas.