The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Roe versus Wade ruling is reverberating on this side of the border, leaving many to contemplate what life would be like for a woman who does not have legal access to an abortion.

For Alyse Stuart of St. John’s, it’s the knowledge that without timely and legal access, she surely would have died.

Stuart suffered an ectopic pregnancy, a life-threatening condition in which the fertilized egg starts to develop outside the womb, usually in the fallopian tube.

She says access to abortion services is as much about fertility care as it is about reproductive rights.

Stuart says Canadians often like to think of themselves as insolated against what’s happening in the U.S.

But she says the truth is that not all Canadians have the same access to abortion services.

She says people in rural areas, and who have limited resources, do not have the same access as someone in St. John’s or Toronto.