Abortion Rights Canada

• Canada considers legal risks for health workers providing abortion to U.S. patients

  Officials are looking into whether Canadian health workers could face legal risks for providing abortion services to Americans from states where the procedure has been outlawed.

  Health

  Jul 8, 2022
  
• Nationwide abortion bill would backfire in Canada as it did in the U.S., experts say

  Just as a bill to guarantee nationwide abortion rights backfired in the U.S. Senate, a similar law would also fail here in Canada because of legislative differences, experts say.

  Canada

  May 14, 2022
  
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• Most Canadians support abortion rights as U.S. grapples with Roe v. Wade: poll

  About four in five respondents to the online survey said they are in favour of a woman's right to an abortion if she so chooses, while 14 per cent said they are opposed.

  Canada

  May 11, 2022
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• The forgotten history of Canadian women who travelled around the world for abortions

  The forgotten history of 'abortion tourism' in Canada provides insight into the barriers that exist for women across the country today.

  Canada

  May 26, 2019
• 1,559 applications for summer jobs money rejected after groups refuse to check box on abortion, LGBT rights

  The rejections represent just under 3.7 per cent of the total applications received by Ottawa.

  Politics

  May 15, 2018
• Canada’s pro-life movement has only itself to blame for its failures

  Rob Breakenridge says it's time to reflect why Canada's pro-life movement hasn't had much success in the 30 years since the landmark Morgentaler decision.

  Commentary

  May 12, 2018
• Canada Summer Jobs legal challenge expedited; court could rule before summer

  A legal challenge to changes requiring applicants to the Canada Summer Jobs program to sign an attestation is being expedited in Federal Court.

  Canada

  Mar 5, 2018
• Opposition to abortion is not violent hate speech

  Are anti-abortion posters hate propaganda and discrimination against women? No, Tasha Kheiriddin says. In a free country, believing that abortion is murder is not a crime.

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2018
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• Canada Summer Jobs attestation endorsed by 80 Canadian rights groups

  Human rights groups signed an open letter applauding the government's move to require all groups seeking funding through the Canada Summer Jobs program to sign an attestation stating they support Canadian constitutional rights as well as the right to reproductive choice.

  Canada

  Jan 29, 2018
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• Either scrap the Canada Summer Jobs program, or scrap the politics around it

  Instead of cherry-picking who gets receives Canada Summer Jobs grants, the Liberals should either scrap the politics around the program, or scrap the it altogether, writes Tasha Kheiriddin

  Canada

  Jan 24, 2018