List of Abortion
Clinics in Canada. (PDF
file, 4 pages)
Abortion-related stock photos for media use. Please use these photos to illustrate an abortion-related article (instead of an obviously pregnant woman).
June 2012 - Tips for Responding to
the Abortion Crapavan (sometimes called
the "new abortion caravan") - Grassroots actions against
this monstrosity are rising up across the country. Check
out this resource for background info, suggested ideas
for your counter action, and tips to keep your protest
safe and hassle-free.
Here it is - the winning video in ARCC's pro-choice video contest (Fall 2011). Congratulations to Steph Caskenette of Kitchener!
Abortion
Law in Canada: Whose Choice? by Josey W.G. Ross, April
2011. Honours Thesis for Women's Studies 499, University of
Victoria (posted with permission by the author). Discusses
bills introduced in Canada over the years by anti-choice MPs
and Senators. (PDF file,
80 pages)
A
Survey of Anti-Choice Protesting Activity at Canadian
Abortion Clinics. A new survey by the Abortion Rights
Coalition of Canada reveals that 64% of abortion clinics in
Canada clinics currently experience protest activity, while
a further 15% have had protesters in the past. But 73% of
clinics have no legal protection from picketing. (PDF file, 18 pages)
Exposing Crisis Pregnancy Centres in BC - A research report by the Pro-Choice Action Network. Anti-abortion "counselling" agencies rely on deception, misinformation, and emotional manipulation to persuade women against abortion. (PDF file, 65 pages) Executive Summary
How to Establish a Pro-Choice Group on Campus: Learn the basics for starting and running your own pro-choice group on campus! Find out why your campus needs one, how to structure it, recruit members, run meetings, carry out activities, raise funds, and sustain your group. Researched and written by a Simon Fraser University student (PDF file, 34 pages).
Anti-abortion “Counseling” Agencies
Many agencies that counsel pregnant women are actually anti-abortion Christian ministries. Their main goal is to stop women from having abortions. Studies have shown that most of these agencies misinform and try to intimidate women out of having abortions. (Note: This is a brochure that can be printed and distributed - please print double-sided and tri-fold).
How to
Think About the Fetus - Should providers and the
pro-choice movement acknowledge the "moral value" of the
fetus? This philosophical presentation explains that judging
what a fetus is, and any value it may have, is entirely
subjective and personal, and only the individual pregnant
woman can decide what her fetus means to her. (Note: This
is a poster in PDF format, 1meg. Rotate the page for easy
viewing.)
October 2012 - Why
the UK
doesn't need an abortion
law at all.
Shares the
experience of Canada, where
abortion was decriminalised a
quarter of a century ago. Published in the Abortion Review, a publication
of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service
(bpas).
December
2010 - Criminalized
Abortion
Overshadows Good News of Reduced Unsafe Abortion Deaths.
Researchers at the World Health Organization have recently
documented a substantial decrease in the numbers of unsafe
abortion deaths, but the incidence of unsafe abortion itself
has not decreased. Anti-abortion laws in developing
countries cause grave harm and endanger women's lives and
health.
March 2010 -
Abortion Still Does Not
Lead to an Increased Risk of Breast Cancer
(or other health problems): Anti-choicers will
never let facts get in the way of their ideology,
but here's the evidence again anyway.
March 2010 - Yes,
Legalizing Abortion Does
Save Women's Lives: Anti-choicers make
bizarre claims that legalizing abortion does not improve
maternal health and may even harm it, and that countries
with strict anti-abortion laws have better maternal
health records. Nothing could be further from the truth.
May 2010 - Book Review of
Marci McDonald's "The Armageddon Factor: The Rise of
Christian Nationalism in Canada" by Sheila Kieran. Prime Minister Stephen Harper
has virtually turned over the keys to his government to
right-wing Christians.
February
2009
- Text
of letter to Alan Borovoy, General Counsel for the
Canadian Civil Liberties Association. The letter refutes his
position supporting funding and club status for anti-choice
groups on campus.
January 2009 - Women's Rights Are Not Up
For Debate. The
call to "re-open" the abortion debate is really a call
to re-criminalize abortion and eliminate the rights of
pregnant women, including their right to life.
January 2009 - The Case for
Repealing All Abortion Laws (PDF, first written in
2006). In every country, all abortion laws and restrictions
should be repealed as unconstitutional violations of women's
rights and equality. This article explains in detail why
abortion laws are harmful and useless, using evidence from
Canada’s example.
October 2008 - Canada Does Not
Need an Abortion Law, by Joyce Arthur. Since 1988,
Canada has proven that abortion care can be delivered
responsibly without any laws restricting abortion. With our
low abortion rate and majority support for women's equality,
Canada's example should be a role model for the rest of the
world.
September 2008 - Pro-Choice Is Not Pro-Abortion, by
Corey Purdy-Smith. Being pro-choice is about much more than
abortion.
February 2008 - Abortion:
What's
the provincial reality? - by Beth Lyons.
A brief lesson in the history, reasoning, and
unconstitutionality of abortion access in New Brunswick.
November 2007 - Anti-Choicers
Want
to Jail Women for Abortion. Some of Canada’s leading
anti-abortion spokespersons want women to be prosecuted and
jailed for homicide for having abortions.
December 2006 - Paternity, Patriarchy, and Reproductive Rights. Most of the oppression of women that occurs in the world today can be traced back to this: women's ability to bear children and men's need to control their paternity. A woman deciding to have an abortion represents a serious threat to patriarchal authority.