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National Billboard Campaign Promotes Reproductive Freedom
With the help of donors, ARCC has launched an ad campaign to support reproductive rights VANCOUVER – The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) is proud to announce its first-ever outdoor advertising campaign in Canada. Starting in BC, a mobile billboard campaign ran from March 30 to April 5. A large truck with digital ads
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Unregulated pregnancy centres should not provide non-medical ultrasounds
The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) has uncovered seven unregulated pregnancy centres (UPCs) across Canada that are offering recreational, non-diagnostic ultrasounds. This is a deeply concerning increase in the misuse of medical imaging equipment by organizations with no medical oversight or accountability. ARCC’s position paper, Unregulated Pregnancy Centres and Sonography explains how the use
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Fraser Health Must End Anti-Abortion Partnership
An alliance of groups that support reproductive rights is raising the alarm over a recent partnership between Fraser Health and an anti-abortion organization called Hope for Women. Over the summer, Fraser Health supported four community groups to lead Breastfeeding and Chestfeeding Cafés for new parents, with Hope for Women delivering the cafés in Abbotsford during
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Closure of Elizabeth Bagshaw Clinic means we must act to guarantee future abortion access in BC
VANCOUVER – The permanent closure of the Elizabeth Bagshaw Clinic on June 30 is a very sad event for everyone who supports excellent abortion care. This clinic opened in 1990, shortly after abortion was decriminalized in Canada. The closure was first announced by the clinic on March 28, which explained it was due to financial
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Reproductive Rights Should Be an Election Issue
Funding and Access is At Risk NATIONAL – The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada is concerned that serious threats to reproductive rights posed by a possible Conservative government are being overlooked, and that Liberal leader Mark Carney may have a lesser commitment to gender equality than Justin Trudeau. “Abortion access is at serious risk in
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New Westminster Passes Bylaw to Control Harmful Graphic Flyers
NATIONAL — New Westminster is the first city in British Columbia to pass a bylaw that regulates the delivery and distribution of graphic anti-abortion flyers. On Monday Jan 13, City Council enacted Graphic Image Delivery Bylaw No. 8488, which Council had unanimously supported on December 16. The bylaw will require flyers showing alleged aborted fetuses
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Most anti-abortion pregnancy centres are charities – and they need regulation to ensure transparency
ARCC welcomes new legislative changes NATIONAL — The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) strongly supports the Liberal government’s amendment to the Income Tax Act, requiring pregnancy care centres to accurately disclose their services if they want to retain their charitable tax status. This legislative amendment has the critical objectives of protecting the rights and
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We Don’t Need Abby’s American Anti-Abortion Propaganda
(London, Ontario) – The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) strongly objects to a London anti-abortion organization hosting American anti-abortion fanatic Abby Johnson as a guest speaker at their Oct 24 fundraiser. Johnson is an anti-choice activist who wrote a memoir on which the American movie, Unplanned, (a dangerous piece of anti-abortion propaganda) is based.
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The United Way funds anti-choice groups – and defends it
The public should stop supporting United Way until it ends funding to community groups that deceive and misinform clients VANCOUVER – The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) is concerned that The United Way occasionally provides funding to anti-abortion pregnancy centres and is defending these grants. In the latest example, The United Way of Pembina
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London City Council should restrict harmful graphic images to protect the public
(London, Ontario) — The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) wants London City Council to bring forward a by-law to restrict graphic anti-abortion images in public. ARCC has made a written submission to the March 5 Council meeting, where Council will decide whether to refer a staff report from the Community and Protective Services Committee’s