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Sexual and reproductive health advocates call for Reproductive Justice in Canada now!
In light of the Supreme Court of the US decision overturning Roe v. Wade, sexual and reproductive health (SRH) advocates in BC join voices across the country to demand reproductive justice throughout Canada. In their statement, more than 20 organizations are calling on the federal and provincial governments to take real action to improve people’s access to SRH
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Standing up for Reproductive Rights and Justice in BC and Canada!
Vancouver BC – Reproductive Rights & Justice Rally, May 14 2022 at 1pm at šxʷƛ̓exən Xwtl’a7shn (formerly known as Queen Elizabeth Plaza) south side on Georgia Street Please read our joint press release, May 12, 2022. The organizing network includes Options for Sexual Health, UBC Social Justice Centre, Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, BC Humanist
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Abortion rights group welcomes federal law protecting health facilities from protesters but says it’s “way overdue”
NATIONAL – The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) welcomes the Jan 17 announcement by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that it is now illegal to intimidate healthcare workers and patients, or obstruct them from providing care or seeking treatment at locations where healthcare services are delivered. Although the new criminal law was triggered by the
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Safe access zones at abortion clinics are constitutional and ensure privacy and safety
Bill 207, the proposed safe access zone law to protect Manitobans’ access to abortion care, is constitutional. Similar laws already exist in six provinces and Manitoba would simply be following in their footsteps.
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Joint Statement: Sexual and Reproductive Health Advocates Call for Free Prescription Contraception on World Contraception Day 2021
Access to contraception is a human right. Universal coverage for contraception empowers people, improves health outcomes, and leads to significant cost savings. This World Contraception Day, September 26, 2021, the AccessBC Campaign, joined by Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC), CoverContraceptiON, and Birth Control Access for Manitoba,
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Erin O’Toole is still not pro-choice
NATIONAL – The abortion issue is still the “stinking albatross” around the neck of the Conservative Party leader, because about 81% of Conservative incumbents running in the federal election have been designated as anti-choice* by the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC), a national advocacy group. That includes party leader Erin O’Toole. “We don’t believe
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Revoke Pandemic Wage Subsidies from Anti-Abortion Groups
In two petitions sent today to the Liberal government, the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) is demanding that the Finance Minister revoke funding given under the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy program (CEWS) to 45 anti-choice groups and several hate groups. The group also wants the government to revise the criteria to exclude such groups
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National Abortion Rights Group Intervenes in Legal Case on Anti-choice Advertising
(NATIONAL) – On Wednesday, the Ontario Divisional Court granted intervenor status to the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada in a legal case between Guelph and Area Right to Life, and the City of Guelph. The local anti-abortion group sued the city in late 2020 over the removal of three of the group’s anti-choice bus ads
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Manitoba Government Guilty of Gender Discrimination and Endangering Health
Manitoba’s anti-choice government has removed reproductive health from the health minister’s portfolio, and transferred it to a minister with no authority over healthcare delivery or funding. This is discriminatory on the basis of gender and dangerous to the health of women and gender non-conforming people. Progressive Conservative Premier Brian Pallister recently shuffled his cabinet and
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Legal Challenge Launched Against New Brunswick for Limiting Abortion Access
January 7, 2021 New Brunswick’s illegal payment regulation, which restricts funded abortions to hospitals, was hastily enacted in 1994 when Dr. Henry Morgentaler first opened the clinic which we now know as Clinic 554. This regulation has thus always been motivated by anti-choice views within the government. Over 25 years later, New Brunswick still enforces