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Ontario Election: Protect Reproductive Rights!
Vote Against Conservatives ONTARIO – A majority win by Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservatives could seriously jeopardize reproductive rights in Ontario, says the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC). “Ford has sold his soul to the anti-abortion movement,” said Joyce Arthur, Executive Director of ARCC. “He won the PC party leadership in March because
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Revoke Charitable Status of Anti-choice Groups, says Pro-choice Group
NATIONAL – Several anti-choice charities have misrepresented or failed to report federal funding for their Canada Summer Jobs grants on their Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) charity returns, after a review by the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC). The group looked at charity tax returns for all anti-abortion charities that received Canada Summer Jobs grants
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Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada Welcomes Bill to Protect Abortion Care Facilities in Ontario
Anti-abortion harassment is a serious problem at many clinics NATIONAL – Today’s announcement by Ontario’s Attorney-General Yasir Naqvi that the provincial government is introducing a bill to protect health care facilities from anti-abortion protesters is a “huge relief,” says a national advocacy group for the right to abortion. “Protesters have long been a serious and
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Anti-choice MP Rachael Harder “Unqualified and Unfit” to be Chair of Status of Women Committee
NATIONAL – Conservative MP Rachael Harder (Lethbridge) has been nominated as Chair of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women (FEWO) despite the fact that she is strongly anti-abortion. “Being anti-choice should be an automatic disqualification for the position of Chair on the Status of Women Committee,” said Joyce Arthur, Executive Director of the
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Anti-choice Extremists Connected to School Trustee Candidate Tyler Duce (Edmonton Public – Ward G)
Alberta Pro-Choice Coalition Two pro-choice groups want voters to be aware that anti-choice extremist groups are training and supporting Tyler Duce as school trustee candidate for the Edmonton Public School Board election October 16, 2017. “Tyler Duce and his extremist supporters have an agenda to attack and undermine the human rights of rights of women,
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Pro-choice Groups Call on Alberta Government to Stop Funding Anti-Abortion Organizations
Alberta Prochoice Coalition ALBERTA – The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) and the Alberta Prochoice Coalition (APC) welcome the news that the pro-choice Canadian Federal Government will take steps to prohibit future Canada Summer Jobs funding for anti-abortion groups.1 The Liberal government’s announcement came after ARCC revealed on April 10 that four anti-choice political
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Pro-choice Group Calls for Audit of Government Funding Given to Anti-abortion Groups
NATIONAL – The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) welcomes the news that the Canadian federal government will take steps to prohibit future Canada Summer Jobs funding for anti-choice groups.1 However, ARCC is now calling for an audit of how these funds were spent to ensure that students in the program were paid honestly, and
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Grants from Canada Summer Jobs Program Support Political Attacks on Human Rights
NATIONAL — Federal government grants from the Canada Summer Jobs program for youth have provided ongoing support to political organizations that advocate against human rights, including the right to abortion, doctor-assisted dying, and LGBT rights. Grants from the Canada Summer Jobs program are supposed to help young people gain the skills, abilities and work experience
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Failures by City of Peterborough Led to Anti-Choice Ads on Buses
The City of Peterborough must bear the blame for the offensive anti-choice ad1 that will be on the backs of buses starting April 1st. The City caved into a lawsuit threat by the radical anti-choice group behind the ad, and reversed its initial refusal of the ad. Due to the City’s pattern of capitulation and
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Anti-Abortion Agencies Get Millions in Government Funding
NATIONAL — Anti-abortion agencies that work to stop women from having an abortion by misinforming them about the procedure have received millions in government funding over the last five years, the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) has discovered. ARCC volunteers examined the online tax filings of 112 “crisis pregnancy centres” (CPCs) that are registered