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NATIONAL — A groundswell of opposition is building across Canada to a private member’s motion that would endanger abortion rights and the human rights of all pregnant women. Motion M-312, introduced by Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth, asks Parliament to examine the current definition of “human being” in the Criminal Code to decide whether it should

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While Ghiz Refuses to Provide Basic Health Services on PEI NATIONAL: Canada’s national pro-choice group was startled to learn today that PEI’s Premier Robert Ghiz has been appointed co-chair of a “working group on health-care innovation” at this week’s meeting of Canadian premiers. The appointment comes despite the fact that Ghiz himself announced last month

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CHARLOTTETOWN: The Prince Edward Island government’s policy to not provide abortion services on the Island is illegal, says the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC). In a letter the group wrote to PEI’s Health Minister Doug Currie on Friday, the coalition stated that “not providing abortion services in PEI violates women’s constitutional rights, discriminates against

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Except how to eliminate remaining barriers to abortion care NATIONAL – Despite repeated calls by Canada’s anti-abortion movement to “reopen the abortion debate,” a national pro-choice group says that’s not going to happen—at least not in the way that anti-abortionists want. “The phrase ‘reopen the debate’ is simply code for re-criminalizing abortion,” said Joyce Arthur,

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“Voices for Choice” Videos Will Highlight What Abortion Rights Mean to Canadians NATIONAL – Today, the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) launched its “Voices for Choice” video contest, inviting Canadians to submit short creative original videos to highlight what choice means to them. $1000 in cash prizes will be awarded to the top 3

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VANCOUVER – Canada’s anti-abortion movement has a growing and significant influence on the Conservative government, and that poses a serious danger to abortion rights, says the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada. “This week we learned – as we long suspected – that it was the anti-choice movement who was largely responsible for the Conservative government’s

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But most clinics have no bubble zone protection NATIONAL – A new survey by the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) 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. The

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NATIONAL – Over 3,400 citizens from across Canada have signed a petition demanding that Prime Minister Harper include funding for safe abortion and family planning in his signature G8 maternal and child health initiative. The petition is being delivered to Harper today. The petition is located at: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/safe-abortion.html   “The signers’ views represent the views

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A range of experts says safe abortion funding should be included in G8 maternal health initiative NATIONAL – Three pro-choice groups in Canada say there’s an easy fix for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to get himself out of the bind he’s in after his own government plunged him into an abortion debate he didn’t want:

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VICTORIA – A lawsuit by the University of Victoria’s anti-choice group Youth Protecting Youth (YPY) against its Student Society is bound to fail because of a total lack of evidence of any wrongdoing, according to Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, a national pro-choice group. YPY filed a Petition (http://www.bccla.org/pressreleases/10Petition.pdf) in the Supreme Court of BC

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