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Thousands urge Harper to include safe abortion in G8 maternal health initiative
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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Harper Defies the Experts
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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No Merit to Anti-Choice Club’s Lawsuit Against Student Society, Says Pro-Choice Group
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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Pro-Choice Group Calls for Law Banning Coerced Childbirth
NATIONAL – A bill recently introduced by a Conservative MP to criminalize “coercing” a woman into abortion should be scuttled in favour of a bill prohibiting the much more common practice of coercing a woman into childbirth, says the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC), a national pro-choice group. “It’s wrong to pressure women into
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Conservative Government Contradicts Itself
Long-time funding for safe abortion and family planning in jeopardy NATIONAL – Despite the Conservative government’s promise on Wednesday that “Canada is not currently going to be changing its approach to improving maternal and infant health,” that appears to be exactly what it’s doing. According to Conservative MPs and spokespersons, the new maternal health initiative
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Vancouver Tribute Rally for Dr. George Tiller
VANCOUVER – A tribute rally will be held in Vancouver on June 18th to honour the courageous and dedicated doctor who was assassinated on May 31 in Wichita Kansas. Abortion provider Dr. George Tiller sacrificed his life to save women’s lives. He was one of the very few doctors in North America willing to help
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Pro-choice Group Condemns Murder of Kansas Abortion Provider
NATIONAL — Canada’s abortion providers and pro-choice leaders are devastated by news of this morning’s brutal assassination of Dr. George Tiller of Wichita Kansas. Dr. Tiller was shot at point-blank range this morning just after 10am, in the lobby of Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, as he was acting as an usher. The suspect escaped
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NB’s Health Minister Must Resign
As elected official, Michael Murphy is imposing his religious views and failing to enforce federal laws FREDERICTON – A national pro-choice group is demanding the resignation of New Brunswick’s health minister Michael Murphy, after he promoted his religious views against abortion at an anti-choice rally in New Brunswick last week. Speaking in his official capacity,
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Joint Opinion Statement on Anti-Choice March and Demonstrations
On May 14th, Ottawa will be the stage for a pro-life march, an action to countermark the 40 years since the adoption of the Omnibus Bill which amended the laws on abortion and contraception. This march is part of a series of actions that have taken place since the beginning of February 2009. On each
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University of Calgary is Right to Charge Anti-Abortion Students with Trespassing
NATIONAL – A national abortion rights group supports the decision of the University of Calgary to charge six anti-abortion students with trespassing. The charges stem from a November display of graphic photos of alleged aborted fetuses, juxtaposed with photos of genocide victims. The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada says that students with the University of