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“Hypocritical” for PEI Premier Ghiz to Co-Chair Working Group on Healthcare Innovation
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...
PEI Violating Law and Endangering Women By Not Providing Abortions on Island
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...
Abortion: There’s Nothing to Debate…
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...
Pro-choice Group Launches National Video Contest
“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...
Anti-Abortion Movement “Too Cozy ” with the Conservative Government
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...
Survey: 64% of Abortion Clinics in Canada Experience Protesters
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...