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Your Role in the Fight for Reproductive Justice

(Reprinted from Rabble.ca) by Carolyn Kavanagh After the 2024 United States election results, web searches for “Abortion rights in Canada” and “Does Canada have abortion rights?” increased by more than...
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What has each party done for reproductive rights?

Find out what each major political party in Canada has done for – and against – reproductive rights and justice. (Have we missed something? Let us know!) UPDATE: The party...
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Vote Smart with our Election Toolkit!

Are you concerned about the upcoming federal election and what it means for abortion rights and access? We're excited to share our 2025 Election Toolkit! Browse the Toolkit Throughout the...
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Records of Hardline Anti-choice MPs

We have selected the most hardline anti-choice incumbents who are running again in the 2025election and looked at their records in more detail. These MPs may pose the most danger...
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Threats to abortion rights and Reproductive Justice under a federal Conservative government

Legal and political threats:  Private member bills (PMBs) passing on a free vote with a majority Con government. (Poilievre’s pledge to not legislate on abortion appears to mean he wouldn’t...
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Poster: Abortion laws – why we don’t need any

Canada has successfully had no abortion law for 36 years. The Supreme Court of Canada struck down the previous law in 1988 as unconstitutionalbecause it violated women's bodily autonomy. The...
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Study: 100% of patients who were denied care oppose “Conscientious Objection”

Belief-based care denial harms patients seeking reproductive care Healthcare providers in Canada are allowed by professional associations to deny services on the basis of their personal beliefs or conscience. But...
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Poster: Belief-Based Care Denial – Let’s Change the Terms of the Debate

Sep 20, 2024 We should ditch the misleading phrase “conscientious objection,” which has become nothing more than an anti-choice propaganda term. Let’s adopt the term belief-based care denial instead. Why...
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Restricting Anti-Abortion Speech – Legal Strategies and Caselaw

September 2024By Ceilidh Feetham, University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Law, on behalf of Pro Bono Students CanadaThis report provides city decision-makers with the legal information regarding the regulation of...
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ARCC’s letter to United Way

After the United Way defended its funding to anti-choice "crisis pregnancy centres" (see our July 8 press releease), ARCC asked the national office United Way Centraide to audit past local...
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