• In 2004 CARAL wrapped up operations and was effectively replaced in 2005 by the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada/Coalition pour le Droit à l'Avortement au Canada (ARCC-CDAC) and a reproductive health resource group, Canadians for Choice (CFC). (wikipedia.org)
  • Galya Bravo, vice president of Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, said there is much to be worked on in the country. (thelinknewspaper.ca)
  • Canada and U.S. are in very different situations," Joyce Arthur, executive director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, told Global News. (globalnews.ca)
  • Though their attempts so far have been unsuccessful, says Joyce Arthur, the founder and executive director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC), some groups are now trying to build support by modernizing their image. (healthydebate.ca)
  • The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada maintains an up to date list of crisis pregnancy centers in Canada. (canadianatheist.com)
  • The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada has a good checklist . (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Reproductive rights matter because they give all people access to safe reproductive health care . (webmd.com)
  • Reproductive rights advocates work to pass laws that allow equal access to all of these health care services for people of all genders, races, ethnicities, religious beliefs, income levels, and legal status -- including those who are in prison or are undocumented immigrants. (webmd.com)
  • Reproductive rights are different in each state when it comes to access to abortion, birth control, and other reproductive health care treatments. (webmd.com)
  • Canada is well aware that our own Indigenous communities still have unequal access to services related to sexual and reproductive health and basic health infrastructure. (hilltimes.com)
  • Liberal MP Hedy Fry is helping lead discussions in Ottawa this week at a forum focused on building collective action on issues concerning population and development, as they relate to sexual and reproductive health and rights. (hilltimes.com)
  • The Women's Reproductive Health Survey will help the Government better understand reproductive health and ensure services meet their needs. (yahoo.com)
  • Questions included in the Women's Reproductive Health Survey will centre on will centre on period pains, how women prefer to access contraceptive services and the levels of support received for menopausal symptoms. (yahoo.com)
  • Women have previously described difficulties accessing reproductive health services, for example, to get contraceptive supplies, to access fertility treatment or to obtain an appointment with a gynaecologist. (yahoo.com)
  • We know that poor reproductive health not only has a negative effect on health in general but can also impact women's mental health, relationships and finances. (yahoo.com)
  • Further research is needed to better understand inequalities across England so that women and people described as female at birth are able to make the choices they need for their own reproductive health and wellbeing. (yahoo.com)
  • I would encourage every woman to complete the survey on reproductive health as soon as they're able and ensure their voice is heard. (yahoo.com)
  • A new favorite pastime of the anti-choice movement is to try and cast doubt on the overwhelming evidence that legal abortion saves women's lives and health. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • Anti-choice groups ( here and here ), news sites ( here and here ), and even elected government officials in Canada have been making the bizarre claims that legalizing abortion does not improve maternal health and may even harm it, and that countries with strict anti-abortion laws have better maternal health records. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • Legalizing abortion has improved the overall health and survival of women, and that of their children and families. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • But a wide variety of medical and social factors impact maternal health - unsafe abortion is only one cause of maternal mortality, although it's a major one that is entirely preventable. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • Three Irish women who were forced to travel to Britain to end pregnancies that were threatening their health are currently challenging the Irish abortion ban in the European Court of Human Rights. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • In spite of the abortion bans that violate their right to life and health, both Polish and Irish women are assured of free, high-quality, post-abortion care in their own countries (unlike women in Africa), which helps contribute to the low maternal mortality rates in both nations. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • Religious facilities will be required by law to permit euthanasia on premises if they receive public money - which includes most facilities as Canada has a socialized, single-payer health financing system. (ortl.org)
  • The Abortion Access Project is a non-profit organization with a mandate to ensure access to abortion and other reproductive health services. (avivadirectory.com)
  • The Abortion Reality Check web site provides information and news on pregnancy termination procedures and other options pertaining to reproductive health. (avivadirectory.com)
  • Web site includes a comparison chart on pill formulations and other reproductive health education. (avivadirectory.com)
  • Advocacy group working to advancing population and abortion and related health services. (avivadirectory.com)
  • PRCH, the Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, is a non-profit organization concerned with taking a more active and visible role in support of universal abortion. (avivadirectory.com)
  • The Center for Reproductive Rights is a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring that all women have access to reproductive health services. (avivadirectory.com)
  • How Oxfam Canada places sexual and reproductive health decisions back into the hands of women and girls in Mozambique and other countries. (oxfam.ca)
  • This initiative, delivered by Pathfinder, one of our project partners, aims to enhance access to information and services related to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health (SRH), including safe abortion care. (oxfam.ca)
  • Also, some health providers don't offer all the services people need to care for their sexual and reproductive health. (oxfam.ca)
  • The number of health providers HFHC has trained on sexual and reproductive health and rights programs, including safe abortion care. (oxfam.ca)
  • The number of health facilities supported by the HFHC project to make sexual and reproductive health services available. (oxfam.ca)
  • Lina Francisco Manuel, a nurse at the maternity ward at Nagor Health Center, is known for her friendliness when sharing information on sexual and reproductive health. (oxfam.ca)
  • Health providers and important community members-regulators, religious and traditional leaders, matrons, traditional medicine practitioners, and activists-are trained on topics such as sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender-based violence, and contraception. (oxfam.ca)
  • The health needs, including the sexual and reproductive health needs, of the millions of married young women and girls must also be addressed by Canadian efforts on early and forced marriage overseas. (leaf.ca)
  • The majority of countries worldwide permit abortion either in cases of rape or to preserve a woman's mental health. (leaf.ca)
  • Globally, 134 countries permit abortion to preserve a woman's mental health, in cases of rape and/or upon request. (leaf.ca)
  • Twenty-four out of Canada's thirty-three "countries of focus" for international development permit abortion on grounds of women's mental health, rape or without restriction. (leaf.ca)
  • Given the legal permissibility of abortion in most of these countries as well as in Canada, there is ample scope for Canadian international cooperation efforts to support increased access to safe and legal abortion services for women and adolescent girls as part of a comprehensive and integrated package of sexual and reproductive health services. (leaf.ca)
  • it prevents the costs currently imposed by unsafe abortion on health systems and on society and individuals. (leaf.ca)
  • In the ICPD Programme of Action and the Beijing Platform for Action, governments agreed and committed to provide women with a comprehensive package of sexual and reproductive health services, including safe abortion. (leaf.ca)
  • Failing to provide women and adolescent girls with access to a comprehensive package of sexual and reproductive health services, which includes safe abortion, denies them their human rights, including their fundamental rights to life, to health, to bodily autonomy, to decide freely about the number and spacing of children, to self-determination, to freedom from torture, and to freedom from discrimination as well as the right to be protected from violence. (leaf.ca)
  • This report, as in previous years, is based on abortion data provided to the Division of Reproductive Health (DRH), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC. (cdc.gov)
  • A woman's reproductive health is personal-her boss or the federal government shouldn't be involved. (prochoice.org)
  • 43) to block DC's Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act from taking effect. (prochoice.org)
  • The Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act protects employees in DC and their dependents from employment discrimination based on their personal reproductive health care decisions. (prochoice.org)
  • Our members include private and non-profit clinics, Planned Parenthood affiliates, women's health centers, physicians' offices, and hospitals who together care for more than half the women who choose abortion in the U.S. and Canada each year. (prochoice.org)
  • A targeted approach to gender equality allows us to focus on initiatives that fight poverty and inequality by supporting gender equality and defending the rights of women and girls, particularly their sexual health and reproductive rights. (gc.ca)
  • Young women in Messica, Mozambique, discuss family planning with a mentor from Pathfinder International, a U.S.-based health group that is implementing a Canadian-funded project to improve education about safe abortion in the African country. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • The $18-million Mozambique project is financed under the Trudeau government's "feminist international assistance" policy, which provides $550-million annually for sexual- and reproductive-health and rights, including family planning and abortion, with plans to increase funding over the next three years. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • In Africa, about three-quarters of abortions are unsafe, and about 1.7 million African women are hospitalized annually because of unsafe abortions, according to the World Health Organization. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • When the former Conservative government launched Canada's $3.5-billion maternal and child-health program in 2010, abortion was explicitly excluded from the program, mainly because many Conservatives were ideologically uncomfortable with it. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Medical professionals do not need judicial authorization before performing legal abortion when there is a risk to the woman's health or life. (utoronto.ca)
  • Canadians believe that abortion is health care, like any other medical procedure administrated by regulated health providers. (thepetitionsite.com)
  • Thankfully, the current system in Canada reflects that - abortion in Canada is an insured service under the Canada Health Act, the federal law that determines how health care is managed. (thepetitionsite.com)
  • A bill referencing access to abortion could allow anti-choice politicians to introduce legislation putting limits on this area of health care. (thepetitionsite.com)
  • That's why advocates are asking Canadians to pressure legislators to strengthen the Canada Health Act and not to ask for laws referencing abortion. (thepetitionsite.com)
  • Hold our politicians to their words and demand that the Government of Canada mandate all provinces equalize access to abortion care through the Canada Health Act, removing financial or geographical limitations! (thepetitionsite.com)
  • Sexual health experts across Canada are concerned the COVID-19 pandemic may be causing women to neglect their reproductive care. (cbc.ca)
  • Sexual health experts are worried some women are not getting the reproductive care they need - such as mammograms - during the pandemic. (cbc.ca)
  • Spitzer said pregnancy care and abortion services have been 'prioritized quite well' in Canada, but the pandemic can affect access to reproductive health in other ways. (cbc.ca)
  • the advisory board recognized the "profound impact" that his work had "on both the biological and psychosocial aspects of women's reproductive health. (torontolife.com)
  • Sex Information and Education Council of Canada Provides a variety of resources for students and educators to support comprehensive sexual health education during the COVID-19 pandemic. (teachingsexualhealth.ca)
  • Talking About Sexuality in Canadian Communities A sexual health resource for providers of services to high-risk youth and youth with disabilities. (teachingsexualhealth.ca)
  • Hope for Wellness Helpline and Online Chat Counseling Services offers immediate mental health counselling and crisis intervention to all Indigenous peoples across Canada. (teachingsexualhealth.ca)
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada Aboriginalsexualhealth.ca provides culturally safe and healing sexual health information for Aboriginal communities. (teachingsexualhealth.ca)
  • It expressly permits the state to regulate abortions after fetal viability, as determined by an attending physician, as long as any laws regulating the procedure after that point provide exceptions for the life and health of the woman. (yahoo.com)
  • A bill before Congress, the Women's Health Protection Act , would guarantee women's rights to abortion care, although it seems to have limited chance of passing. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • He is blasting Netanyahu for "killing innocent lives" in the war, when he has been pushing for easy access to safe and consistent reproductive health services, including abortion. (newstarget.com)
  • Back in May, a statement was released that the Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos and Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth Marci Ien announced more than $4.2 million in funding from the Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) fund to the University of British Columbia (UBC) - Contraception and Abortion Research Team (CART) and Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights for their projects. (newstarget.com)
  • These projects, funded by Budget 2021, will improve access by removing barriers to 'vital abortion services' and offer accurate reproductive health information for Canadians. (newstarget.com)
  • Our government will always support a woman's right to choose and ensure that sexual and reproductive health care is accessible for everyone, no matter who they are or where they live. (newstarget.com)
  • This herd was unvaccinated, and this case serves as a good reminder of the importance of vaccination for the health and reproductive success of a herd. (cornell.edu)
  • At my all-girls high school, aspects of the anti-abortion movement were often included in the health or religion curriculum. (cbc.ca)
  • Within the anti-abortion community, I observed Planned Parenthood painted as an immoral organization that takes advantage of women's liberties by providing abortions and other services for their reproductive health. (cbc.ca)
  • International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced March 7 that the Liberal government is pledging $81.5 million for new "sexual and reproductive health services and rights" funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). (theinterim.com)
  • Sexual and reproductive health services and rights" is well-known UN-speak for contraception and abortion on demand, noted Campaign Life Coalition's Matt Wojciechowski, who represents CLC at the United Nations. (theinterim.com)
  • The Liberals' decision appears to be a reversal of the Conservatives' ban on abortion funding as part of international aid in their 2010 Muskoka Initiative on Maternal Health. (theinterim.com)
  • The $2.8 billion, five-year commitment announced by then-prime minister Stephen Harper, was focused on providing nutrition and health care to women and children but opposition parties and abortion advocates condemned the plan for not funding reproductive services. (theinterim.com)
  • In her announcement, Bibeau stated in a press release, "Canada is committed to universal access to sexual and reproductive health services and rights. (theinterim.com)
  • Yet she told the Globe and Mail the government was "supporting in different ways through different partners numerous countries to improve their health system," and that "providing the service of safe abortion may be in some countries where it's legal, it's part of it. (theinterim.com)
  • A government fact sheet stated that of the $81.5 million, the Liberals designated $16.5 million in 2016 to the UNFPA for "increased access to sexual and reproductive health services" and "accelerated progress in the empowerment of women and girls, including action on sexual and reproductive health services and rights. (theinterim.com)
  • The funds in Honduras will go to "strengthen protection of the sexual and reproductive rights of adolescents" and to "improve the coverage and quality of adolescent health care services, including comprehensive sex education, for the prevention of adolescent pregnancies. (theinterim.com)
  • We know that regardless of the fact that they may distribute some diapers, they have impacts on people's access to health care, and they have public health impacts in terms of delayed access to care," said Frédérique Chabot, director of health promotion at Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, said of crisis pregnancy centres. (campbellrivermirror.com)
  • Asked about the Liberal pledge on Thursday, O'Toole repeated he supports reproductive rights, and that he doesn't believe in politicizing health issues. (campbellrivermirror.com)
  • Ms. Frédérique Chabot, acting Executive Director of Action Canada, advocating for sexual health and reproductive rights. (sogc.org)
  • The 1970s also saw the emergence of community-based organizations focusing on health issues, including abortion, reproductive rights, and protection from violence. (uregina.ca)
  • Women's health was, and is, also an important issue: early organizations were Regina Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Healthsharing and, later (1995), the Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence. (uregina.ca)
  • This Viewpoint proposes a solution to better safeguard reproductive health information in patient records that are now more complete owing to the interoperability of health information exchange networks. (bvsalud.org)
  • International migration puts people's sexual and reproductive health (SRH), particularly those of women and children, at increased risk. (bvsalud.org)
  • INTRODUCTION: The Sustainable Development Goals, which are grounded in human rights, involve empowering women and girls and ensuring that everyone can access sexual and reproductive health and rights (Goal 5). (bvsalud.org)
  • This is the first systematic review reporting interventions involving rights-based approaches for sexual and reproductive health issues including gender-based violence, maternity, HIV and sexually transmitted infections in low and middle-income countries. (bvsalud.org)
  • AIMS: To describe the evidence on rights-based approaches to sexual and reproductive health in low and middle-income countries. (bvsalud.org)
  • Reproductive health care is crucial to women's well-being and that of their families. (bvsalud.org)
  • Selection of reproductive health endpoints for environmental risk assessment. (cdc.gov)
  • Our goal is to contribute to the cultural process necessary for questioning the stigmatisation of abortion in the Salvadoran society, open up the space for dialog about the right to choose, create awareness and motivate the international community to put pressure on the Salvadoran State to stop criminalising women and secure their fundamental right to health and provide safe and legal abortions. (lu.se)
  • These statistics illustrate the large potential for occupational hazards to affect the reproductive health of working individuals, who spend roughly a third of their lives at work. (cdc.gov)
  • NIOSH, in partnership with Harvard University, is conducting a study to better understand the impact of shift work and physical demands on reproductive health, especially spontaneous abortion, pre-term delivery, and infant birth weight. (cdc.gov)
  • Under the leadership of Dr. Jane Gentleman, the Director of the Division of Health Interview Statistics, we hosted the 15th Annual Interchange between NCHS and Statistics Canada (from whom we were lucky enough to lure Dr. Gentleman away). (cdc.gov)
  • Questions concerning analysis of Fetal Death data should be referred to the Reproductive Statistics Branch, Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, 6525 Belcrest Road, Presidential Building, Room 820, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782. (cdc.gov)
  • They travel all over Europe, particularly to nearby countries where abortion is cheaper, such as Ukraine. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • But the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has now made abortion a significant element in Canada's aid strategy in countries such as Mozambique, one of a small number of African countries where abortion has been legalized without restrictions in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • The Globe and Mail reported that the announcement excluded funding for abortion even in countries where abortion is currently legal, but iPolitics reported an unnamed "senior government official" who said that the UNFPA and governments will be able to allocate funding however they want, including for abortion. (theinterim.com)
  • In countries where abortion is legal, abortion is usually safe and complications are rare. (msdmanuals.com)
  • and the overwhelming majority of these deaths occur in countries where abortion is illegal. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The film is a tool for women in other countries where abortion is criminalised and stigmatised. (lu.se)
  • Legal and social barriers and a lack of availability of quality services lead to the 22 million unsafe abortions that the WHO estimates take place each year, which result in 13% of the maternal deaths that occur worldwide. (leaf.ca)
  • Studies estimate there are about 25 million unsafe abortions around the world annually, causing about 30,000 deaths among women every year - almost entirely in the developing world. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • In Mozambique, as in most other African countries, complications from unsafe abortions are among the leading causes of maternal mortality, accounting for an estimated 11 per cent of all deaths among pregnant women and girls. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • An estimated 350 women die annually in the country because of unsafe abortions. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Such restrictions are unnecessary and may lead to unsafe abortions that carry risks including infection, hemorrhaging, and death. (hrw.org)
  • It also supported the local chapters and medical doctors who provide abortion services. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to Bravo, there is a lack of doctors, physicians, and administrators of abortions acting as strong and clear advocates for the cause within the community. (thelinknewspaper.ca)
  • As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to overturn Roe vs. Wade and limit abortion rights, pro-choice advocates in Canada say it is important to remain vigilant when it comes to our own access issues. (healthydebate.ca)
  • MVA may also be used to manage spontaneous abortion during early pregnancy. (msdmanuals.com)
  • As of this writing, at least 24 women are still incarcerated in El Salvador for this crime, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights . (iwmf.org)
  • Vásquez Aldana regularly speaks about how these laws affected her personally, including on a trip to the United Nations earlier this year with the Center for Reproductive Rights. (iwmf.org)
  • Canada has permitted euthanasia since 2016. (lifesitenews.com)
  • 2016). Developing competencies for Canadian evaluation: Making a case for how students can benefit from participating in the CES student competition. (usask.ca)
  • 2016). Endorsement of abortion: The differential impact of social perspective on women and men. (usask.ca)
  • A 2016 report published by ARCC and co-written by Arthur reviewed the websites of 166 CPCs in Canada and found that 60 per cent did not include the information that they did not provide referrals for abortion or contraception. (healthydebate.ca)
  • In Newfoundland and Labrador, "bubble zone" legislation was introduced in 2016 to create safe access zones around abortion clinics. (canadianatheist.com)
  • In 2016, a conservative legislator, Andrés Velásquez Parker, introduced a bill that would increase the maximum sentence for a woman found guilty of abortion-from eight years to 50. (iwmf.org)
  • An additional $11 million from 2016 to 2021 is allocated to reduce teen pregnancies in Honduras, where abortion is banned except when the mother's life is in danger, and the abortifacient emergency contraception is also banned. (theinterim.com)
  • Fourth, although Poland already has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe, in September 2016, MPs from the governing PiS party supported a bill that would have resulted in a near-total abortion ban. (hrw.org)
  • It is important to note that Quebec offers two types of abortion services: surgical and medical abortions. (thelinknewspaper.ca)
  • Transfusions are rarely needed, because a Canadian-funded program has trained four of the hospital's doctors to provide safe medical abortions. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • As organizations who are deeply committed to the rights of women and girls, we are very concerned by recent statements regarding the Government of Canada's refusal to fund safe abortion services abroad, including in cases of rape and for young women and girls in forced marriages. (leaf.ca)
  • The safe abortion training could be the most controversial element of the project - especially in an era when President Donald Trump's administration has banned U.S.-funded organizations from providing any information about abortion, causing severe budget shortfalls for clinics where U.S. donors were forced to withdraw. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • However, several organizations across Canada are working to roll back access. (healthydebate.ca)
  • Indeed, a number of anti-abortion organizations in Canada describe themselves as acting in defence of human rights and of women and children. (healthydebate.ca)
  • As many individuals continue to face barriers and stigma when trying to access these services, organizations like Action Canada and the University of British Columbia are doing important work to find solutions to improve access to abortion services across Canada. (newstarget.com)
  • The newly elected Ontario representative revealed her plans to a recent crowd of demonstrators who gathered in Ottawa to rally against the Liberal government's promise to remove charity status for anti-abortion organizations. (campbellrivermirror.com)
  • Liberal party member, Mr. George Chahal (Calgary Skyview) welcoming members of various advocacy organizations to discuss universal access to contraceptives in Canada. (sogc.org)
  • In the 1970s new organizations developed, partly mirroring developments elsewhere in Canada, as radicalization occurred. (uregina.ca)
  • Canadian Association for Repeal of the Abortion Law (CARAL) was a coalition of abortion rights activists, created in 1974, to protest the incarceration of Dr. Henry Morgentaler, who was jailed for providing safe, yet not legalized, abortions in Canada. (wikipedia.org)
  • Campaign Life Coalition , an anti-abortion lobby, has endorsed Lewis and has been encouraging its supporters to donate to other pro-life candidates in the race. (healthydebate.ca)
  • Kelsey Pritchard, state public affairs director for the anti-abortion group SBA Pro-Life America, said the outcomes in 2022 offered lessons that the anti-abortion movement has implemented in Ohio through more coalition-building and stronger messaging. (yahoo.com)
  • Campaign Life Coalition, a national organization opposed to abortion, has nonetheless been mobilizing against the promise. (campbellrivermirror.com)
  • In her opinion, the overturning of Roe v. Wade made abortion more salient-instead, Canada needs to broaden the conversation about accessibility. (thelinknewspaper.ca)
  • When the US Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in June, it threw into turmoil the issue of reproductive rights south of the border and made abortion activists in Canada and around the world take notice. (uvic.ca)
  • Even though abortion is still currently legal, 13 states would enact so-called "trigger laws" that would ban abortions almost immediately, if the United States were to overturn Roe v Wade - a likely possibility after a draft opinion from the Supreme Court was leaked. (globalnews.ca)
  • NNAF, the National Network of Abortion Funds, is a non-profit organization providing medical and financial assistance to women seeking abortions. (avivadirectory.com)
  • Illegal self-abortions have become much safer in the last few years for women able to access the Internet, which has played a major role in overcoming restrictions to information and access to abortion. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • WHO evidence shows that restrictions placed on abortion services or the lack of availability of safe services do not reduce abortion rates. (leaf.ca)
  • Abortion has been legal in Canada since 1988, when our Supreme Court determined that legal restrictions on abortion were unconstitutional. (healthydebate.ca)
  • But so many people in Canada don't have access to it based on travel restrictions, financial restrictions. (uvic.ca)
  • They portray the measure - one of the most broadly worded so far - as a way to enshrine Roe-era abortion rights in a one-time bellwether state that has turned increasingly Republican and has passed some of the nation's toughest restrictions on the procedure. (yahoo.com)
  • In the United States, abortion of a previable fetus is regulated by state-specific restrictions (eg, mandatory waiting periods, gestational age restrictions). (msdmanuals.com)
  • This includes the heroic Dr. Henry Morgentaler whose personal experience as a Holocaust survivor led him to perform abortions to prevent terrible harms to women, and led him to commit his life to fighting for de-criminalization and access to abortion as a necessary and human right. (ccla.org)
  • Many doctors who used to perform abortions continue to provide safe (but clandestine and costly) procedures in their clinics. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • I used to often see those anti-abortion activists on my way to class distributing explicit flyers to elicit a reaction, and I was nervous about going in and unsure of what to expect. (cbc.ca)
  • It was during this time that she made the key contacts in El Salvador that would later be instrumental in the film's creation: with the Citizen Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion, Doctors, Activists, human rights lawyers and experts on the abortion issue. (lu.se)
  • There is still so much stigma around abortion, there is still such a profound misunderstanding about the changes the body goes through. (thelinknewspaper.ca)
  • In the second year, we're going to convene to review and share the results with service providers and community members because our pilot project really highlighted how communities want this information to be shared in their community settings due to the stigma around abortion. (uvic.ca)
  • These campaigns to make abortion illegal fuel the stigma around accessing abortion services. (canadianatheist.com)
  • Abortion , including access to legal, safe procedures to end a pregnancy, is one reproductive right, but there are others. (webmd.com)
  • Her experience gave her a firm conviction that abortion should be legal. (wikipedia.org)
  • Their charter is to assure that no woman is denied the right to a safe, legal abortion and to gain recognition that the right to a safe, legal abortion is a fundamental human right. (wikipedia.org)
  • It focused on keeping abortion legal and on improving access to birth control and abortion services. (wikipedia.org)
  • Abortion in Canada is legal in all provinces and is publicly funded, but the cost varies from province to province. (thelinknewspaper.ca)
  • In order to support the opposite contention, anti-choice writers commit a serious logical error by equating a country's overall maternal mortality rate with the legal status of abortion. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • Cambodia, Zambia, and South Africa are other countries with legal abortion but insufficient access to safe services. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • Irish women travel mostly to the UK to have safe legal abortions, but also to other European countries. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • Safe underground abortion services are also well-developed in Poland, because abortion was legal up until 1993. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • Polish and Irish women are frequently denied abortions even when they have medical reasons that would qualify them for a legal abortion in their own countries. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • Reporting Period Covered: This report summarizes and reviews data received by CDC for legal induced abortions obtained in 1990. (cdc.gov)
  • The abortion ratio for 1990 was 345 legal induced abortions per 1,000 live births, and the abortion rate was 24 per 1,000 women ages 15-44 years. (cdc.gov)
  • Actions Taken: The number and characteristics of women having abortions are needed from all states to furnish an accurate characterization of legal induced abortion in the United States and to assist efforts to identify and reduce preventable causes of morbidity and mortality associated with abortions. (cdc.gov)
  • In 1969, CDC began abortion surveillance to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions and to assist efforts to identify and reduce preventable causes of morbidity and mortality associated with abortions. (cdc.gov)
  • The total number of legal induced abortions was available from all reporting areas, most of which provided information about the characteristics of women obtaining abortions. (cdc.gov)
  • Ages of women obtaining legal induced abortions were grouped by 5-year intervals. (cdc.gov)
  • This includes sexual and reproductive rights-and the right to access safe and legal abortions. (gc.ca)
  • L.M.R. case": a raped woman with a disability was denied abortion by a judge, but this higher court allowed abortion, and reiterated that judicial authorization is unnecessary for legal abortions. (utoronto.ca)
  • Abortion is legal in Canada but that that may not to be enough to ensure safe and accessible reproductive care here. (uvic.ca)
  • That includes a law currently held up by legal challenges that bans most abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected, before many women know they're pregnant. (yahoo.com)
  • Any private citizen can launch a lawsuit against a person who "aids or abets" an abortion, with a prize of US$10,000 and reimbursed legal fees at the end. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • But it really isn't unbelievable at all, because abortion foes have been restricting access to this legal procedure for decades, fighting inch by inch to repeal the protection offered by the 1973 ruling of Roe v. Wade. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Abortion has been legal in Canada for five decades, but according to them, many people continue to experience barriers to access. (newstarget.com)
  • For many of the Canadians present at the conference, it was heartbreaking to see their home and native land abuse its unique position of honour and respect on the world stage by promoting homosexuality - making Canada the first nation to introduce "sexual orientation" into a legal document at the international level. (theinterim.com)
  • On June 24, the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a case that made access to abortion services a federal right in the country. (thelinknewspaper.ca)
  • In the U.S., abortion was declared a constitutional right through the 1973 decision in the Roe v Wade case. (globalnews.ca)
  • Roe v. Wade really put the spotlight on abortion again because a lot of people thought, " Oh, it's not something that we need to talk about anymore. (uvic.ca)
  • The battleground on abortion shifted to the states last summer, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its Roe v. Wade decision , erasing federal abortion protections that had been in place for half a century. (yahoo.com)
  • Ottawa, Ontario - September 20, 2023: Today, the President of The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC), Dr. Amanda Black, will be attending a Day of Representation on Parliament Hill to champion the economic and social benefits of free and Universal access to contraception for all Canadians. (sogc.org)
  • Our case challenges Regulation 84-20 that creates a discriminatory and unconstitutional barrier to abortion access. (ccla.org)
  • Canada's lack of advocacy and access to abortion services can have dangerous risks. (thelinknewspaper.ca)
  • Canada's refusal to provide women with access to safe abortion services constitutes not only a deeply troubling inconsistency with Canadian law, which permits abortion regardless of reason as an essential medical service, but 1Includes the 14 countries of the Caribbean programme. (leaf.ca)
  • Quebec has a total of 70 regulated centres that provide abortion services. (thelinknewspaper.ca)
  • According to the Guttmacher Institute, more than 90 restrictive abortion laws have been passed in 2021. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Since then, voters in six states - California, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana and Vermont - have either supported measures protecting abortion rights or rejected efforts aimed at eroding access. (yahoo.com)
  • Funded by a $448,000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Monchalin and Pérez Piñán are partnering with Abortion Support Services Atlantic, ekw'í7tl Indigenous doula collective, Northern Manitoba Abortion Support and Northern Reproductive Justice Network to talk to Indigenous people across the country about their experiences accessing abortion services and the care-or lack of care-they received. (uvic.ca)
  • Shannon Hardy founded ASSA in 2012 as a response to the major gaps in services for people accessing abortion services in the maritime provinces. (canadianatheist.com)
  • However, abortion services vary in some other cities and provinces and may not be able to admit you immediately. (thelinknewspaper.ca)
  • Correctional Services Canada (CSC) stated it would review a February 23 report by federally commissioned researchers that concluded the government continued to use solitary confinement in federal prisons. (state.gov)
  • Gynecological ads with cloaked references to abortion services are abundant in the press and on the Internet. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • These challenges can make it difficult for many women and girls to access safe abortion services. (oxfam.ca)
  • Through the HFHC project, currently offered in 10 districts in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, Oxfam Canada is working closely with a total of 11 local partners in the region to ensure that those seeking SRH services receive the care they need and are legally entitled to. (oxfam.ca)
  • By insisting that Canadian funds cannot be used to fund access to safe abortion services, Canada is complicit in the continued violation of women's and girls' human rights overseas. (leaf.ca)
  • Crisis Pregnancy Centres (CPCs) also claim to help women, says Arthur, providing counselling services and resources and sometimes even medical services such as ultrasounds but are not always transparent about their stance on abortion. (healthydebate.ca)
  • Two UVic faculty members especially paid particular attention, as they'd been working on a research project on access to abortion services for Indigenous people. (uvic.ca)
  • One thing that came out of the recommendations of our pilot project was people would love to see abortion services be more culturally safe, honouring local traditions or knowledge while, at the same time, recognizing that people in Indigenous communities are unique amongst themselves and may not all carry the same belief systems. (uvic.ca)
  • Some places in Canada add administration fees to abortion care, and many Canadians have to travel unreasonable distances to access services. (thepetitionsite.com)
  • Emma Duke is the Board Director of Communications on the Board of Directors of the Abortion Support Services Atlantic (Halifax, Nova Scotia). (canadianatheist.com)
  • Scott Douglas Jacobsen: For the abortion services in the Atlantic, what are the important points to bear in mind? (canadianatheist.com)
  • Abortion Support Services Atlantic (ASSA) is a 100% volunteer-run organization. (canadianatheist.com)
  • Jacobsen: How was the Abortion Support Services Atlantic founded? (canadianatheist.com)
  • She started a Facebook group connecting people seeking abortion services to volunteers. (canadianatheist.com)
  • Jacobsen: What have been the major stages of growth and development for Abortion Support Services Atlantic? (canadianatheist.com)
  • In 2017 we changed our name from Maritime Abortion Support Services To Abortion Support Services Atlantic to recognize Newfoundland and Labrador. (canadianatheist.com)
  • Jacobsen: Who has been the main opposition to the provision of abortion services in this geographic locale? (canadianatheist.com)
  • Skolnik and her colleagues created a map on the CWI website that highlights which clinics are open throughout the Greater Toronto Area, and which services are being provided, including contraception and IUD insertion, abortions and STI screening. (cbc.ca)
  • During the Munk foreign policy debate in Toronto, Trudeau said he would fund "the full range" of reproductive services. (theinterim.com)
  • It listed crisis pregnancy centres as an example, which proponents of access to abortion services say offer incorrect information about the procedure. (campbellrivermirror.com)
  • The sister organization of CARAL, the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws, was founded and still operates in the United States. (wikipedia.org)
  • For example, India has liberal abortion laws, but two out of every five abortions performed are still unsafe because of poverty and inadequate healthcare systems in rural areas. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • Alongside repressive COVID measures and draconian laws limiting free speech, Edginton records how, under the Liberal prime minister, "Canada has sought to position itself as the global bastion of progressive politics. (lifesitenews.com)
  • Six more states have abortion ban laws on the books that predate Roe, and would likely also come into effect once the court rules. (globalnews.ca)
  • Governments have an obligation to pass laws that uphold human rights and promote the well-being of all Canadians. (healthydebate.ca)
  • Oklahoma's three new abortion laws , which are almost as restrictive as the ones in Texas, come into effect in November. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • State and federal laws restricting access to contraception and abortion in the United States are proliferating. (bvsalud.org)
  • Often the given rationales for these laws state or imply that access to contraception and abortion promote promiscuity, and/or that abortion is medically dangerous and causes a variety of adverse obstetric, medical, and psychological sequelae. (bvsalud.org)
  • We expect that the discussion will continue and expand through the upcoming months and years and that this will help the feminist movement in El Salvador to change the anti-abortion laws and make the right to choose possible for all women, in all means and conditions. (lu.se)
  • To accomplish their aim, they supported Dr. Henry Morgentaler's challenge of the 1969 abortion law, which required the approval of a hospital's Therapeutic Abortion Committee (TAC) before an abortion could be legally performed (without requiring TACs to be formed or to meet). (wikipedia.org)
  • In an African nation where abortion was only recently legalized, the barriers to access are public education, medical training and money. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • This regulation excludes from healthcare coverage all abortions not done in three approved hospitals (in two cities) in the province. (ccla.org)
  • This can include emotional support before, during or after an abortion, information, assistance with transportation and navigating the healthcare system. (canadianatheist.com)
  • With the film she hoped to denounce the injustice women were facing, to give the women the cinematic space to tell their own stories, and to open a dialog in the Salvadoran society about the right to choose and that abortion is about healthcare. (lu.se)
  • WATCH: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday spoke about how his government would continue to work to ensure abortion access nationwide, so the progress made would 'not be rolled back' by future governments. (globalnews.ca)
  • Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently called for a halt to the " killing of children and babies " in the besieged Gaza Strip, urging his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to exercise maximum restraint in the ongoing ground operation in the enclave. (newstarget.com)
  • Leslyn Lewis, in one of her first acts as an MP on Parliament Hill, says she plans on inviting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to a pregnancy centre that risks losing its charity status over opposing abortion. (campbellrivermirror.com)
  • Abortion is illegal in much of the developing world, forcing women to use dangerous clandestine methods if they want to end their pregnancies. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • These are clinics that on the surface appear to offer abortion as an option for unplanned pregnancies, however actually operate with an anti-abortion agenda. (canadianatheist.com)
  • You'd hardly think Texas would find kinship with a Communist state, but here we are: With its new law that bans abortions after six weeks, Texas has been turned into a state of anti-woman snitches. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • As president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada, he lobbied MPs to keep abortion out of the Criminal Code. (torontolife.com)
  • During the 2015 federal election campaign, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau and NDP leader Tom Mulcair said if elected prime minister they would restore abortion funding in foreign aid. (theinterim.com)
  • We have the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms that protects people's bodily autonomy and their life and their liberty and conscience rights, all which come into play for the right to abortion as the Morgentaler decision found. (globalnews.ca)
  • We refined some of the questions that we wanted to ask around people's experiences with abortion access, and how to improve it. (uvic.ca)
  • On June 24, the US Supreme Court issued a devastating blow to reproductive justice and to human rights, and a painful reminder that no one's rights are safe. (ccla.org)
  • I had heard of safe abortion but didn't know about the specific procedures to provide it. (oxfam.ca)
  • Safe access zones outside abortion providers was upheld as constitutional. (utoronto.ca)
  • 2021). The role of motherhood schemas and life transitions in reproductive intention formation. (usask.ca)
  • Demonstrators protest against the new state law creating an almost complete ban on abortions in Texas, outside the State Capitol in Austin, Sept. 1, 2021. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • According to the Guttmacher Institute, 2021 has been "the worst legislative year ever for U.S. abortion rights," and the year's not even over. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • In May 2022, the Canadian government announced $3.5 million in funding for abortion care. (thelinknewspaper.ca)
  • Another reason that they supported Dr. Morgentaler was that the technique he developed, vacuum curettage, was safer and less invasive than the traditional dilation and curettage (D&C) that was traditionally performed at hospitals for abortions or after miscarriages. (wikipedia.org)
  • Meanwhile in Canada, abortion was decriminalized in 1988 by the Supreme Court in the case of R v Morgentaler . (globalnews.ca)
  • New Brunswick has one abortion clinic, Clinic 554, which opened after the Morgentaler Clinic closed its doors. (canadianatheist.com)
  • We were at Parliament Hill to protest against the landmark R. vs. Morgentaler ruling which decriminalized abortion . (cbc.ca)
  • CARAL described itself as the only national abortion rights organization in Canada. (wikipedia.org)
  • The National Abortion Federation (NAF) is the professional association of abortion providers. (prochoice.org)
  • NARAL, the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, is a non-profit organization advocating for and providing information on reproductive rights. (avivadirectory.com)
  • Statement of National Abortion Federation (NAF) President and CEO, Vicki Saporta, on the passage of H.J. Res. (prochoice.org)
  • The woman was afraid to call for help because she had undergone an illegal abortion. (wikipedia.org)
  • 13% of deaths from pregnancy-related causes are due to unsafe, usually illegal abortion. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • According to Denis Muñoz, a lawyer who represents many of the Salvadoran women and girls imprisoned for abortions and miscarriages, "They would jail them for sneezing if they could. (iwmf.org)
  • With the help of Muñoz and Agrupación Ciudadana, a Salvadoran advocacy group working to lift the abortion ban, Vásquez Aldana is no longer in prison-she was released in 2015 after serving seven years-but her story is all too familiar to Salvadorans who have miscarriages or are seeking abortions. (iwmf.org)
  • Once the [Canada] Supreme Court ended the assisted suicide debate by fiat, euthanasia boosters stopped pretending to want a limited death license and let their true agenda out. (ortl.org)
  • Corte Suprema Justicia de la Nación [National Supreme Court] March 5, 2002, Portal de Belén v. Ministerio de Salud y Acción Social de la Nación s/amparo en anticoncepción de emergencia, No. P.709.XXXVI, Spanish decision online . (utoronto.ca)
  • We'll find out soon enough: This fall, the fate of the 1973 decision may be determined when the Supreme Court considers the legality of Mississippi's restrictive abortion law. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • In 1973, he moved from Belfast to Canada, where Ottawa General Hospital hired him to run its high-risk pregnancy unit and co-direct its fertility clinic. (torontolife.com)
  • In 1973, El Salvador's penal code allowed for abortion in select cases, but in 1998, a bill that banned abortion completely passed into law. (iwmf.org)
  • It lobbied federal and provincial legislators, asked governments to fund clinics, and published and spoke about abortion issues. (wikipedia.org)
  • ASSA delivers abortion doula training throughout the Atlantic provinces, where volunteers are trained to provide non-medical support to people who are ending their pregnancy. (canadianatheist.com)
  • Shannon regularly facilitates abortion doula training throughout the Atlantic region. (canadianatheist.com)
  • The organization later changed its name to the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League (Association Canadienne pour le Droit d'Avortement) (CARAL/ACDA). (wikipedia.org)
  • The aim of CARAL was to legalize abortion in Canada. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1980, CARAL changed its name to the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League. (wikipedia.org)
  • CARAL formed provincial and local chapters across Canada. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2003, CARAL published a major study of access to abortion in Canada. (wikipedia.org)
  • Canadian Abortion Rights Action League history Archived 2013-01-15 at archive.today Norma Scarborough, founding member of CARAL. (wikipedia.org)
  • CARAL, the California Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, is a non-profit organization providing information on reproductive choice and related issues. (avivadirectory.com)
  • In March 2017, the UN's Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) proposed recommendations to El Salvador that would decriminalize abortions in cases of rape and abuse, fatal fetal impairments, and when the mother's life is at risk. (iwmf.org)
  • Her case became one of " Las 17 ," the number of women jailed between 1999 and 2011 for miscarriage, and who helped to galvanize a growing movement to protect Salvadoran women from being sent to prison for abortion or miscarriage. (iwmf.org)
  • A stillbirth, miscarriage, or loss of the fetus is still considered an abortion under Salvadoran federal law. (iwmf.org)
  • Without exception, every country that has legalized abortion has seen dramatic decreases in deaths and serious complications due to unsafe abortion. (arcc-cdac.ca)
  • Cases of abortion complications have declined steeply, and the lives of many women have been saved, Dr. Diomba says. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Ms. Lee Allison Clark from the Native Women's Association, who spoke brilliantly about forced sterilization on Indigenous Women and the impact on their reproductive choices. (sogc.org)
  • NIOSH conducts studies of pregnancy outcomes among female workers as well as biomarker studies of female reproductive hormones. (cdc.gov)
  • Female nurses may be at increased risk of adverse reproductive outcomes through exposure to a wide variety of known and potential reproductive hazards including chemical and biological agents, physical demands, shift work, and psychological stress. (cdc.gov)