HENRY MORGENTALER – The Singing Abortionist: a review
… is as contradictory as it believes its subject to be”. Over more than 60 years, Henry Morgentaler was one of the first doctors to perform vasectomies in Canada, insert intrauterine …
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International law and the provision of abortion services
… was neither an exclusively legal nor adjudicative body and in making a general recommendation on the absence of effective measures to provide civil compensation to victims of torture in Canada …
Universal and free access to medical abortion pills urged by Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights
Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights is challenging the provincial governments of Canada to offer medical abortion pills free of charge to those who want them across Canada. They …
Canada commits $241.5 million to critical sexual reproductive health services
On Tuesday 11 July 2017 Canada committed to spend up to $241.5 million to support projects that will provide “critical sexual and reproductive health services,” filling some of the void …
Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents
… Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health. The document was launched at the Global Adolescent Health Conference: Unleashing the Power of a Generation on 16 May 2017 in Ottawa, Canada. Available evidence …
Resolutions on elimination of discrimination and violence against women and others all pass
… Canada, expressed “outrage at the persistence and pervasiveness of all forms of violence against women and girls worldwide” and called on countries to take immediate steps to prevent gender-based violence …
A constitutional future for abortion rights in Canada
… challenge as a unique case in the building of a constitutional future for abortion rights in Canada. The article tracks how AAN PEI drew on classic rule of law arguments …
Alberta, Canada promises to offer the abortion pill free of charge to all women
This decision from Rachel Notley’s New Democratic Party government makes Alberta the second province in Canada to say that it will offer universal access to Mifegymiso, the combined medical abortion …
Abortion pills to be free of charge in New Brunswick, but what about across Canada?
… completed or registered for the training required to prescribe and dispense it, respectively, according to the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada. It could take several months before the …
Abortion pill available in less than half of all Canadian provinces three months after rollout
… in access to abortion services in Canada. But according to an article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), the biggest barrier is that Health Canada only allows specially trained …
FEATURE: She Decides!!! A global initiative to challenge the hegemony of the US government in funding family planning and abortion
… and safe abortion On 8 March 2017, the government of Canada announced new funding for sexual and reproductive rights, as an important step towards Canada’s global leadership on women’s rights. …
Safe Abortion Information Hotlines: part of the long history of sharing sexual and reproductive health information and giving support
… several countries pop up – Canada, Australia, USA, UK. An anti-abortion one too. And when you put in “safe abortion information hotlines”, up more of us came – Women on …
IRELAND: Abortion Rights Campaign
5th Annual March for Choice, Dublin, 24 September with solidarity events in the UK, Belgium, Australia, France, Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Canada, Cambodia and Sweden. + ROSA – for …
Long-awaited medical abortion combi-pack Mifegymiso finally available in Canada
… week of 16 January 2017. Misoprostol has long been available in Canada, but not mifepristone. For a long time, methotrexate has been prescribed by some providers in Canada with misoprostol …
STOP PRESS: 13 countries pledge funds for She Decides fund
… The countries include Canada, Finland, Belgium, Luxembourg and Sweden. An international meeting is being held in Belgium on 2 March during which supporting countries and others will announce how much …
CALL for SOLIDARITY ACTION, Global Gag Rule: Please write to your International Development Minister
… Gag Rule and other US restrictions on funding safe abortions. Canada‘s Minister for International Development, Marie-Claude Bibeau, has said that her government is considering what they will do as they …