Canada – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

31 May

Rising use of abortion pill shifting the landscape, expert says [Canada]

MollyInternationalAbortion Care, Abortion Pills, Abortion Rights, Canada, Healthcare, mifepristone, New Brunswick

"The increased accessibility of the so-called "abortion pill" in New Brunswick is dramatically changing the reproductive-rights landscape and shifting the terms of the debate, according to an assistant professor at the University of New Brunswick. Medical abortions, induced by medication, now outnumber surgical abortions by more than two to one, according to new provincial data collected by Martha Paynter, a teacher and researcher in the faculty of nursing...."

‘Sneaky bill’: Pro-abortion billboard aims at Yorkton MP’s Bill C-311

MollyInternationalCanada, legislation, Regina

"A new 'Abortion is Health Care' sign has been put up, this time in Yorkton. The location was no mistake either, according to founder and executive director of Abortion is Health Care Signs Inc., Megan Johnston. Johnston and her team chose Yorkton after seeing a bill tabled by Yorkton - Melville Conservative MP Cathay Wagantall. “She introduced the bill on the premise that she wants judges to have to give higher sentences if someone knows a woman is pregnant, and attacks her, hurts her, or causes her harm in any way,” Johnston told CTV News...."

Kelowna march to defend reproductive rights planned on Sunday [BC]

MollyInternationalAbortion Rights, Canada, March, Protest, Reproductive rights

"The organizer of an upcoming march in Kelowna says the walk is intended to defend reproductive rights and honour people in the United States who have struggled to access healthcare after Roe v. Wade was overturned last year...."