Ep 6 Abortion Laws

Episode Five Show Notes and Sources

Abortion  

Episode Description:

Karen and Alex discuss the evolution of laws and rights around the topic of Abortion in Canada, including the absolute LEGEND Dr. Henry Morgentaler. We also chat about the change in US Abortion access over the past few years, and how that affects and is affected by Canada's Abortion Laws.  

Cases Discussed:

Dr. Hugh Short: Ontario, 1995 |

Rv. Demers: BC, 2003 |

Tremblay v Daigle: Quebec, 1989

 

Sources: 

 

• Planned Parenthood Fact Sheet https://ppt.on.ca/factsheets/abortion/

• A History of Abortion in Canada: The Quest for Women's Reproductive Rights https://www.jogc.com/article/S1701-2163(19)30737-6/fulltext

• Abortion rights in Canada https://www.courthouselibrary.ca/how-we-can-help/our-legal-knowledge-base/abortion-rights-canada

• Canada has no abortion right law. Does it need one?         https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada-abortion-law-1.6503899

• Therapeutic Abortion in NL https://www.plannedparenthoodnlshc.com/uploads/1/0/0/3/100308324/therapeutic_abortion_in_nl.pdf

• Halifax Sexual Health Centre https://hshc.ca/pregnancy-options/#:~:text=Who%20can%20have%20an%20abortion,do%20not%20need%20parental%20consent

• Health PEI https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/health-pei/abortion-services

• Quebec Access to Abortion Services https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/health-system-and-services/service-organization/abortion-services/access-abortion-services

 

• Planned Parenthood Toronto https://ppt.on.ca/factsheets/abortion/#:~:text=Surgical%20abortion%20is%20available%20in,blood%20test%2C%20and%20STI%20test

• Women’s Health Clinic https://womenshealthclinic.org/

• Saskatchewan Health Authority https://www.saskhealthauthority.ca/your-health/conditions-diseases-services/healthline-online/tw1040

• My Health Alberta https://myhealth.alberta.ca/Health/pages/conditions.aspx?Hwid=tw1040

• BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre http://www.bcwomens.ca/our-services/gynecology/abortion-contraception

• Opal Yukon https://opalyukon.ca/abortion

• Abortion Access Tracker https://www.abortionaccesstracker.ca/jurisdictions/northwest-territories#:~:text=Only%201%20point%20of%20service,for%20Women%20(NOW)%20program

• Nunavut Human Rights Tribunal https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/women-in-nunavut-still-face-barriers-to-abortion-access/

• NL Access to Abortion Act https://assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/statutes/a01-02.htm

• Access by Province https://www.morgentaler25years.ca/the-struggle-for-abortion-rights/access-by-province/#:~:text=BC%20is%20the%20only%20province,regard%20to%20cost%20and%20availability.

• Alberta Health Services https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/page14011.aspx

• Tremblay v Daigle [1989] 2 S.C.R. 530 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremblay_v_Daigle

• Abortion in Canada: Always Legal, Not Always Accessible    https://verfassungsblog.de/abortion-in-canada-always-legal-not-always-accessible/

• Abortion Rights Issue Surfaces in Canada Before U.S. Election https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/02/world/canada/abortion-rights-canada-election.html

• Canada has zero pro-choice Conservative MPs, watchdog says https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/03/canada-abortion-rights-pregnancy

• How Doug Ford's Government Reduces Abortion Access https://www.readthemaple.com/how-the-ontario-government-can-impact-abortion-access/

• A Brief History of Abortion Rights in Canada https://thekit.ca/living/health/abortion-in-canada/

• Canada welcomes Americans who lose access to abortion, but clinics say they're at capacity https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canada-united-states-abortion-clinics

• Roe V Wade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade

• Roe v Wade Wikipedia https://www.american.edu/cas/news/roe-v-wade-overturned-what-it-means-whats-next.cfm#:~:text=On%20Friday%2C%20June%2024%2C%202022,or%20outright%20ban%20abortion%20rights.

• Abortion rights in Canada https://www.courthouselibrary.ca/how-we-can-help/our-legal-knowledge-base/abortion-rights-canada

• The white-supremacist past — and present — of Canada’s anti-abortion movement https://www.tvo.org/article/the-white-supremacist-past-and-present-of-canadas-anti-abortion-movement

• Historian's research on coroners' inquests in B.C. gives chilling glimpse into criminalization of abortion https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/abortion-bc-history-death-1.6441445

• How major abortion laws compare, state by state                https://fullerproject.org/story/how-major-abortion-laws-compare-state-by-state-map/

• States with strictest abortion laws offer the least support for women and families https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/states-strictest-abortion-laws-offer-least-support-women-families-rcna169578

• Some States Are Turning Miscarriages and Stillbirths Into Criminal Cases Against Women https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/10/31/stillbirth-oklahoma-arkansas-women-investigated

• Providing abortions to Americans could land Canadian doctors in legal trouble — without CMPA assistance https://www.cmaj.ca/content/194/30/e1072

• R. v. Demers (2003) https://www.leaf.ca/case_summary/r-v-demers-2003/#:~:text=This%20created%20%E2%80%9Cbubble%20zones%E2%80%9D%20around,summary%20conviction%20appeal%20was%20dismissed

• Thirty years after Morgentaler ruling on abortion rights, Canada ‘still dealing with the same issues’ https://www.actioncanadashr.org/news/2017-12-21-thirty-years-after-morgentaler-ruling-abortion-rights-canada-still-dealing-same-issues

• Hamilton abortion doctor shot in 1995 featured in new season of true-crime podcast https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/someone-knows-something-abortion-wars-hugh-short-1.6457934