Martha Paynter

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COVID-19, Opinion

For those incarcerated with their babies, COVID-19 puts two generations in peril

Restrictions for COVID-19 containment in prisons will be harder on women and trans/nonbinary parents. Now is the time for their decarceration.

By Martha Paynter
Apr 11, 2020

Tags: COVID-19, CI=OVID-19, decarceration, Incarceration, Prison, Women and children, COVID-19
Opinion

What happened to Santina Rao in a Halifax Walmart should never happen again

When rates of women in our prisons are rising, things must change.

By Martha Paynter
Jan 22, 2020

Tags: Opinion, Halifax Regional Police (HRP), Opinionated, POC, Santina Rao, Violence, Walmart
Opinion, Opinion

Clinic 554 has institution status in Canada’s abortion access history—why the changes it propelled shouldn’t spell its demise.

The only non-hospital surgical abortion clinic in the maritimes is in danger of closing.

By Martha Paynter
Dec 12, 2019

Tags: Opinion, Abortion, Access, Halifax, Clinic 554, Opinionated, Voice of the City
Opinion

Six years of abortion advancements in Atlantic Canada

Recounting achievements in the wake of Dr. Morgentaler’s death

By Martha Paynter
Apr 4, 2019

Tags: Opinion, Abortion, Dr. Morgentaler, LEAF, Reproductive rights, Voice of the City
Opinion

Ultrasound ‘policy’ one of Nova Scotia's many failings on abortion access

We need to talk openly and persistently of the need for abortion care as a basic health service.

By Martha Paynter
Sep 27, 2018

Tags: Opinion, Abortion, Health Care, Voice of the City, Voice of the City

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