Prince Edward Island In the early ’80s, the provincial government decided there would be no surgical abortion services in PEI: Those seeking an abortion would have to travel to Nova Scotia or New Brunswick. A legal challenge by Abortion Access Now PEI, supported by the Woman’s Legal Education and Action Fund, prompted the government to […]
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Six years of abortion advancements in Atlantic Canada
Access to Choice Celebration Monday, April 8, 5:30pm Halifax Distilling Company 1668 Lower Water Street More info at halifax@leaf.ca Six years ago, when Dr. Henry Morgentaler died, many Atlantic Canadian abortion advocates felt disarmed and afraid. Morgentaler’s private clinic in Fredericton had provided most of New Brunswick’s abortions for years, each patient paying $750. The province […]
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Ultrasound ‘policy’ one of Nova Scotia’s many failings on abortion access
An Atlantic Canadian province is once again in the news for failure to provide timely access to abortion for pregnant people. Despite the significant changes to abortion policy in Nova Scotia in the past year—the launch of a toll-free hotline for connection to Mifegymiso (medical abortion) prescribers across the province, the creation of a billing […]
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Anti-abortion centre targets trafficking victims
Open Door Women’s Care Centre on Spring Garden Road is once again under scrutiny—this time from an advocate for victims of human trafficking. When The Coast first reported on Open Door back in 2014, it was because the self-identified “faith-based” organization had taken out a series of bus ads that veiled the centre’s anti-abortion policy […]
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Conservatives leave Halifax with a policy playbook for next election
No abortion debate, no euthanasia, no “passport babies.” Conservative Party members gave Andrew Scheer his marching orders for the 2019 election. At the Conservative convention in Halifax over the weekend, delegates from around the country voted on policy resolutions that should steer the direction of their Party for the upcoming federal election. Thirty policies made […]
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We didn’t start the (garbage) fire
Lorne Grabher, Jacques Dubé, Jamie Baillie walks away Street check data, Jimmy Melvin, rockets in Canso Robert Bjerke, Lady Drive Her, Sea Bridge floating on the water Cheryl Blossom, Donkin mine, Whitman says “negro” Saltwire buys out Transcon, women march on Washington Moonlight beats out La La Land, Matthew, Bill and Jad are canned David […]
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Nova Scotia announces big changes in access to abortions
Doctor referrals will no longer be needed for surgical abortions and pharmacies across Nova Scotia will begin offering free access to the abortion pill, Mifegymiso. The announcement was made Friday by Kelly Regan, minister for the Advisory Council on the Status of Women. “We’re supporting more choice for women when it comes to their reproductive […]
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Abortion doulas offer support in difficult times
Shannon Hardy had six years as a doula under her belt when she discovered that some women in the Maritimes had no access to abortion services in their own province. “No, it can’t be,” she says she said when she heard that people on Prince Edward Island had to leave the province if they needed […]
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Lessons from Morgentaler
Recent headlines have highlighted that abortion access in Nova Scotia might be the worst in the country. It’s been almost 30 years since the Supreme Court of Canada held that barriers to abortion access may violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and yet in Nova Scotia it’s clear that significant barriers remain. In our […]
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Thursday has 9 things it needs to talk with you about
[Image-1] 1 Slide The City has officially cancelled any plans of coming to Halifax. The giant water slide people say in a statement they haven’t been able to find an alternate location after not clearing Citadel Hill (which they originally announced for their summertime bacchanal). “The good news is that all the crunches, plucking and […]
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Dalhousie “abortion debate” is a farce
[image-1] The age-old abortion debate turned into a shamelessly staged publicity stunt at Dalhousie University Tuesday night when the debater making a case for abortion rights appeared a mere puppet for the anti-abortion movement. The debate, hosted and organized by student organization Pro-Life at Dal, showcased a very seasoned debater, Stephanie Gray of the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform, a Calgary-based anti-abortion organization. But Mark Mercer, chair of the Saint Mary’s University Philosophy department, had a case for abortion that was so completely unresolved and nonsensical that the entire evening turned into a farce. At one point, Mercer said he
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Free speech for all
To the editor, The letter titled “Abort anti-abortionists” (Feb. 19, Letterhead), was most distasteful and written in very hateful language. The writer wants to abolish the right to free speech at SMU and ignore the rights of the unborn child. In a free country, university should be a place for free speech, free thought, debate […]
