Although access to reproductive-health care, specifically abortion, is a hard-fought right protected by the Canada Health Act, we know that there continues to be barriers to that access. Bubble zone laws remove one barrier by prohibiting protest and harassment in the areas immediately surrounding hospitals, clinics and other facilities that provide abortions and reproductive services. […]
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Pushing for a bubble zone law outside of Halifax’s Women’s Choice Clinic
A Halifax woman will not stop fighting until people seeking abortions in Nova Scotia are protected from protesters. Megan Boudreau, a third-year psychology student at SMU, is urging the government of Nova Scotia to implement a bubble zone law around healthcare facilities that provide abortion services. The law would block protesters from demonstrating within a […]