Wells takes a look back at a handful of women who pushed for safer access to abortion

'I knew the story so well, but I didn’t have the full details on how the women were able to enter and shut down the House of Commons that day. It is amazing how well-organized and well-orchestrated the whole thing was,' says author Karen Wells.

Karin Wells, author of The Abortion Caravan: When Women Shut Down Government in the Battle for the Right to Choose, talks about her book. Photographs courtesy of the Writers' Trust of Canada

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BY CHLOE GIRVAN

September 27, 2021

Karin Wells, author of The Abortion Caravan: When Women Shut Down Government in the Battle for the Right to Choose, published by Second Story Press, talked about her first book and recent nomination for the prestigious Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. "The Abortion Carava...

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