Women’s advocacy groups to push feds for easier abortion access in Canada, fearing ‘clawed back’ reproductive rights

While advocacy organizations are pushing for greater access to abortion in Canada in the wake of the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade in the U.S., anti-abortion groups are ramping up their own campaigns.

Pro-choice demonstrators hold a counterprotest in opposition to anti-abortion activists gathered on Parliament Hill for the National March for Life event on May 12, 2022. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

July 6, 2022

Standing up for improved abortion access in Canada is taking on a higher priority for women's advocacy organizations, who are concerned recent anti-abortion momentum in the U.S. could have reverberations felt domestically. “One of the most serious concerns is that anytime those reproductive right...

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