Abortion Rights In Canada Didn’t Come Easy

With the seemingly imminent repeal of Roe v. Wade in the United States, it's time to refamiliarize ourselves with Canada's long fought history for abortion access. And explore how that story is anything but ancient history, with one provincial ban being overturned as recently as four years ago.  Today's episode features just a few of the people who have been on the frontlines of that fight as well as a historian who studies nothing but reproductive justice.  

Featured in this episode: Christabelle Sethna, professor in the Feminist and Gender Studies Faculty of Social Sciences University of Ottawa; Deb Miller, retired family lawyer and abortion access advocate; Colleen MacQuarrie, professor of psychology at the University of Prince Edward Island and abortion access advocate; Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson, PhD candidate at the University of Alberta and abortion doula.

Further reading:

• Why Canada's Roe v. Wade didn't enshrine abortion as a right, CBC News
• Roe v. Wade is on the brink — and Canada could be pulled into U.S. brawls over abortion law, CBC News
  
• Trudeau renews pledge to protect abortion rights in Canada, but unable to offer timeline, The Globe and Mail
  
• Why Canada's conservatives are keeping quiet on abortion, Politico

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