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abortion

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World

The Women Fighting One of the Harshest Abortion Laws in the Americas

March 27, 2023March 24, 2023 - by Kaelyn Forde

In some cases, women face handcuffs and criminal charges after suffering medical emergencies

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A woman tapping a menstruation-tracking app on her phone.
Technology

How Period-Tracking Apps Can Be Weaponized by Pro-Life Advocates

December 5, 2022December 8, 2022 - by Elisabeth de Mariaffi

With Roe v. Wade overturned in the US, menstruation apps have become a new concern in the fight for abortion rights. Do they pose the same risk in Canada?

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Health / March/April 2022

Faith and Access: The Conflict inside Catholic Hospitals

February 23, 2022December 15, 2022 - by Wendy Glauser

Why should publicly funded hospitals get to limit access on religious grounds?

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Society

What Does the Bible Actually Say about Abortion?

October 15, 2021November 3, 2021 - by Michael Coren

Many conservative Christians use scripture to justify their positions but ignore Jesus’s teachings on humanity and equality

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Politics / September/October 2021

One Doctor’s Fight to Provide Abortion Care in New Brunswick

August 3, 2021October 18, 2021 - by Jessica Leeder

Decades after Henry Morgentaler started offering his services, doctors are still struggling to help their patients

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Uncategorized

Unplanned Is a More Terrifying Movie Than You Think

July 19, 2019November 1, 2019 - by Lauren McKeon

The anti-abortion film is manipulative and cartoonish, but it’s working

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Health / June 2014

Presumption of Choice

May 29, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Miranda Elliott

Access to abortion is not as universal as we think

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January/February 2011

The Morgentaler Effect

January 12, 2011May 29, 2020 - by Wayne Sumner

What the champion of reproductive rights has to teach the right-to-die movement

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