To watch a discussion of the ruling from our Facebook Live video, scroll to the bottom of this post or click here. A 2008 Ad Standards ruling said, "the Canadian Government has not, through legislation or otherwise, declared that abortions were either legal or illegal." In 2018 they said: "binding...
This summer we are running a national billboard campaign that has garnered a lot of attention, both positive and negative. Funded by our grassroots supporters, the goal of our simple billboard message is to take the abortion debate back to the basics. Polls show that...
Do Canadians support a law limiting abortion? Yes. In all but one of the opinion polls publicly available since 2010, a majority of Canadians support at least some law regulating abortion. Are Canadians pro-choice? If you look at the polls that ask whether abortion is permissible...
The United States’ Supreme Court recently struck down a California law that imposed on the freedom of pregnancy care centers. I wrote about the case previously here. In brief, the law required pregnancy care centers to include a notice in all their advertisements and at...
Abortion rights and access have become in some ways synonymous with feminism, framed as crucial to women’s equality and autonomy. Prime Minister Trudeau is one who makes this connection regularly, and distributes funds accordingly. Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa doesn’t see it that way. Leader of New...
We knew it was going to be a tense event long before the day arrived but a conversation that occurred as the flag display was forcibly being destroyed made it all worthwhile. Sharon Wright is the president of the Powell River Pro-Life Society and was...
Dr. Jordan Peterson is a professor at the University of Toronto and outspoken advocate for freedom of speech in Canada. He recently took on the topic of abortion via video conference with Faytene Grasseschi on Faytene TV. In discussing abortion Peterson is clear that it is...
Nearly 50 years ago, a group of women calling themselves the Abortion Caravan travelled across Canada to storm Parliament, demanding easier access to abortion. They rallied, they shouted, and some chained themselves to chairs inside Parliament, determined to be heard. The CBC highlighted this event recently,...
When Cara’s doctor told her that it was possible her pre-born child had Down syndrome, he said, “I’m so sorry.” She heard those words over and over again, and still hears them now. But she wants the world to know, “We’re not sorry.” This beautiful story...
When Parliament learned in April that Mifegymiso, or abortion pills, were dispensed more than 4,000 times in Canada last year, abortion advocates celebrated. Provinces that do not yet fund the pills are being pressured to do so. Abortion advocates continue to call for fewer restrictions...
