In June 2022, the US Supreme Court made global headlines when it overturned Roe v Wade, a nearly 50-year-old precedent that guaranteed a qualified constitutional right to abortion in the US. In the blink of an eye, the Court’s intervention ended this protection, and flipped the question of abortion regulation back to the 50 states, resulting in extreme disparities in the accessibility and legality of abortion across the country. While none of this altered the legal landscape in Canada, it di ...
…
continue reading
Talks about NARAL details and views
…
continue reading
Religion project p.6
…
continue reading
1
#4 The Future of Reproductive Justice in Canada
46:29
46:29
Afspil senere
Afspil senere
Lister
Like
Liked
46:29
In the fourth and final episode of the series, Professor Joanna Erdman (Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law) discusses the future of the reproductive justice movement in Canada. Professor Erdman also provides reflections on the precise role that constitutional law — and especially the equality rights section of the Canadian Charter of Righ…
…
continue reading
1
#3 The Politics of Abortion, Post-Morgentaler
47:43
47:43
Afspil senere
Afspil senere
Lister
Like
Liked
47:43
In the third episode of the series, Professor Rachael Johnstone (Dalhousie University, Department of Political Science) talks about the politics of abortion in the years since the 1988 Morgentaler judgment. In particular, Professor Johnstone focuses on the Mulroney government’s failed attempts to pass a new abortion law, and on the regulations that…
…
continue reading
1
#2 Morgentaler at the Supreme Court
47:49
47:49
Afspil senere
Afspil senere
Lister
Like
Liked
47:49
In this second episode of our four-part series, Professor Kerri Froc (University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law) provides a comprehensive survey of the Supreme Court of Canada’s 1988 Morgentaler decision — the decision that invalidated Canada’s criminal restrictions on abortion while stopping short of recognizing a constitutional right to abortion…
…
continue reading
In this first episode, Edmonton-based lawyer Marie Gordon provides some background on the story of Henry Morgentaler, a physician who successfully challenged the validity of Canada’s criminal restrictions on abortion. Marie also talks about her own work with Dr Morgentaler, and offers reflections on the psychology that fuelled his fight for abortio…
…
continue reading
1
Women’s Rights: Reproduction and Abortion
8:47
8:47
Afspil senere
Afspil senere
Lister
Like
Liked
8:47
Olivia McGroarty p. 6
…
continue reading
Pro Choice views and details
…
continue reading