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Have you ever managed your own abortion in Canada outside the medical system? Eg, maybe you purchased pills from the Internet or got them from a friend, or tried some other method. We welcome your anonymous stories! www.arcc-cdac.ca/have-you-had... (image from Planned Parenthood)

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🎙 The premiere episode of Choice Chat features a powerful conversation with abortion provider & contraception advocate Dr. Renée Hall. From the Morgentaler Committee at @humanistcanada.bsky.social - listen to “Providing Care, Defending Choice: Dr. Renée Hall Speaks Out” 🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2509839

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⏪ 3 years ago we watched in horror as politicians decided that abortion is not a constitutional right for Americans. We know that the majority supports abortion acccess. ARCC will continue to hold leaders accountable, fight for access & bolster abortion rights advocacy. #Roe #AbortionIsHealthcare

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"As Iranian women and children are being killed by a hostile, imperial aggressor, the silence of western liberal feminists is deafening." rabble.ca/feminism/sel...

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5-foot posters. Misleading images. Anti-abortion groups are targeting students on Canadian campuses — and calling it "advocacy." Story by Emma Cowman and Pauline Tennent buff.ly/f3NuLVV

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The latest from our Viewpoint: Reproductive Justice blog is up on Rabble - check it out ⬇

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A new report from Statistics Canada, Oral contraceptive use in Canada, is intended to provide a representative estimate of oral contraceptive (OC) use in Canada in the decade leading up to the implementation of the Pharmacare Act.

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Bill C-2 is a threat to refugee rights and must be stopped. Write to your MP about Bill C-2 with this letter template from the Canadian Council for Refugees: ccrweb.ca/en/take-acti...

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Bill C-2 could allow them to ask a doctor if they know of any specialist services – for example, a psychiatrist, oncologist, or abortion service – a client is using. She said this would allow the police to then approach them to glean information without a warrant. 5/

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The presence of CCBR's graphic images on university campuses across Canada disrupts community life, forces some students to take alternate routes to classes (or avoid attending at all), fuels harassment, creates trauma and harm, and misrepresents established medical facts.

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This evening UK Parliament voted to reform abortion law. It is the most substantial reform in almost 50 years. This is an historic moment.

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Know before you go 🚨 Are you familiar with the fake, anti-abortion clinics to avoid in your area? We maintain a list of the 150+ CPCs operating in Canada. Get to know your local CPC(s) and spread the word! www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/2021/0...

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Tonight there will be a vote to remove women from the UK's criminal law on abortion. Solidarity!

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"I've grown up around anti-abortion billboards," said Sophie Harms who has spent much of her life in the Central Okanagan. "I want a billboard to say that abortions are safe, normal and common." But billboard companies say that's too "controversial." 😡

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An activist group who fought for a "viewer discretion" bylaw to regulat graphic anti-abortion flyers in London is screening a documentary about how they did it. But an anti-choice org has also started litigation against the City of London over the bylaw. They have no case of course.

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Graphic images should be banned at schools!

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"Abortion causes breast cancer" is just one of the myths and misconceptions that fake clinics a.k.a Crisis Pregnancy Centres weaponize to scare people into continuing a pregnancy. If you've had a misleading or unhelpful experience at a CPC, we want to hear from you📣 www.arcc-cdac.ca/share-your-c...

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A UBC Okanagan student who raised more than $3,000 for a pro-choice billboard in Kelowna is unable to get a billboard company to put it up. They either ignore her or say it's "too controversial". Meanwhile, they put up anti-choice billboards!

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Health Canada has issued a recall for a brand of birth control pills after some packages were packed with extra placebo tablets. The recall covers Seasonale Tablets made by Teva Canada with 0.03 milligrams of ethinylestradiol and 0.15 milligrams of levonorgestrel.

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As we honour the rich histories, cultures, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples this #IndigenousHistoryMonth, we also recognize their ongoing struggle for reproductive justice. 🪶

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Karin Wells tells the fascinating story of Chantale Daigle - who bravely stood up in public against an abusive partner and won one of Canada's most important abortion court cases.

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Rest in peace to Dr. Etienne-Emile Baulieu, inventor of the abortion pill! 🩺 Thank you for dedicating your life to improving so many others, and for revolutionizing reproductive care. We will continue to advocate for widespread access and destigmatization in your honour. www.msn.com/en-ca/news/w...

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Horrifying news from the UK. We are thinking of Maryam Riaz and her family, and everyone who continues to be the target of state violence, stigma, and criminalization in pursuit of autonomy. 💔 www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-n...

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Abortion has been, and remains, a regulated practice in Canada. 🧑‍⚖️ Here’s how key court decisions have shaped abortion access in Canada, and how it is in fact, protected by Charter rights. Paper by Isabelle Berry, UNB Faculty of Law. www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/aborti...

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Canadian evangelicals don’t have the same political clout as their U.S. cousins — 30% of the U.S. population identifies as evangelical compared with 10% in Canada — and they don’t have someone like Donald Trump to get behind. But that doesn’t stop many of them from seeking the same goal.

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Shout-out to @abortionrightscan.bsky.social for updating the list of 🇨🇦 anti-choice MPs.

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We ❤️ Renee Bracey Sherman: "Any leader, funder, or organizer who believes that our liberation will come through segregation, theocracy, apartheid, or genocide has no place within the reproductive freedom movements. Defunding us for taking such a stance only does the dirty work of our oppressors."

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Michael is among a new wave of doctors who are leaving the US to escape the Trump administration. Since Trump was reelected, American doctors have shown skyrocketing interest in becoming licensed in Canada.

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Inuit, Métis and First Nations women in Canada are coming forward like never before, sharing their experiences of being forced or coerced to undergo surgical sterilization. The practice is still happening and Katy Bear is among those fighting for reproductive justice.

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In this podcast (40 mins) Angela Marie MacDougall and Frédérique Chabot of Action Canada unpack the narrowing of election narratives, the weaponization of fear, the temporary elimination of the Ministry of Women and Gender Equality, and how gender rights are being used as political scapegoats.

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Help build a queer, BIPOC-led clinic in BC! 👏 Nabat Health is a multi-disciplinary clinic dedicated to providing culturally safe, gender inclusive, high quality care to BIPOC individuals and families (including medication abortion) in Burnaby. Donate here: chuffed.org/project/1296...

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👀 Nabat Health is hiring for a new clinic aimed at serving BIPOC communities (including provision of medication abortion services) in Burnaby! See available positions here: nabat-health.ca

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A 35-minute podcast from the Canadian Medical Association Journal: How mifepristone changed abortion access, and how to prescribe it. Interviwed: Dr. Laura Schumers, lead author of a new study on access to mifepristone.

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A few dozen protesters defended Canadian abortion rights at a downtown Ottawa rally on May 8. Organized by Defend Choice: Ottawa, the “Rally for Choice” faced hundreds of anti-abortion protesters on the other side of a barricade in front of Parliament Hill.

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Thanks so much to everyone for using and promoting our Election Toolkit! By all measures, the toolkit was a success – not least because we avoided the worst outcome of a Conservative government. Check out our post-election report about the toolkit! www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/electi...

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Carolyn Kavanagh writes about how she got involved with reproductive rights activism (through ARCC!) and the actions you can protect our fundamental rights.

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ARCC is pleased to see the new cabinet will include Rechie Valdez as the Minister for Women and Gender Equality. WAGE has been responsible for crucial feminist initiatives that we hope will continue to advance progress and build stronger, healthier communities for everyone. 📣 #CdnPoli

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PEI is the 2nd province to implement expanded universal coverage of contraception.“It’s hugely important just to be establishing the principle that everyone should be getting access to the medications that they need based on their health-care card and not their credit card,” said Nik Barry-Shaw.

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Nurses are essential to strong, healthy communities + empower people to make informed decisions about their bodies! Our nurses deserve the same amount of care and compassion that they give. Read ICN’s latest report "Caring for nurses strengthens economies" 🩺 bit.ly/47wIPvI #InternationalNursesDay

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Un homme a plaidé coupable au palais de justice de Montréal d'avoir forcé son ex-conjointe à subir un avortement. Il avait demandé l'aide d'un ami, faux médecin, qui a pratiqué l'avortement avec une brochette de bois. L'accusé a plaidé coupable de voies de fait graves et de voies de fait simples.

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This Women’s Health Week, the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) stands firmly in defense of sexual and reproductive health and rights — including the right to access safe abortion — as fundamental human rights that must be protected and upheld in Canada.

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Thanks to local fundraising and community support, Alberta now has its FIRST-EVER pro-choice billboard on the QEII! 🎉 Courtesy of abforabortion.ca <3 Check it out if you're in the area 🌸 (Photo via Erica Posteraro on Facebook)

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