[Wamvan] News/thoughts/sources on Canada abortion debate?

[Natalie Hill]

Follow this link to see MP Hedy Fry (Vancouver Centre) responding very
articulately to the debate in the house. She makes the explicit link
between the committee for 'personhood' and the legality of abortion in
Canada, and the Conservative government's intent on overturning this right
for women:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueZJq1DZQO8&feature=youtu.be

I tried to watch the debate as it aired live on cpac, but unfortunately I
think I missed it by a few minutes.... (first time I'd ever intentionally
tuned in to cpac!!!)

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I want to write my next Herizons column on Conservatives trying to open up
> the abortion debate in parliament today.
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts, links to good coverage of this issue, and
> responses from Canadians? Does anyone know activists who are fighting
> against this? I'm going to contact Joyce Arthur but she's the only active
> abortion rights advocate I know.
>
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/04/26/f-abortion-woodworth-motion-parties.html?cmp=rss
>
> And if you haven't seen this already, here's the petition!
> http://petition.liberal.ca/abortion-debate-woodworth-harper-canada-reproductive-rights-pro-choice-lucie-pepin/
>
> Just assuming that everyone here supports abortion access because you all
> approved of this part of WAM! Vancouver's values before signing up for the
> listserv:
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> "*Choice:*  WAM! Vancouver supports women’s reproductive rights without
> condition.  WAM! Vancouver therefore supports a woman’s full and
> unqualified access to abortion, and reserves the right to exclude persons
> or organizations who aim to infringe upon this right in any way at any WAM!
> event or within any WAM! space (including the listserv)."
>
> Joanna
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