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

[Joanna Chiu]

This is great! Thanks Natalie!

Would you recommend any other experts, activists or politicians to talk to?

Joanna

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Natalie Hill <nhill10 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>>
>> "*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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