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

[Natalie Hill]

Only one I can think of is the Abortion Rights Coalition :
http://www.arcc-cdac.ca/home.html

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>>>
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>>> 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!
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>>>
>>> Joanna
>>>
>>>
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> Ph: 917 767 6145
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