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

[D Dykeman]

Everywoman's Health Clinic in Vancouver . . . 

----- Original Message -----
From: Natalie Hill <nhill10 at gmail.com>
Date: Friday, April 27, 2012 5:48 pm
Subject: Re: [Wamvan] News/thoughts/sources on Canada abortion debate?
To: wamvan at lists.resist.ca

> 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:
> >>>
> >>> "*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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> How can media literacy help end violence against women?
> >>> I'm contributing analysis, strategies and profiling media 
> activists all
> >>> week at:
> >>> http://www.bwss.org/endingviolence/
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>> Joanna Chiu
> >>> www.joannachiu.com <http://www.joannachiu.com%20>
> >>> twitter.com/joannachiu
> >>> Ph: 917 767 6145
> >>> WAM! Vancouver <http://www.wamvancouver.wordpress.com%20>
> >>>  <http://twitter.com/joannachiu>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> > --
> > How can media literacy help end violence against women?
> > I'm contributing analysis, strategies and profiling media 
> activists all
> > week at:
> > http://www.bwss.org/endingviolence/
> >
> > ---
> > Joanna Chiu
> > www.joannachiu.com <http://www.joannachiu.com%20>
> > twitter.com/joannachiu
> > Ph: 917 767 6145
> > WAM! Vancouver <http://www.wamvancouver.wordpress.com%20>
> > <http://twitter.com/joannachiu>
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