[Wamvan] Blogs/articles on anti-abortion bill Motion 312?

[Jarrah]

Hi Joanna and all,

Here's my post from a couple days ago: "The Last Weeks of Woodworth: What
You Can Do" -
http://www.gender-focus.com/2012/09/16/last-weeks-of-woodworth-m312/.

It links to a couple other pieces including Joyce Arthur's article at
Rabble on why we need to oppose M-312 even if it doesn't have a good chance
of passing, and a Dammit Janet post that has a leaked letter Woodworth was
sending around to colleagues.

Thanks for sending your column - it's been really inspiring to see the
mobilizing against this motion.

Also for anyone who's interested, there'll be a rally against M-312 next
Tuesday the 25th (the day before the final vote) at the VAG:

https://www.facebook.com/events/342286289198391/

Stand Up For Women's Right to Choose - Rally to oppose Motion
M-312<https://www.facebook.com/events/342286289198391/>

   -
      - Tuesday, 25 September
2012<https://www.facebook.com/events/calendar/2012/September/25>
      - **
      10:00 until 10:30
      - **
   vancouver art gallery(south side at Robson st.)
   - **
   Come out on Tuesday September 25th and Fight against motion M-312!

   This is a joint event of The BC Federation of Labour and the Abortion
   Rights Coalition of Canada to oppose Motion M-312 - a private member's
   motion that is a back door attempt to re-open the debate on abortion and
   restrict abortion rights in Canada.The motion is up for it's second hour of
   debate on Sept. 21st and a final vote on Sept. 26th.

   For info on Motion 312 and actions you can take to oppose it, visit
   ARCC’s website:http://www.arcc
   -cdac.ca/m312.html
   <http://www.arcc-cdac.ca/m312.html>


   Please wear your Radical Handmaid costume, or if you don't have one,
   just wear red. (links to the patterns for costumes and hats are at the ARCC
   website above)

   Make a sign and bring it with you!


On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 3:08 AM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Has anyone written on the recent attacks on reproductive rights in Canada
> or would recommend some good articles or blogs on the subject? I'd like to
> collect a list of feminist critiques of those attacks to share around.
>
> Here's my column on Motion 312 in Herizons magazine's summer issue:
> http://joannachiu.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/choice-under-attack/
>
> Here's a petition: http://www.leadnow.ca/defend-our-reproductive-rights
>
> And the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada provides updates and letter
> templates on its website here: http://www.arcc-cdac.ca/m312.html
>
> Some context pasted from ARCC:
>
> ** The second hour of debate on M312 is scheduled for Sept 21 (1:30pm
> EDT), and the vote for Sept 26 (5pm EDT)**
> Dear Supporters,
>
> A dangerous anti-abortion motion was debated in Parliament in April and is
> coming up for a second round of debate on Sept 21 and a vote on Sept 26.
> Motion 312 (see full wording<http://www.stephenwoodworth.ca/canadas-400-year-old-definition-of-human-being/motion-312>
>  on Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth's website) calls for a
> Parliamentary Committee to examine whether the Criminal Code definition of
> "human being" should be expanded to include fetuses. This threatens to give
> legal personhood to fetuses and allow the re-criminalization of abortion,
> as well as deny the constitutional rights of all pregnant women.
>
> Although the motion is not expected to pass, we must send a strong
> message to Parliament and anti-choice MPs that we will never let anyone
> take us back to the 1950’s on hard-fought reproductive rights for Canadian
> women. Please take action today to ensure a crushing defeat for Motion
> 312 in June.
>
> --
> ---
>  Joanna Chiu
> www.joannachiu.com <http://www.joannachiu.com%20/>
> twitter.com/joannachiu
> Ph: 5115 8253
> WAM! Vancouver <http://www.wamvancouver.wordpress.com%20/>
> <http://twitter.com/joannachiu>
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