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Formally banned in 1869, abortion would remain illegal in Canadian law for the next 100 years. [9] In 1969, the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968–69 legalized therapeutic abortions, as long as a committee of doctors certified that continuing the pregnancy would likely endanger the woman's life or health. [ 9 ]
The Access to Abortion Services Act is a law in the Canadian province of British Columbia.Enacted in September 1995, it protects access to abortion services by limiting demonstrations outside of abortion clinics, doctor's offices, and doctor's homes.
Canadian Association for Repeal of the Abortion Law (CARAL) was a coalition of abortion rights activists, created in 1974, to protest the incarceration of Dr. Henry Morgentaler, who was jailed for providing safe, yet not legalized, abortions in Canada.
Canadian abortion case law (7 P) Pages in category "Canadian abortion law" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect ...
This right has generated significant case law, as abortion in Canada was legalized in R v Morgentaler (1988) after the Supreme Court found the Therapeutic Abortion Committees breached women's security of person by threatening their health. Some judges also felt control of the body was a right within security of the person, breached by the ...
Canadian abortion-rights activists (8 P) Canadian anti-abortion activists (30 P) L. Canadian abortion law (1 C, 6 P) O. Abortion-rights organizations in Canada (6 P)
R v Morgentaler, [1988] 1 SCR 30 was a decision of the Supreme Court of Canada which held that the abortion provision in the Criminal Code was unconstitutional because it violated women's rights under section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("Charter") to security of the person.
Abortion laws vary widely among countries and territories, ... For example, Henry Morgentaler, a Canadian pro-choice advocate, was never convicted by a jury.