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The Canadian affiliate of Planned Parenthood, now known as the Canadian Federation for Sexual Health, is also in favour of abortion rights, and while it does refer pregnant women to abortion providers, it does not have a history (unlike its American counterpart) of engaging in widespread litigation in favour of legalized abortion.
There were 197 abortion providers in Canada in 2001. [1]34 of the 197 providers in Canada in 2001 were clinics and 167 were hospitals. [1]The provinces with the most providers were Ontario (76 hospitals, 6 clinics), Quebec (30 hospitals, 19 clinics), and British Columbia (37 hospitals, 3 clinics) in 2001.
In the 1980s, Layton attended clinic defences of the Morgentaler clinics, when abortion rights supporters guarded the entrance of a clinic to keep abortion opponents from blockading the doorways to stop patients from entering. [84] The NDP has been a supporter of abortion rights, making them part of its political platform for many years. [85]
The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) is a Canadian abortion rights organization which was founded in 2005. Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia , it is currently the only political group in Canada which is engaged in pro- abortion rights activism on a national level.
Birthright International is an international organization of crisis pregnancy centers.It offers a range of services, to an estimated 10 million women, [1] designed to "help support a woman's desire not to have an abortion," including referrals to legal, medical and psychological services, as well as a range of community support assistance such as financial aid.
This category lists notable physicians, clinics, and organizations whose primary practice is or was in the provision of abortion in Canada. Pages in category "Canadian abortion providers" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The National Abortion Federation (NAF) is a professional association of abortion providers. NAF members include private and non-profit clinics, Planned Parenthood affiliates, women's health centers, physicians' offices, and hospitals who together perform approximately half of the abortions in the U.S. and Canada each year.
The Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform (stylized as CCBR) is an anti-abortion group based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.. CCBR engages in a wide range of activities, including apologetics training, leafletting, interviews, debates and public demonstrations in campuses, schools, churches and streets throughout North America, and occasionally in Europe.