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In both cases, the alleged abortion provider was ultimately acquitted of responsibility for the woman's death. Abortion rights activist Marilyn Wilson, former executive director of the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League, says, "Illegal abortions were common, but often of poor safety. Several hundred women per year died from botched abortions."
Abortion-rights organizations in Canada (6 P) ... Pages in category "Abortion in Canada" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
R v Morgentaler [2] was a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada invalidating a provincial attempt to regulate abortions in Canada.This followed the 1988 decision R. v. Morgentaler, which had struck down the federal abortion law as a breach of section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
This category pertains to historical, current, and proposed abortion law in Canada. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. C.
This category includes articles on Canadian court decisions which were related to abortion. Pages in category "Canadian abortion case law" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
On January 23, 1996, a court overturned the provisions which prohibited protesting and sidewalk counselling on the grounds that both violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. [7] Both provisions were restored in October 1996. [8] The following cases involve the Access to Abortion Services Act: R v. Lewis (1996) R. v. Demers (2003)
Morgentaler v R (also known as Morgentaler v The Queen) is a decision of the Supreme Court of Canada where physician Henry Morgentaler unsuccessfully challenged the prohibition of abortion in Canada under the federal Criminal Code. The Court found the abortion law was appropriately passed by Parliament under the laws of federalism.
The aim of CARAL was to legalize abortion in Canada. To accomplish their aim, they supported Dr. Henry Morgentaler's challenge of the 1969 abortion law, which required the approval of a hospital's Therapeutic Abortion Committee (TAC) before an abortion could be legally performed (without requiring TACs to be formed or to meet). Fewer than one ...