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Canadian Abortion Rights Action League was founded on June 20, 1973, in Toronto, by abortion rights activists June Callwood, Kay Macpherson, Lorna Grant, Eleanor Wright Pelrine, Esther Greenglass, and Henry Morgentaler. [1] On November 19, 1974, the group founded the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League in Ottawa.
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."
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. [1]
In 1974, a group of abortion rights activists founded the Canadian Association for the Repeal of the Abortion Law (CARAL) in Ottawa. [38] The aim of CARAL was to support Morgentaler's challenge of the 1969 abortion law requiring approval of a Therapeutic Abortion Committee (TAC) before an abortion could be legally performed (without requiring ...
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At the time of the abortion caravan there were also a number of anti-abortion organizations who wished to eliminate access to abortions in Canada. [4] To this day, there are abortion rights and anti-abortion organizations working to promote their positions, including Action Canada's celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1970 Abortion Caravan. [5]
Pages in category "Abortion-rights organizations in Canada" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .