Outrage over decision to end U.S. rights to abortion fuels protests in Canada
Canadians are taking to the streets this weekend, together with in a number of cities throughout Quebec on Sunday, to denounce the US Supreme Courtroom’s determination to overturn the legislation that offered the constitutional proper to abortion for nearly 50 years.
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The Quebec Federation of Deliberate Parenthood is inviting folks to satisfy outdoors courthouses in Montreal, Quebec Metropolis, Sherbrooke, Rimouski and Trois-Rivières, whereas different protests have taken place throughout the nation because the determination to overturn Roe v. Wade was introduced on Friday.
Quebec federation coordinator Jess Legault says overturning a proper to abortion is worrying and enraging for ladies’s rights and security.
She says though such rights can’t be threatened the identical means in Canada as abortion is a authorized medical process, she fears the U.S. determination will gas the rise of pro-life teams and feed into disinformation across the follow.
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Legault says the federation doesn’t advocate for abortion for all, however quite for the best to have choices and entry to protected clinics.
Martha Paynter, chair of RisePEI-based reproductive justice group Wellness Inside, says the publicity arising from the choice is a chance to speak to sufferers about choices the place they dwell and to press authorities for extra funding for reproductive and sexual well being.
