Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada
@abortionrightscan.bsky.social
Canada's only national, political pro-choice group, advocating for reproductive justice for all 🦋
https://www.arcc-cdac.ca
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Alberta’s Bill 26 bans life-saving, evidence-based gender affirming care for youth and directly contradicts the guidelines of the Canadian Paediatric Society. 500 signatures are needed to bring this petition to Parliament.
Protect trans kids! ✊
Protect trans kids! ✊
Petition e-7005 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
January 21, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Alberta’s Bill 26 bans life-saving, evidence-based gender affirming care for youth and directly contradicts the guidelines of the Canadian Paediatric Society. 500 signatures are needed to bring this petition to Parliament.
Protect trans kids! ✊
Protect trans kids! ✊
ARCC had a busy and productive 2025 ✨
We want to express our deep gratitude to YOU for continuing to support ARCC, and making this work possible. We couldn’t do it without you.
Check out the highlights of our work in 2025! www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/2025_h...
We want to express our deep gratitude to YOU for continuing to support ARCC, and making this work possible. We couldn’t do it without you.
Check out the highlights of our work in 2025! www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/2025_h...
www.arcc-cdac.ca
January 19, 2026 at 4:20 PM
ARCC had a busy and productive 2025 ✨
We want to express our deep gratitude to YOU for continuing to support ARCC, and making this work possible. We couldn’t do it without you.
Check out the highlights of our work in 2025! www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/2025_h...
We want to express our deep gratitude to YOU for continuing to support ARCC, and making this work possible. We couldn’t do it without you.
Check out the highlights of our work in 2025! www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/2025_h...
Harriet Zaidman is an award-winning author in Winnipeg. Her latest novel, “What Friends Are For”, tells the story of a small-town girl who participates in protests outside the local abortion clinic - until she gets pregnant herself.
Winnipeg author shares insights on her latest title ‘What Friends Are For’
Harriet Zaidman is an award-winning author based in Winnipeg. She writes historical fiction with stories ranging from the Winnipeg General Strike to the outbreak of polio in the 50’s.
winnipeg.citynews.ca
January 19, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Harriet Zaidman is an award-winning author in Winnipeg. Her latest novel, “What Friends Are For”, tells the story of a small-town girl who participates in protests outside the local abortion clinic - until she gets pregnant herself.
Join Dr. Disinfo for the first episode of "Is Your Health in Jeopardy?", our new game show that skewers misinformation from unregulated pregnancy centres! 🎯
Watch the full video on our Youtube: youtu.be/0YcuaswTcGg
Watch the full video on our Youtube: youtu.be/0YcuaswTcGg
January 14, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Join Dr. Disinfo for the first episode of "Is Your Health in Jeopardy?", our new game show that skewers misinformation from unregulated pregnancy centres! 🎯
Watch the full video on our Youtube: youtu.be/0YcuaswTcGg
Watch the full video on our Youtube: youtu.be/0YcuaswTcGg
À propos de l’équipe CDAC! 📣
Nous souhaitons pourvoir deux postes au sein du conseil d’administration.
Nous encourageons particulièrement les candidatures de personnes noires, autochtones et autres personnes de couleur, ainsi que celles issues d’autres groupes minoritaires ou défavorisés.
Nous souhaitons pourvoir deux postes au sein du conseil d’administration.
Nous encourageons particulièrement les candidatures de personnes noires, autochtones et autres personnes de couleur, ainsi que celles issues d’autres groupes minoritaires ou défavorisés.
À propos de l’équipe CDAC – La Coalition pour le Droit à l’Avortement au Canada
www.arcc-cdac.ca
January 10, 2026 at 9:49 PM
À propos de l’équipe CDAC! 📣
Nous souhaitons pourvoir deux postes au sein du conseil d’administration.
Nous encourageons particulièrement les candidatures de personnes noires, autochtones et autres personnes de couleur, ainsi que celles issues d’autres groupes minoritaires ou défavorisés.
Nous souhaitons pourvoir deux postes au sein du conseil d’administration.
Nous encourageons particulièrement les candidatures de personnes noires, autochtones et autres personnes de couleur, ainsi que celles issues d’autres groupes minoritaires ou défavorisés.
« L’article 29 du projet de loi 1 ne garantit pas l’accès à l’avortement. Il le fragilise et ouvre la porte aux groupes antichoix à des leviers pour restreindre ce droit », précise Isabelle Rodrigue, intervenante et responsable des communications au Centre de femmes Entre Ailes.
Projet de loi 1: des organismes d'ici veulent un meilleur accès à l'avortement - Les Versants
Les organismes locaux œuvrant auprès des femmes, comme le Centre de femmes Entre Ailes et le Centre de femmes L'Essentielle, souhaitent voir un meilleur accès à l'avortement.
www.versants.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:05 AM
« L’article 29 du projet de loi 1 ne garantit pas l’accès à l’avortement. Il le fragilise et ouvre la porte aux groupes antichoix à des leviers pour restreindre ce droit », précise Isabelle Rodrigue, intervenante et responsable des communications au Centre de femmes Entre Ailes.
Conservative Party conventions show the true colours of the party. Members want to repeal their policy to "not support any legislation to regulate abortion." That means re-criminalization. They'll also be voting on restricting trans rights, undoing the ban on "conversion therapy", and ending DEI.
Conservatives to debate policies including abortion, DEI and MAID at Calgary convention | CBC News
Conservative Party members are pressing their leader to adopt a number of controversial policy positions at their upcoming convention including private health care, scrapping Diversity Equity and Incl...
www.cbc.ca
January 10, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Conservative Party conventions show the true colours of the party. Members want to repeal their policy to "not support any legislation to regulate abortion." That means re-criminalization. They'll also be voting on restricting trans rights, undoing the ban on "conversion therapy", and ending DEI.
📣 Our new game show “Is Your Health in Jeopardy” drops January 14th📣 Learn to spot misinformation while enjoying a fun silly game of jeopardy!! What more could you ask for?! #reproductiverights #reproductivejustice
📣 Our new game show “Is Your Health in Jeopardy” drops January 14th📣 Learn to spot misinformation while enjoying a fun silly game of jeopardy!! What more could you ask for?! #reproductiverights #repro...
TikTok video by AbortionRightsCoalitionCanada
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January 9, 2026 at 8:21 PM
📣 Our new game show “Is Your Health in Jeopardy” drops January 14th📣 Learn to spot misinformation while enjoying a fun silly game of jeopardy!! What more could you ask for?! #reproductiverights #reproductivejustice
There is no *one* way to show up for abortion rights.
So here are 26 concrete ways to commit yourself to advocacy and justice in 2026! 🚀
So here are 26 concrete ways to commit yourself to advocacy and justice in 2026! 🚀
There is no *one* way to show up for abortion rights. So here are 26 concrete ways to commit yourself to advocacy and justice in 2026! 🚀
Showing up looks different for everyone. Whether it's… | A...
There is no *one* way to show up for abortion rights. So here are 26 concrete ways to commit yourself to advocacy and justice in 2026! 🚀
Showing up looks different for everyone. Whether it's mobilizi...
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January 7, 2026 at 7:09 PM
There is no *one* way to show up for abortion rights.
So here are 26 concrete ways to commit yourself to advocacy and justice in 2026! 🚀
So here are 26 concrete ways to commit yourself to advocacy and justice in 2026! 🚀
✂ Let's leave unregulated pregnancy centres in 2025...
Are UPCs in your area getting funding from local businesses, charities, churches, or even the government?
We've created a letter template that you can use to urge groups to cut funding to anti-abortion organizations in your community!
Are UPCs in your area getting funding from local businesses, charities, churches, or even the government?
We've created a letter template that you can use to urge groups to cut funding to anti-abortion organizations in your community!
Sample letter to ask organizations to stop supporting unregulated pregnancy centres – Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada
Below is a generic letter you can send to send to any organization, company, local government, or other entity that provides funds to an anti-choice unregulated pregnancy centre (UPC), such as via a…
www.arcc-cdac.ca
January 6, 2026 at 3:45 PM
✂ Let's leave unregulated pregnancy centres in 2025...
Are UPCs in your area getting funding from local businesses, charities, churches, or even the government?
We've created a letter template that you can use to urge groups to cut funding to anti-abortion organizations in your community!
Are UPCs in your area getting funding from local businesses, charities, churches, or even the government?
We've created a letter template that you can use to urge groups to cut funding to anti-abortion organizations in your community!
Aux dernières nouvelles, l’avortement sexo-sélectif est présent au Canada, mais Radio-Canada a découvert que le phénomène ne fait l’objet d’aucun suivi, ni du gouvernement fédéral ni des provinces. Même les chercheurs peinent à étudier l’évolution de cette pratique controversée.
L’avortement sexo-sélectif, une question ouverte au Canada
Les avortements sexo-sélectifs semblent diminuer dans d’autres pays. On ignore si c’est aussi le cas au Canada, qui ne fait pas de suivi du phénomène.
ici.radio-canada.ca
December 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Aux dernières nouvelles, l’avortement sexo-sélectif est présent au Canada, mais Radio-Canada a découvert que le phénomène ne fait l’objet d’aucun suivi, ni du gouvernement fédéral ni des provinces. Même les chercheurs peinent à étudier l’évolution de cette pratique controversée.
🚨CENSORSHIP ALERT🚨: Recently Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) removed and/or severely restricted the accounts of over 50 reproductive health, and LGBTQIA2S+ advocacy organizations globally according to The Guardian.
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:14 AM
🚨CENSORSHIP ALERT🚨: Recently Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) removed and/or severely restricted the accounts of over 50 reproductive health, and LGBTQIA2S+ advocacy organizations globally according to The Guardian.
Reposted by Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada
This new book is a call to action and a guide for building an inclusive and intersectional reproductive justice movement. Loretta J. Ross and Marlene Gerber Fried provide a history of abortion politics through a reproductive justice framework that centers those most vulnerable.
Abortion and Reproductive Justice by Marlene Fried, Loretta Ross - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
December 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This new book is a call to action and a guide for building an inclusive and intersectional reproductive justice movement. Loretta J. Ross and Marlene Gerber Fried provide a history of abortion politics through a reproductive justice framework that centers those most vulnerable.
Reposted by Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada
If you’re thinking of doing some reading over the holidays, check out this Abortion Books site with over 600 books categorized by genre, country, and language (no anti-choice books) abortion-books.info
December 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
If you’re thinking of doing some reading over the holidays, check out this Abortion Books site with over 600 books categorized by genre, country, and language (no anti-choice books) abortion-books.info
Looking for a last minue gift for the pro-choice activist in your life? 📣🎁
Gift them an ARCC membership and connect them to all things abortion + reproductive rights in Canada!
arcc-cdac.ca/donate
Gift them an ARCC membership and connect them to all things abortion + reproductive rights in Canada!
arcc-cdac.ca/donate
Donate – Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada
arcc-cdac.ca
December 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Looking for a last minue gift for the pro-choice activist in your life? 📣🎁
Gift them an ARCC membership and connect them to all things abortion + reproductive rights in Canada!
arcc-cdac.ca/donate
Gift them an ARCC membership and connect them to all things abortion + reproductive rights in Canada!
arcc-cdac.ca/donate
Exciting news! Vancouver Coastal Health has announced a new clinic opening in early 2027, an amalgamation between Everywoman’s Health Centre and Willow Clinic. The new clinic will bring all services together under one roof, enhancing client care and increasing capacity.
VCH improving access to reproductive health care | Vancouver Coastal Health
Vancouver, B.C. – Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is committed to providing safe, quality care for individuals accessing sexual and reproductive health services. In partnership with Everywoman’s Health...
www.vch.ca
December 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Exciting news! Vancouver Coastal Health has announced a new clinic opening in early 2027, an amalgamation between Everywoman’s Health Centre and Willow Clinic. The new clinic will bring all services together under one roof, enhancing client care and increasing capacity.
Ruth Evans has died. She was a leader in the campaign to remove abortion from the Criminal Code of Canada, co-founding the Association for the Repeal of the Canadian Abortion Law.
Ruth Evans fought for women’s rights and found fun ways to encourage her grandsons to read
Christened Sybil Ruth Blenkinsop, she was known all her life as ‘Stumpy’ by her English family, a childhood nickname that stuck
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Ruth Evans has died. She was a leader in the campaign to remove abortion from the Criminal Code of Canada, co-founding the Association for the Repeal of the Canadian Abortion Law.
We're hosting a giveaway over on our Instagram page to celebrate 15,000 followers! 🥳
See the post for details and how to enter!
See the post for details and how to enter!
ARCC-CDAC on Instagram: "🎉 15K giveaway 🎉
As a huge thank you to the 15,000 of you who are dedicated to protecting reproductive rights, we're hosting a giveaway! 💛
Prizes:
📖 A copy of @marthapaynter...
54 likes, 16 comments - abortionrightscoalitioncan on December 8, 2025: "🎉 15K giveaway 🎉
As a huge thank you to the 15,000 of you who are dedicated to protecting reproductive rights, we're hosting a...
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December 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
We're hosting a giveaway over on our Instagram page to celebrate 15,000 followers! 🥳
See the post for details and how to enter!
See the post for details and how to enter!
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Overnight, past 2 a.m., the Alberta United Conservative Party passed Bill 9, a bill to **strip away the right to life of trans youth** in order to impose on them a gender-affirming care ban.
We’re assisting to the beginning of a humanitarian crisis, in Canada, in real time.
We’re assisting to the beginning of a humanitarian crisis, in Canada, in real time.
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Overnight, past 2 a.m., the Alberta United Conservative Party passed Bill 9, a bill to **strip away the right to life of trans youth** in order to impose on them a gender-affirming care ban.
We’re assisting to the beginning of a humanitarian crisis, in Canada, in real time.
We’re assisting to the beginning of a humanitarian crisis, in Canada, in real time.
Les voix demandant le retrait de l’article sur l’avortement du projet de constitution du gouvernement Legault s’accumulent. Le Conseil du statut de la femme s’y est ajouté mardi. « L’avortement est reconnu dans l’ensemble du Canada comme tout autre soin de santé : il doit continuer à en être ainsi »
De plus en plus de groupes demandent à Jolin-Barrette de reculer sur l’avortement
Le Conseil du statut de la femme et l’Association des obstétriciens et gynécologues se sont ajoutés au concert des voix.
www.ledevoir.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Les voix demandant le retrait de l’article sur l’avortement du projet de constitution du gouvernement Legault s’accumulent. Le Conseil du statut de la femme s’y est ajouté mardi. « L’avortement est reconnu dans l’ensemble du Canada comme tout autre soin de santé : il doit continuer à en être ainsi »
« On ne comprend pas comment le gouvernement peut maintenir une position aussi ouvertement discriminatoire. Les conséquences sur la vie de ces femmes sont désastreuses », déplore Jess Legault, coordonnatrice générale de la Fédération du Québec pour le planning des naissances (FQPN).
Les femmes sans la RAMQ privées d’avortement au troisième trimestre
Le gouvernement du Québec justifie cette directive par un manque de ressources spécialisées.
www.ledevoir.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
« On ne comprend pas comment le gouvernement peut maintenir une position aussi ouvertement discriminatoire. Les conséquences sur la vie de ces femmes sont désastreuses », déplore Jess Legault, coordonnatrice générale de la Fédération du Québec pour le planning des naissances (FQPN).
Billboards with anti-abortion messages will soon be coming down in Kelowna. For many years, a local billboard company allowed the signs along Highway 97 through West Kelowna. but pressure from a local pro-choice advocate has led to a policy change.
Anti-abortion billboards in West Kelowna, B.C., coming down
Billboards with anti-abortion messages may soon be coming down in the Kelowna area. For many years, a local billboard company has allowed the signs along Highway 97 through West Kelowna. As Brady Stra...
www.cbc.ca
December 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Billboards with anti-abortion messages will soon be coming down in Kelowna. For many years, a local billboard company allowed the signs along Highway 97 through West Kelowna. but pressure from a local pro-choice advocate has led to a policy change.
Des « attitudes et discours anti-avortement » sont présents dans le réseau de la santé québécois, selon un rapport de recherche par la FQPN. Ses auteurs recommandent notamment de renforcer la formation universitaire médicale sur l’interruption volontaire de grossesse.
Des «attitudes anti-avortement» existent dans le réseau de la santé québécois
Une étude recommande notamment de renforcer la formation médicale sur le sujet.
www.ledevoir.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Des « attitudes et discours anti-avortement » sont présents dans le réseau de la santé québécois, selon un rapport de recherche par la FQPN. Ses auteurs recommandent notamment de renforcer la formation universitaire médicale sur l’interruption volontaire de grossesse.
Reproductive rights groups do NOT want the Quebec government to enshrine abortion rights in the province's proposed constitution. First, it's not really a constitution - it's a regular law that can be amended. And that would turn it into an anti-choice weapon to restrict abortion.
Why Quebec’s plan to enshrine abortion rights is raising alarms
Civil society groups are warning that the Legault government’s plan to enshrine abortion rights in Quebec’s proposed constitution could have unintended consequences.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Reproductive rights groups do NOT want the Quebec government to enshrine abortion rights in the province's proposed constitution. First, it's not really a constitution - it's a regular law that can be amended. And that would turn it into an anti-choice weapon to restrict abortion.
Créer une loi sur l’accès à l’avortement donnerait au contraire des munitions aux groupes anti-choix. Malgré des prétentions, elle resterait une loi comme les autres et pourrait être modifiée à majorité simple par n’importe quel gouvernement.
La CAQ menace (encore) le droit à l’avortement – Pivot
Avec le projet de loi 1 de Simon Jolin-Barrette, l’avortement est plus en péril qu’il ne l’a jamais été depuis sa décriminalisation en 1988.
pivot.quebec
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Créer une loi sur l’accès à l’avortement donnerait au contraire des munitions aux groupes anti-choix. Malgré des prétentions, elle resterait une loi comme les autres et pourrait être modifiée à majorité simple par n’importe quel gouvernement.