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
https://www.arcc-cdac.ca
The new novel "What Friends Are For" sheds light on the history of abortion in Canada. Harriet Zaidman's book is a “nuanced, important, and unfortunately timely novel set in 1983 at the height of Canada’s abortion debate, following a young girl grappling with an unplanned pregnancy.”
Young adult novel tackles heavy topic
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The new novel "What Friends Are For" sheds light on the history of abortion in Canada. Harriet Zaidman's book is a “nuanced, important, and unfortunately timely novel set in 1983 at the height of Canada’s abortion debate, following a young girl grappling with an unplanned pregnancy.”
Our new position paper on Reproductive Care Violence - which is any form of harm, coercion, neglect, or discrimination that occurs in the context of accessing, providing, or withholding reproductive health services.
www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/110-re...
www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/110-re...
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Our new position paper on Reproductive Care Violence - which is any form of harm, coercion, neglect, or discrimination that occurs in the context of accessing, providing, or withholding reproductive health services.
www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/110-re...
www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/110-re...
The UCP in Alberta is hoping to pass resolutions at their upcoming annual convention. Including to ban flying of rainbow and transgender pride flags (by gov't, schools, uni's), stop Covid vaccines, and stop publicly funding later abortions except when there’s “serious risk to the mother’s health."
ANALYSIS | Pride flags, fluoride, abortion: Here's what UCP will push Danielle Smith to change next | CBC News
Alberta's premier likes to fulfil her party members' policy wishes. But do these ones coming to convention go too far?
www.cbc.ca
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The UCP in Alberta is hoping to pass resolutions at their upcoming annual convention. Including to ban flying of rainbow and transgender pride flags (by gov't, schools, uni's), stop Covid vaccines, and stop publicly funding later abortions except when there’s “serious risk to the mother’s health."
We are switching our language from "Crisis Pregnancy Centre" to "Unregulated Pregnancy Centre". Here's why... 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We are switching our language from "Crisis Pregnancy Centre" to "Unregulated Pregnancy Centre". Here's why... 🧵
Reposted by Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada
Women were excluded from clinical trails until 1993 in the U.S. and 1997 in Canada. @namshine.bsky.social talks with @docmcohen.medsky.social (@queensuhealth.bsky.social) about excluding women has shaped medicine and harmed women’s health, on (MIS)Treated: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Women were excluded from clinical trails until 1993 in the U.S. and 1997 in Canada. @namshine.bsky.social talks with @docmcohen.medsky.social (@queensuhealth.bsky.social) about excluding women has shaped medicine and harmed women’s health, on (MIS)Treated: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
L’histoire du docteur Henry Morgentaler fait l’objet d’une bande dessinée parue récemment. Dans les années 1970, ce médecin a commencé à pratiquer des avortements de façon illégale. Il a été arrêté et mis en prison. Anne-Marie Dussault retrouve le scénariste et la journaliste. Video - 11 minutes.
Le combat pour l'avortement du Dr Morgentaler en bande dessinée
L’histoire du docteur Henry Morgentaler fait l’objet d’une bande dessinée parue récemment. Dans les années 1970, ce médecin a commencé à pratiquer des avortements de façon illégale. Il a été arrêté et...
ici.radio-canada.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM
L’histoire du docteur Henry Morgentaler fait l’objet d’une bande dessinée parue récemment. Dans les années 1970, ce médecin a commencé à pratiquer des avortements de façon illégale. Il a été arrêté et mis en prison. Anne-Marie Dussault retrouve le scénariste et la journaliste. Video - 11 minutes.
The federal budget failed to include the req't for transparency from unregulated pregnancy centres, sending the signal that protecting reproductive rights from deceptive practices is not a government priority. Please email your MP today using this tool from @bchumanist.ca
End anti-choice abuse of charity status
Email your MP to demand action in Budget 2025
www.bchumanist.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The federal budget failed to include the req't for transparency from unregulated pregnancy centres, sending the signal that protecting reproductive rights from deceptive practices is not a government priority. Please email your MP today using this tool from @bchumanist.ca
Contraception wasn't in the federal budget.😡 “Without strong federal leadership to sign and fund deals with the remaining provinces and territories, millions of Canadians will continue to face barriers when trying to access life-saving and life-changing medicine.” —Teale Phelps Bondaroff, AccessBC.
BC pharmacare advocates criticize federal budget’s lack of funding for prescriptions
Pharmacare advocates in BC are expressing disappointment in the federal government’s proposed Budget 2025 due to a lack of funding for expansion of prescription coverage.
victoriabuzz.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Contraception wasn't in the federal budget.😡 “Without strong federal leadership to sign and fund deals with the remaining provinces and territories, millions of Canadians will continue to face barriers when trying to access life-saving and life-changing medicine.” —Teale Phelps Bondaroff, AccessBC.
Two-thirds of pharmacies in British Columbia can provide the abortion pill within 3 days, but some people need to call several pharmacies to find the drug, especially in larger urban centres.
Study reveals uneven access to abortion pill mifepristone in British Columbia
Most pharmacies in British Columbia can provide the abortion pill mifepristone within days, but uneven access still leaves some women facing barriers to this time-sensitive medication, according to ne...
www.news-medical.net
November 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Two-thirds of pharmacies in British Columbia can provide the abortion pill within 3 days, but some people need to call several pharmacies to find the drug, especially in larger urban centres.
In our new paper, ARCC calls for a shift toward a self-managed abortion model in Canada that expands access to care via increased telehealth service, pharmacist dispensing, and midwife prescribing.
www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/29-sel...
With support from @womenonweb.bsky.social
Image from Trustwomen.org
www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/29-sel...
With support from @womenonweb.bsky.social
Image from Trustwomen.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In our new paper, ARCC calls for a shift toward a self-managed abortion model in Canada that expands access to care via increased telehealth service, pharmacist dispensing, and midwife prescribing.
www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/29-sel...
With support from @womenonweb.bsky.social
Image from Trustwomen.org
www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/29-sel...
With support from @womenonweb.bsky.social
Image from Trustwomen.org
Martha Paynter in NB: “We didn’t expect there to be a new clinic right away. The demand for procedural abortion is falling year over year, and the resources...to start a freestanding clinic would be quite significant.” The growing use of medication abortions has offset procedural abortion.
N.B. abortion access a work in progress one year after policy change | CBC News
A year after the New Brunswick government eliminated the last legal limit on access to surgical abortions, the same three hospitals are the only places where the procedure is offered, and doctors are ...
www.cbc.ca
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Martha Paynter in NB: “We didn’t expect there to be a new clinic right away. The demand for procedural abortion is falling year over year, and the resources...to start a freestanding clinic would be quite significant.” The growing use of medication abortions has offset procedural abortion.
Yesterday's budget failed the people. While pre-budget funding announcements gave some funding to support WAGE and 2S/LBGTQ+ communities, the budget itself ignores reproductive justice, equality, health, Pharmacare, climate justice, and more. Check out Action Canada's eloquent statement.
The Real Test of a Generational Budget | Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights
(Action Canada’s response to Budget 2025) People in Canada deserve a country that measures success in wellbeing, where care is infrastructure, health is prosperity, and people are the project. Across ...
www.actioncanadashr.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Yesterday's budget failed the people. While pre-budget funding announcements gave some funding to support WAGE and 2S/LBGTQ+ communities, the budget itself ignores reproductive justice, equality, health, Pharmacare, climate justice, and more. Check out Action Canada's eloquent statement.
76% of Quebecers want free access to contraception, according to a Léger poll commissioned by Québec solidaire (QS). Party co-spokesperson Ruba Ghazal urged the Legault government to adopt the measure.
76% of Quebecers would support free contraception: poll
The vast majority of Quebecers (76 per cent) would like to have free access to contraception, according to a Léger poll commissioned by Québec solidaire (QS) and released Monday. In an interview, QS c...
montreal.citynews.ca
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
76% of Quebecers want free access to contraception, according to a Léger poll commissioned by Québec solidaire (QS). Party co-spokesperson Ruba Ghazal urged the Legault government to adopt the measure.
La grande majorité des Québécois (76 %) souhaiterait avoir un accès gratuit à la contraception, selon un sondage Léger commandé par Québec solidaire (QS) et rendu public lundi.
Plus de sept Québécois sur dix seraient pour la contraception gratuite
Ruba Ghazal exhorte le gouvernement Legault d’adopter cette mesure après un sondage commandé par QS.
www.ledevoir.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
La grande majorité des Québécois (76 %) souhaiterait avoir un accès gratuit à la contraception, selon un sondage Léger commandé par Québec solidaire (QS) et rendu public lundi.
This is devastating news for PPO and the Ottawa community. So many people and healthcare agencies depend on PPO. As Frederique Chabot of Action Canada said: "I think people sometimes don't really understand the role that organizations like Planned Parenthood Ottawa play in a health-care ecosystem."
Planned Parenthood Ottawa faces uncertain future amid 'cash crisis' | CBC News
It's been a staple in the community for more than six decades, but a lack of funding has left Planned Parenthood Ottawa at a crossroads.
www.cbc.ca
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This is devastating news for PPO and the Ottawa community. So many people and healthcare agencies depend on PPO. As Frederique Chabot of Action Canada said: "I think people sometimes don't really understand the role that organizations like Planned Parenthood Ottawa play in a health-care ecosystem."
"Nous sommes des femmes, des médecins, des infirmières qui pratiquent dans les cliniques d’interruptions volontaires de grossesse. Nous sommes profondément inquiètes des conséquences que la loi 2 aura sur l’accès à l’avortement et sur la valorisation de cette pratique."
Loi 2 | La pratique en clinique d’avortement fragilisée
Nous sommes des femmes, des médecins, des infirmières qui pratiquent dans les cliniques d’interruptions volontaires de grossesse. Nous sommes profondément inquiètes des conséquences que la loi 2 aura ...
www.lapresse.ca
November 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
"Nous sommes des femmes, des médecins, des infirmières qui pratiquent dans les cliniques d’interruptions volontaires de grossesse. Nous sommes profondément inquiètes des conséquences que la loi 2 aura sur l’accès à l’avortement et sur la valorisation de cette pratique."
Feeling spooked by anti-abortion misinformation? 👻
We have conjured up tons of information about abortion in Canada - including how and where to access care, anti-abortion orgs to avoid, and all the facts you need to beat the scaries of abortion stigma. 🪄
www.arcc-cdac.ca/resources
We have conjured up tons of information about abortion in Canada - including how and where to access care, anti-abortion orgs to avoid, and all the facts you need to beat the scaries of abortion stigma. 🪄
www.arcc-cdac.ca/resources
October 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Feeling spooked by anti-abortion misinformation? 👻
We have conjured up tons of information about abortion in Canada - including how and where to access care, anti-abortion orgs to avoid, and all the facts you need to beat the scaries of abortion stigma. 🪄
www.arcc-cdac.ca/resources
We have conjured up tons of information about abortion in Canada - including how and where to access care, anti-abortion orgs to avoid, and all the facts you need to beat the scaries of abortion stigma. 🪄
www.arcc-cdac.ca/resources
Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) leased space to Campaign Life Coalition, Canada’s national anti-choice group, from 2016 to 2020. TMU says it never had a direct relationship or contract with the group, and the previous owners required that existing tenants could stay in the building until 2020.
TMU leased space to anti-abortion organization for four years
Canadian anti-abortion group Campaign Life Coalition was a tenant of the university from 2016 to 2020
theeyeopener.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) leased space to Campaign Life Coalition, Canada’s national anti-choice group, from 2016 to 2020. TMU says it never had a direct relationship or contract with the group, and the previous owners required that existing tenants could stay in the building until 2020.
Carol-Ann Kack: "Oui, protéger le droit à l’avortement est crucial. Mais le faire dans un texte symbolique sans effets juridiques clairs et qui peut ouvrir la porte à des reculs créera un faux sentiment de sécurité. Les droits des femmes méritent mieux qu’un geste politique."
Constitution québécoise et avortement : fausse bonne idée | Journal Le Soir
La CAQ a récemment proposé d’inscrire le droit à l’avortement dans un projet de «constitution québécoise». L'opinion de Carol-Ann Kack sur le sujet.
journallesoir.ca
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Carol-Ann Kack: "Oui, protéger le droit à l’avortement est crucial. Mais le faire dans un texte symbolique sans effets juridiques clairs et qui peut ouvrir la porte à des reculs créera un faux sentiment de sécurité. Les droits des femmes méritent mieux qu’un geste politique."
Lynn Paulin is childless by choice and had her fallopian tubes removed: "I'm not missing out on the joys of parenthood. I’m watching it unfold around me every day, and then getting eight hours of uninterrupted sleep every night."
FIRST PERSON | I’m childless by choice. Having my fallopian tubes removed in my 30s helped me trust my gut | CBC News
P.E.I. resident Lynn Paulin knew she didn’t want kids – but when it came to seeking a permanent form of contraception, she was worried she’d be discouraged from doing what she knew was best for her bo...
www.cbc.ca
October 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Lynn Paulin is childless by choice and had her fallopian tubes removed: "I'm not missing out on the joys of parenthood. I’m watching it unfold around me every day, and then getting eight hours of uninterrupted sleep every night."
L'historienne et autrice Marie-Laurence Raby souligne que le livre vise à raconter tous les efforts derrière cette cause portée par de nombreux groupes. Raby est l’autrice du livre « Braver l’interdit - Histoire féministe de l’avortement au Québec ».
Un ouvrage sur l’histoire de la lutte féministe pour l’avortement au Québec | OHdio | Radio-Canada
Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission Place publique : Un ouvrage sur l’histoire de la lutte féministe pour l’avortement au Québec
ici.radio-canada.ca
October 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
L'historienne et autrice Marie-Laurence Raby souligne que le livre vise à raconter tous les efforts derrière cette cause portée par de nombreux groupes. Raby est l’autrice du livre « Braver l’interdit - Histoire féministe de l’avortement au Québec ».
Marie-Andrée Chouinard : Offrir un cadre législatif sur l’avortement, même protecteur, c’est ouvrir la porte à un processus d’érosion.
Pas de cadre légal pour l’avortement
Offrir un cadre législatif sur l’avortement, même protecteur, c’est ouvrir la porte à un processus d’érosion.
www.ledevoir.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Marie-Andrée Chouinard : Offrir un cadre législatif sur l’avortement, même protecteur, c’est ouvrir la porte à un processus d’érosion.
L'utilisation des échographies pratiquées dans les centres de grossesse inquiète des experts de la santé reproductive. La Coalition pour le droit à l'avortement du Canada croit que les échographies ont pour objectif de dissuader les femmes de se faire avorter.
Échographie : instrument de dissuasion contre l’avortement?
La Coalition pour le droit à l'avortement croit que les échographies pratiquées dans des centres de grossesse visent à dissuader les femmes de se faire avorter.
ici.radio-canada.ca
October 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
L'utilisation des échographies pratiquées dans les centres de grossesse inquiète des experts de la santé reproductive. La Coalition pour le droit à l'avortement du Canada croit que les échographies ont pour objectif de dissuader les femmes de se faire avorter.
The Social Health Lab at UBC is currently recruiting for a research study to understand how hormones affect teens’ health & social behaviour.
Children ages 13-15 (w/ parental permission), and assigned female at birth (any gender) are welcome. Honorarium provided!
blogs.ubc.ca/teenstudy/pa...
Children ages 13-15 (w/ parental permission), and assigned female at birth (any gender) are welcome. Honorarium provided!
blogs.ubc.ca/teenstudy/pa...
October 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The Social Health Lab at UBC is currently recruiting for a research study to understand how hormones affect teens’ health & social behaviour.
Children ages 13-15 (w/ parental permission), and assigned female at birth (any gender) are welcome. Honorarium provided!
blogs.ubc.ca/teenstudy/pa...
Children ages 13-15 (w/ parental permission), and assigned female at birth (any gender) are welcome. Honorarium provided!
blogs.ubc.ca/teenstudy/pa...
What makes abortion inaccessible for some in Canada? How did the country's only national abortion charity lose 90% of it's core funding?
TK Pritchard, Executive Director of Abortion Care Canada joins Choice Chat to discuss the current landscape of abortion care and the complexities of access. 🎧
TK Pritchard, Executive Director of Abortion Care Canada joins Choice Chat to discuss the current landscape of abortion care and the complexities of access. 🎧
Episode 4 - Personal Stories - 13 Years of Change - Humanist Canada
In this episode of Choice Chat, host Tara discusses the complexities of abortion access in Canada with TK Pritchard, executive director of Abortion Care Canada. They explore the systemic barriers indi...
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October 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
What makes abortion inaccessible for some in Canada? How did the country's only national abortion charity lose 90% of it's core funding?
TK Pritchard, Executive Director of Abortion Care Canada joins Choice Chat to discuss the current landscape of abortion care and the complexities of access. 🎧
TK Pritchard, Executive Director of Abortion Care Canada joins Choice Chat to discuss the current landscape of abortion care and the complexities of access. 🎧