Prime Minister Justin Trudeau criticized the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that deprives American women and people who may become pregnant of the right to abortion, calling it “horrible.”
The Supreme Court on Friday quashed the Roe v.
“The news coming out of the United States is horrible. My heart goes out to the millions of American women who will now lose their legal right to abortion. I can’t imagine the fear and anger you are feeling right now.” , tweeted Trudeau.
“No government, politician or man should tell a woman what she can and cannot do with her body. I want women in Canada to know that we will always stand up for your right to choose.”
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Trudeau and Foreign Minister Melanie Joly spoke to reporters after the statement.
Joly called it a “dark day” for women not only in the United States, but around the world.
“It is an investment in the gains made by generations of women, and this decision will put women’s lives at risk. And it has a domino effect on other rights, ”Joly said.
“But the message we’re conveying today is that your voice matters, your vote matters, and no country in the world, including Canada, is immune to what’s happening in the United States.”
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Joly noted a 2021 vote in the House of Commons that saw 82 Conservative MPs vote in favor of restricting when health care providers can perform abortions in Canada.
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That Conservative private member bill proposed imprisoning these abortion providers for up to five years, and it also specifically targeted “selective abortion” even though there is no evidence that it is common in this country.
A 2018 study frequently cited by conservatives proposing a ban on sex-selective abortion suggested that there is a higher proportion of boys born in a subsection of Canadian women: second-generation Ontario women of southern ethnicity. Asian women, specifically from India, who have had at least one previous abortion.
While noting the difference in birth rates, the study noted, “We don’t know why some first- and second-generation mothers with SA ethnicity chose to have abortions. All women in Canada have the legal right to choose abortion without having to present their reasons for doing so. “
This study also specifically warned that measures restricting access to abortion to try to prevent sex selection would run the risk of “endangering women’s lives” and said community outreach was the best option. .
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the right to abortion does not change the legal status of abortion in Canada. However, dozens of Canadian women travel to the United States to have abortions each year due to lack of access and mosaic care in Canadian hospitals, as documented by Global News.
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Advocates for abortion rights in Canada have warned that the inconsistent level of access to abortion in Canada could be disrupted if American women come to the North for care, unless the health care system here is reinforcement to improve gaps in access to abortion.
“I think it’s very important that we’re aware of what kind of precedent a sentence like this can set and what that means for other protections, to rekindle that conversation in the U.S., to rekindle it in Canada,” he said. TK Pritchard. , executive director of The SHORE Center in Kitchener, Ontario, last month.
Pritchard added that restrictions in the U.S. discourage people who want to dispossess or restrict equality rights in Canada.
“We have absolutely politicians who would like this conversation to happen again,” Pritchard said.
“Whether he would advance the law or not or vote or anything for it, it still has an impact on the people who live here and the stigma, and it once again gives validation to people who want to oppose things like abortion and the same … sexual marriage ”.
Nicole Sarauer, a NDP justice critic in Saskatchewan, issued a statement after the court ruling Friday warning that the decision puts the focus on what Canadians will do to protect abortion.
“The U.S. Supreme Court decision to revoke Roe v. Wade demonstrates that the fight for reproductive rights never ends,” Sarauer said in the statement.
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“The same political forces determined to nullify the hard-earned reproductive rights in the United States also exist here in Canada. Now more than ever, we must re-engage in advocating for abortion rights.”
Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, described the decision as “another setback for human rights, women and the rule of law,” warning that it will have overwhelming effects beyond the U.S.
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