The Importance Of Abortion In Canada

Pro-choice women believe in their rights from the Constitution to help defend them, however. The Constitution protects the women's privacy. The First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, and Ninth Amendment all give broad, unmentioned privacy on abortions. Since unmentioned, the women have protection and can control their own bodies (Chinn, …). They give an extension to privacy in marriage and procreation/contraception. Pregnancy may also have a toll on some women. Maternity may cause a poor life for the women in many ways. Mental and physical health may be damaged with having to care for a baby. Exhaustion can affect mental or physical health and take away the control women feel. Women need to be able to care for themselves and care for the tolls that pregnancy may cause. Other women have trouble financially supporting a lifestyle with a baby involved. They do not want to bring a baby into the world suffering because women cannot afford one. The states should not force a baby when women cannot care for it financially. Emotional health is also fragile when pregnant and feeling burdened with a baby. Babies require much care and some women cannot afford to give it. Some women have trouble caring for themselves and fell they shouldn’t care for a baby if they are not ready. These women feel that just because they’re having sex does not mean they are allowing pregnancy. Many couples precautions to prevent pregnancy, like condoms or

In the 19th century, after tremendous progress in surgical processes, abortions were then conducted by surgeons on a wide scale, while medical abortions are used concurrently. However, as abortion technology prospers, legal restrictions came with it. In 1803, a English statute abolished the previously-legal first trimester abortions. The act “condemned the willful, malicious, and unlawful use of any medical substance when used with the intent to induce abortion” (Stern, 1968). In 1821, Connecticut enabled the first statute in the United States regulating abortions. Within 10 years, states like Illinois, Ohio, New York, Alabama, and others enabled abortion restriction statutes, and by 1968, 50 of the 51 jurisdictions in the United States have prohibited abortion except in the case women’s life is endangered (Ibid., at 3). In 1965, Britain, however, legalized abortion for “medical conditions of the mother, for socio-economic reasons, for eugenic considerations, and for pregnancies which resulted from rape or incestuous intercourse”, which is still law today (Ibid, at 4). In Canada, abortion has been legalized since 1969 through Bill C-150 if “a committee of three physicians determined that the pregnancy was a threat to the woman's life or health” (Norman, 2012). In 1988, Canadian Supreme Court struck down bill C-150’s provision requiring committee approval to receive an abortion in its decision R v Morgentaler, legalizing abortion across Canada for any reasons (Ibid.).

As in other countries, Abortion was once illegal in Canada, and only allowed to be performed on the criminal law principle of necessity to save the life of the pregnant woman. When it comes to 1988, however, Supreme Court of Canada has decriminalised the abortion law since Section 251 (the law regarding to abortion) violated Section 7 of the Canadian Chart of Rights and Freedom, which guarantees the right to live, liberty, and security of the person. Therefore, it is now permitted in Canada for a woman to have an abortion for any reasons which she desires.

It has been over 25 years since the Supreme Court of Canada decriminalized abortion. In 1988 the court declared that section 251 of the Criminal Code of Canada, which did not allow women access to abortion services without the consent of a physician, infringed on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. These rights guarantee the “security of person” which the court determined included access to medical care and procedures that include abortion services (Bourgeois, 23). In principle the amendment of this law has been instrumental for women’s rights and their autonomy in reproductive health decisions, but in practice this might not be the case.

in the lead for performed abortion with a number of 28,765 recorded in year 2010

If a pregnancy is unwanted or unplanned, does that mean the life of an unborn child should go to waste? Abortion cannot be the solution, it promotes that human life is disposable. If Canadians are uninformed about the abortion guidelines it can affect their decision to abort the child. In Canada, there is a 24-week deadline for women to have abortions. Many factors impact a woman’s judgement to have an abortion, one of which includes religion. However, physical and emotional factors can also impact the mother when terminating a pregnancy. Canadian guidelines should be changed to further restrict “late-term” abortions; abortions should only be permitted under special circumstances due to the numerous valid ethical implications that go hand in

ARCC-CDAC has made it a point to address the fact that it is next to impossible to have an abortion in Canada. A majority of women have to pay for an abortion in Canada because of the government, and they are denied the service at the hospital. Under the Canada Health Act, the New Brunswick government is required to pay for any abortion performed in any clinic within the province, but the government refuses. The government of New Brunswick is very gender discriminatory when it comes to women because men cannot bear a child . It is evident that the current government in Canada will not fund abortion clinics, and it will not be supported by the federal government. At least the information for ARCC-CDAC is not given by an automated phone number,

And likewise in Canada and while the federal government (Minster of Justice and Attorney General Pierre Elliot Trudeau in his Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1968-69) had given women the right to have an abortion, provincial governments and hospitals boards will similarly make laws and rules trying to prevent women from having the abortion:

Nowadays, a lot of people are debating about whether abortion should be legal or illegal in Canada. In fact, Canada criminalized abortion in the 19th century like most other countries; however, in 1988 abortion was legalized in Canada, though access to abortions has not been equitable across provinces. Abortion should be legal in Canada because it gives women control over their bodies, it prevents over population and it helps people who are not ready to be parents.

Although it hasn’t always been this way, abortion and prenatal testing are becoming more supported by not only society, but by medical practitioners. Recent statistics given by statistics Canada show that four out of five Canadians agree with the legalization of abortion (Stats Canada, Retrieved on June 5, 2018). On top of this, 77% of Canadians believe that abortion should be permitted (Scotti.M, March 6, 2017). Although this number has dropped slightly from 2016 statistics, it is higher than the global average of 71% (Scotti.M, March 6, 2017). The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario produced a code in September, 2008, which states that a physician must disclose his or her opinion on abortion and must refer a patient if he or she

To start with, a brief understanding on how the process of legalization in Canada started is an important tool so we know where we can looked back and stand in our society today.

The pro-choice camp believes the providence of choice to abort is vital for gender equality. As Thomson (1971) believes, one’s body belongs to oneself which it is morally permissible for a woman to make her own choice towards her unexpected pregnancy. Furthermore, compared to men, women may be more affected by pregnancy which it might disrupt their education, career or family life. Hence, pregnancy to a woman could be an important issue due to its impact. Therefore, illegalizing abortion may be seen as a constraint of women’s right to freedom of choice when abortion could be such an important issue to them. Also, it could be seen as a limitation to their bodily integrity and the right to control their fertility when the choice of termination

Edge & Groves describes the pro-choice view as being, “the decision to abort [as] one of personal liberty and thus should be legal” (2006, p.257). Women should have the right to autonomy when it comes to

On the other hand, pro-choice does not protect the rights of the fetus. Mother’s choice is the main consideration involved with abortions. Following Roe vs. Wade, it was determined that the mother has the right to decide what she thought was right for her own body. Pro-choice supporters believe that having an abortion is a choice that the person expecting a baby should make on her free will (Pro-choice). Having the right to have an abortion is solely her decision.

Canada should stay as a entire country instead of splitting up into different ones because it will cause a lot of problems that shouldn’t be there and it could make things harder. All provinces and territories have problems, but they don’t have to deal with it by themselves, they have the government and the rest of Canada has their back if they ever need help. Things could get harder if they do separate like getting resources from another country, traveling, land, and other things too.