abortion debate

‘Unplanned’ and anti-choice activism, and the lies that they tell

Alexandra Kimball: For centuries, the most effective way to control women’s bodies has been to tell lies about them, forming a public narrative that permeates every level of culture

Richard Dawkins isn’t helping abortion rights

Emma Teitel on the famous atheist, abortion and Down’s syndrome

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North Dakota approves America’s toughest laws on abortion

North Dakota approved America’s most restrictive laws on abortion on Tuesday. The new regulations would make it illegal for women to get an abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detectable, which can happen as early as six weeks into pregnancy.

Abortion's system of selective mercy

Canada’s all or nothing abortion debate

The Conservatives didn’t want to open debate surrounding Bill M-312. MPs weighed in anyway

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MPs to discuss private member’s motion to examine whether a fetus is a human being

Members of Parliament in Ottawa will discuss today a private member’s motion put forth by backbench Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth, who has requested a debate “to look at the question of how we decide what is a human being and who we decide is a human being,” Postmedia News reports.

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Money, not free speech, at issue in Carleton pro-life dispute

Carleton students shouldn’t be forced to pay for a group they don’t support

Carleton student union to enact discriminatory ban

Threat to decertify pro-life group ignores union’s pledge to protect campus diversity

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Pro-lifers sue UVic student union

Youth Protecting Youth (YPY) seek apology, reversal of student union policy, and financial restitution

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UVic student union revokes club status of pro-life club

Latest move to silence abortion debate at UVic will likely lead to legal showdown

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UVic’s pro-choicers up the ante against pro-life club

Latest petition goes so far as to question existence of pro-life club Youth Protecting Youth

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Obama calls for understanding in Notre Dame speech

Pres encounters large-scale protests as hard-line Catholics protest his commencement address