20 years ago, on January 28th, 1988, the Canadian Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional to force a woman to carry a fetus to term.
This decision gave woman control over their own bodies and control over their own lives. It allows women choices, choices about their own reproductive lives without fear of legal consequences. This is an immeasurably important choice and we must be on guard to ensure it does not get taken away from us.
Posted by bastard.logic on January 30, 2008 at 12:04 am
A Landmark Victory For Reproductive Liberty
by matttbastard
On January 28th, 1988, the Supreme Court of Canada tendered a watershed decision in the case of R. v. Morgentaler, rendering Canada’s restrictive abortion law null and void.
Judy Rebick recalls the moment she received word tha…