Abortion Access in New Brunswick
November 3, 2010 - 9:56am
The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission will hold an investigation into the province's controversial abortion policy.
The commission confirmed Tuesday that a complaint was filed recently alleging the province's Medical Services Payment Act "discriminates on the basis of sex in relation to abortion."
The commission has referred the complaint to its tribunal arm, which will hold hearings into the matter. A date for the hearings has not been set, but the commission said they might be held behind closed doors for security reasons.
The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission will hold an investigation into the province's controversial abortion policy.
The commission confirmed Tuesday that a complaint was filed recently alleging the province's Medical Services Payment Act "discriminates on the basis of sex in relation to abortion."
The commission has referred the complaint to its tribunal arm, which will hold hearings into the matter. A date for the hearings has not been set, but the commission said they might be held behind closed doors for security reasons.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/11/02/nb-abortion-human-rights-complaint-410.html#ixzz14EARCPFi
'(H)eld behind closed doors for security reasons', enh ? I surely hope that 1) WOmen are represented by their own legal counsel (i.e, other than the Commission) and 2) that at least some media outlets would be allowed to attend.
Where was this "human rights" commission when lawsuits were being filed over this sexist, oppressive N.B. policy? Human rights commissions across Canada being agencies of their respective governments, would it be too cynical to suggest that what one hand of the government withholds can hardly be expected to be handed out by another hand of that same government.
Anyway, I would be very interested to know about at least a time frame for this hearing. To sart with!
If governments across Canada were really serious about human rights, they would have granted human rights commissions their independence (i.e, stop having them reporting and accountable to the government of the day). How many civil courts are accountable to the goverment? Why are human rights commissions treated differently? Because the only human rights that are to be recognized are those that the government allows to be recognized !