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Oct 1, 2012

A number is never just a number: Abortion and women's rights

This month, Hennessy's Index looks at abortion rights in Canada and the numbers behind M312, a federal backbencher's private motion "that sought to re-examine how Canadian law defines a human being."

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Sep 28, 2012

Minister Ambrose upholds current government record on gender equality

Jenn Prosser

Minister Rona Ambrose's vote in support of M312 was only one action in a long line that illustrates the Harper government's steady institutional disempowerment of women in Canada.

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Sep 22, 2012

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rabble staff

M13 debate, crashiversary, and indigenous women speak out about the tar sands

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Sep 21, 2012

Today's #M312 debate and why it matters

Jenn Prosser

PM Harper is not interested in opening the abortion debate because he knows he, and the Conservative Party of Canada, will lose.

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Sep 17, 2012

Stephen Woodworth's 'science,' and why Canada's far-right isn't terribly interested in it

Mercedes Allen

There has been an interesting change of direction from the Canadian far right over Stephen Woodworth's "science," revealing how and why Canada's far right isn't particularly interested in it.

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Sep 12, 2012

Feminism: Not a zero-sum game

Meghan Murphy

Does our fight for reproductive rights marginalize other struggles? Do women's bodies still matter for the feminist movement?

Columnists

Aug 3, 2012

A giant step forward on contraception -- but we can't lose sight of abortion

Joyce Arthur

While there's much to celebrate in the outcome of the London Family Planning Summit, some concerns need to be addressed if the global community truly hopes to cut the high death toll from pregnancy.

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Jun 30, 2012

A little nugget from the past: Wildrose candidate's abortion position

David J. Climenhaga

The Wildrose Party’s precisely worded policy statements left the door ajar to policy directions such as delisting abortion services strongly opposed by most voters.

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Jun 29, 2012

M-312 Doublespeak Decoder: The 'toe in the birth canal' argument

Mercedes Allen

What Stephen Woodworth's "toe in the birth canal" argument attempts to deflect attention from, while attempting to change the social conversation in Canada.

In cahoots

Jun 4, 2012

'A crushing defeat for Motion 312'

That's the headline we want to see when we wake up on June 14, the day after the vote on Motion 312, Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth's attempt to turn back the clock on women's rights.

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