Stephen Woodworth

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May 28, 2015

Mulcair answered in detail for NDP 'satellite offices' a year ago

Karl Nerenberg

NDP MPs housed parliamentary staff in Montreal and elsewhere. Other parties want to make this into a scandal. Not much there; except, perhaps, for what NDPers said to the Clerk of the Commons.

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May 21, 2014

Accusations about NDP's 'satellite offices' -- mostly partisan rhetoric?

Karl Nerenberg

NDP MPs housed Parliamentary staff in Montreal and elsewhere. Other parties want to make this into a scandal. Not much there; except, perhaps, for what NDPers said to the Clerk of the Commons.

News

Apr 11, 2014

Ten reasons why the closure of Morgentaler Clinic matters

Kaitlin McNabb

The Morgentaler Clinic in Fredericton, New Brunswick has announced it will close its doors, striking a huge blow to reproductive choice in Canada. Why are reproductive rights still up for debate?

Columnists

Oct 1, 2012

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

Hennessy's Index

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 26, 2012

Motion 312 and reproductive rights: Pay attention to what Tories do, not to what they say

David J. Climenhaga

Edmonton-St. Albert MP Brent Rathgeber can try to justify his vote as he wishes, but he's taking a stand against reproductive choice. Period. No excuses. No opportunity for appeal.

RabbleTV

Sep 24, 2012

Threat to Canada: The mysterious female uterus

rabbleTV

This educational filmstrip celebrates the brave efforts of Canadian MP Stephen Woodworth and his single-minded quest to understand the uterus.

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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.

Columnists

Sep 7, 2012

Anti-choice failures are no reason to give them an inch

Joyce Arthur

The Canadian women's movement can't afford to look the other way. We must fight right-wing attempts to erase women's gains, even if those attempts have little chance of success.

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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.

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Jun 7, 2012

Edmonton Pride Festival's political participants a positive sign of the times

David J. Climenhaga

Conservatives now understand that while their crazy economic nostrums still enjoy some currency with the public, social conservative wedges are increasingly a disaster for them.

Stephen Woodworth

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