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(Jan Westlund)

Fetal Rights Bill C484


Length: 0:19:53
Uploaded: 2 Apr, 2008

Recording Date: 25 Mar, 2008
Recording Location: Vancouver, BC
Logsheet: none
Language: English
Topical for: 3 Months
Status: Complete, Ready to Air
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Program Title: Fetal Rights Bill C484
Description: Currently, parliament has given second reading to a bill that establishes fetal rights so that criminal charges can be laid if a fetus is damaged when pregnant women are assaulted or murdered. Opponents of the Bill see it as an opening to eventually revisit abortion rights for Canadian women.

Host(s): Sandi Wingrove and Joanne Blake of Women Elders in Action (WE*ACT)
Featured Speakers/Guests: Joyce Arthur, Coordinator of Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada.

Credits: Alegria Imperial, Technician

Comments: Historical and political context for fetal rights and abortion in Canada is provided.

Topic:
Society and Culture > Sexuality
Education > Policy
Health > Policy
Society and Culture > Women
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