Anti-abortion activists demonstrate in Ottawa


A few thousand anti-abortion activists marched through the streets of Canada’s capital, Ottawa, on Thursday to oppose this right, which is threatened by an upcoming decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, the neighboring country.

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“The leak of the document from the Supreme Court of the United States in the Roe v. Wade case has suddenly exploded the issue of abortion here in Canada,” Pete Baklinski, spokesman for the agency, told AFP. the National Coalition for Life and organizer of the march.

Many demonstrators held up signs proclaiming: “Pray to end abortion” or “I am a human being”.

“I hope we are at a turning point” in history, Emily Helferty, 23, told AFP, taking part in the march with her parents. “A lot of people have been praying for this for a long time,” she added.

In Canada, as on the other side of the border, the right to abortion is not protected by law, but by case law since the Morgentaler decision dating from January 1988.

In front of these demonstrators, a small but loud group of counter-demonstrators, mainly composed of women, chanted “Our body, our choice”.

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, told reporters that “discussions [étaient] still in progress” about the development of a possible law to regulate this medical procedure in the country.

“This is a time when the threat of a potential reversal in the United States worries women in Canada and around the world,” he said, not closing the door on possible legislation.

The day before, as a sign of its desire to facilitate the right to abortion in Canada, its government had injected $3.5 million to improve access to abortion services.

A discussion on abortion also took place on Wednesday evening during the Conservative Party of Canada leadership debate. Only Leslyn Lewis, the only woman to take part in the race among six candidates, was openly opposed to abortion.




Reference-www.journaldemontreal.com

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