"I was very sad": Halifax abortionists gather in the midst of the Roe v. Wade decision

On Saturday morning, about 100 people gathered in Halifax in response to the US Supreme Court's (SCOTUS) Friday decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade case.

Breakthrough Roe v. Wade decision is constitutional against abortion I guaranteed the right. 50 years. Currently, abortion rights are entrusted to individual states.

One of the participants in the rally hosted by Gender Affirming Care Nova Scotia was N.S. Dr. Martha Painter, a registered nurse and writer.

"As a Canadian abortion health care provider, I feel deep solidarity with my colleagues south of the border, and I'm afraid of their patients," Painter said at the rally. rice field.

In Canada, since the 1988 ruling by the Canadian Supreme Court violated 1969 law. , Abortion has been criminalized. It amended the criminal law to give access to abortion only if the mother's life was at stake and was approved by a committee of doctors. Since the SCC's decision, abortion has been available under the Canada Health Act, and federal law does not limit abortion, but access varies from country to country.

The painter said he was not surprised by the US Supreme Court's decision to access theabortion. She makes one thing clear.

"Canada has an incredibly different system. Abortion is completely criminalized. In some cases, we have the right to govern our body. We may reaffirm. "

" We do not want an abortion law to be created, "she said. "As an abortion care provider, it only limits what we can do and creates the possibility that someone will rob the law."

Therefore, for those who attended the rally, it showed solidarity and It was a chance to make Canadians unsatisfied.

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This has been Halifax since the ruling. It was the second rally held in. It was announced on Friday morning.

On Friday afternoon, the Canadian Labor Lawyer Association (CALL) was in front of the US Consulate in downtown Halifax. We held an emergency meeting. They called the ruling a "historic and catastrophic setback" for those who have access to abortion.

Of the approximately 100 people who attended the rally on Saturday, one was Timothy Allenby. He said he was pleased to have a "good" abortion law in Canada.

"Don't take the fact that abortion is treated as health care. Don't assume that it will stay the same," Allenby said. "Take that into account when voting."

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Some attendees said they were worried that overturning the decision could lead to an unsafe abortion in the United States. rice field.

Yoshida, co-medical director at Nova Scotia Women's Choice Clinic, said he has helped patients access safe and publicly funded abortions for 22 years.

"I've heard thousands of stories. The idea is that I couldn't imagine it, or to all the people I helped, they couldn't. I was imagining what would happen. "There was no abortion I offered ... I was just very sad.

Meanwhile, Paynter has made great strides in Nova Scotia, especially in improving access to abortion. Said that. Since introducing the self-introduction line in 2018.

But that's not the only access to reproductive care, she said.

"What we have to do now is universal insurance for contraception, which is a top priority. There is public funding for abortion, not prevention of pregnancy. That doesn't make sense, "said the painter.

"Second, we need to increase the gestational age limit. Currently, we only have the ability to have a selective abortion of up to 16 weeks."

She He also said that nurses and midwives need permission to perform surgical abortions, and abortion care needs to be included in medical and nursing school programs.

— Use files from Karla Renic.

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