16 April 2024
April 16, 2024
Budget 2024 Policy Wins for Women
New funding for free contraception, creation of more $10-a-day child care spaces and investment in gun control buyback program Anishinaabe Territory/OTTAWA, April 16, 2024 – The National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) is pleased to see funding in Budget 2024 ...
22 June 2023
June 22, 2023
The fight to defend reproductive rights and gender equality continues
On the anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, NAWL joins 128 other equality-seeking organizations in calling on all levels of government to do more for gender equality and for women and 2SLGBTQIA+ people’s sexual and reproductive rights and bodily autonomy. ...
30 August 2022
August 30, 2022
Feminist Organizations Support No New Abortion Law in Canada
Drafted in partnership with Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights In the devastating wake of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade in the United States, Canadians are wondering how we can protect abortion rights in Canada. Abortion is regulated ...
24 June 2022
June 24, 2022
No Legislation: What we really need to do in Canada to improve abortion access
Why We Don’t Need A New Abortion Law In Canada Drafted in partnership with Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights. Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe V. Wade, Canadians may be wondering how we can better protect our right ...
5 May 2022
May 5, 2022
PRESS RELEASE: ROE v. WADE – An Important Reminder to all Canadians
For Immediate Release – Algonquin Anishinaabeg Territory/Ottawa, ON – The recently leaked draft majority decision of the United States Supreme Court reveals that the Court is poised to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. This is deeply concerning – for ...
6 January 2022
January 6, 2022
“Forced evacuation of pregnant Indigenous women must stop” Opinion by FLR/RDF law student Carolina Maass
Opinion published by Toronto Star on January 6, 2022. Read full article here. Pregnant Indigenous women are being forced to travel hundreds of kilometres to give birth alone and away from their communities. Health Canada has a birth evacuation policy that requires them to ...
8 January 2021
January 8, 2021
National feminist groups welcome long-awaited legal action on abortion access in New Brunswick
For Immediate Release A coalition of national feminist organizations welcomes the initiation of legal action by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association to fight the discriminatory and anti-choice regulation that prohibits the funding of abortion care outside of hospital settings in New Brunswick. ...
25 September 2020
September 25, 2020
Feminist groups call for immediate action on abortion access in New Brunswick
For Immediate Release A coalition of feminist organizations is calling for the federal government and the government of New Brunswick to take immediate action in light of the imminent closure of Clinic 554 in Fredericton. The Fredericton clinic, the only free-standing clinic ...
28 May 2007
May 28, 2007
Assisted Human Reproduction Act Update
The NAWL Reproductive Technologies Working Group will be meeting in Montreal in early June 2007 to formulate NAWL’s position on the Assisted Human Reproduction Act, which is due for review, likely after the next election. The Act reflects Canada’s position on an ...
28 May 2007
May 28, 2007
Braving the Backlash From the Hill
The current Conservative government of Canada insists that all women have full equality in our country, but as women we know this simply is not the case. With the 40% cut to Status of Women Canada, closure of 12 offices, abolition of ...
15 October 2006
October 15, 2006
Abortion and Reproductive Rights
Women’s reproductive rights, including the right to abortion, are increasingly under attack in North America. In 2006, the South Dakota Legislature voted a law that would make it a crime for doctors to perform an abortion unless it was necessary to save ...
3 February 2004
February 3, 2004
Women’s Reproductive Rights and the American Convention on Human Rights
The American Convention on Human Rights is an important human rights instrument, yet it contains a right to life provision. NAWL will not endorse ratification of the American Convention until we have the assurance that women’s reproductive rights, including the right to ...
24 November 2003
November 24, 2003
Ratifying the American Convention on Human Rights: The Stakes for Women
This report was written for the Working Group on Abortion, Reproductive Health, and Women’s Citizenship in the Americas of the National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL). Table of Contents Foreword & Acknowledgments Introduction The OAS and the Inter-American Human Rights ...
1 November 2003
November 1, 2003
Ratifying the American Convention on Human Rights: The Stakes for Women
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27 May 2002
May 27, 2002
Ratification of the American Convention on Human Rights
Ratification of the American Convention on Human Rights L’information d’organisation Presented to the Senate Committee on Human Rights. Available in French only. Présenté au Comité sénatorial permanent des droits de l’homme. L’Association nationale de la femme et du droit (ANFD) est très ...
16 February 2002
February 16, 2002
Feminist Perspectives on the Draft Federal Assisted Human Reproduction Act
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. In May 2001, former Health Minister Allan Rock publicized draft federal legislation on assisted human reproduction (AHR) (Health Canada documents on AHR, including the draft Act, can be found at: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/protection/biologics_genetics/reproduction/index.htm). The draft Act represents ...
1 April 1997
April 1, 1997
The National Association of Women and the Law Response to Bill C-47 and the Working Document on New Reproductive and Genetic Technologies: “Setting Boundaries, Enhancing Health”
While congratulating the government for taking action in this difficult and ever changing area, NAWL criticizes the broad use of the criminal law power especially when it impinges on women’s right to choose. As well as commenting on Bill C-47, NAWL also ...
7 October 1996
October 7, 1996
Midwifery in Canada
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1 November 1989
November 1, 1989
A Response to Crimes Against the Foetus, the Law Reform Commission of Canada’s Working Paper #58
Takes issue with the Law Reform Commission’s proposal to create a crime of harm to or destruction of the foetus. Argues that the commission fails its own test for the criminalization of behaviour and that the commission displays little understanding of women’s ...
1 February 1989
February 1, 1989
Latin America: A Difficult Continent for Women and Women’s Health
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