Alarm over the possibility that national reproductive rights in the U.S. could be overturned has revived discussions in Canada around abortion access and the prevalence across the country of counselling clinics that actively do not support abortion, known as crisis pregnancy centres .
“We speak to thousands of Canadians every year who are looking to access abortion care and either are misinformed or disinformed on the topic, or just cannot find the services that they need. And crisis pregnancy centres are part of the problem,” Frederique Chabot, Director of Health Promotion with Action Canada, told CTVNews.ca in a phone interview.
“Sometimes it can be the only resource that is available in a community, which makes people believe that this is where you go when you’re facing an unplanned pregnancy, putting them at risk of being delayed if they are seeking to access abortion or completely diverted from it,” says Chabot.
“When it's presented as risky, people are scared, people are worried, have a lot of questions, it can be deterred, and that's the goal. It's also an invitation to add more restrictions. So if people believe that abortion is very risky, then it's regulated differently,” Chabot said. Ultimately, these centres put emotional pressure and guilt on clients, Chabot said, placing them at more risk when abortions are delayed until later stages of a pregnancy. These centres also do not address the mental and health repercussions on women who end up going through with an unwanted pregnancy.
“Our goal is to ensure every woman has the space, information, and support she needs to make her own pregnancy decision. We respect that it is her decision to make, not ours,” Lewis said.
God forbid they try to avoid a mother killing her baby
Propaganda
That’s sad
Yes and this article is not going to be deceptive about their position.
Abortion is now 'reproductive healthcare'. Literally the opposite of reproductive or healthy.
FUCK, you people love to stir up trouble, don't you? Keep going, this is why we hate you. No, the deceptive practice comes from PRO ABORTION CLINICS AND DOCTORS!!! Every woman I know who had an abortion has suffered mentally from it! We are not the USA
These should be shut down...
Have to enjoy all these woman who wore a mask and vaccinated up to 3 times. Now say that those actions shouldn’t be used against them when deciding the abortion issue. Now they are losing management jobs because there emotions are not in line with there actions. Oh the irony
Which in turn will overturn rights.
“It’s all about the gender binary.” Okay? And? Only FEMALES can get pregnant, not males. Maybe abortion providers should stop erasing women from their sex only experiences and not cater to the 1% population who are still female bodied if pregnant, no matter how they “identify”.
Horrible Preditors