Beste Abortion Rights Podcasts (2024)

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#4 The Future of Reproductive Justice in Canada 46:29

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In the fourth and final episode of the series, Professor Joanna Erdman (Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law) discusses the future of the reproductive justice movement in Canada. Professor Erdman also provides reflections on the precise role that constitutional law — and especially the equality rights section of the Canadian Charter of Righ…

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#3 The Politics of Abortion, Post-Morgentaler 47:43

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In the third episode of the series, Professor Rachael Johnstone (Dalhousie University, Department of Political Science) talks about the politics of abortion in the years since the 1988 Morgentaler judgment. In particular, Professor Johnstone focuses on the Mulroney government’s failed attempts to pass a new abortion law, and on the regulations that…

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#2 Morgentaler at the Supreme Court 47:49

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In this second episode of our four-part series, Professor Kerri Froc (University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law) provides a comprehensive survey of the Supreme Court of Canada’s 1988 Morgentaler decision — the decision that invalidated Canada’s criminal restrictions on abortion while stopping short of recognizing a constitutional right to abortion…

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#1 The Story of Henry Morgentaler 41:49

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In this first episode, Edmonton-based lawyer Marie Gordon provides some background on the story of Henry Morgentaler, a physician who successfully challenged the validity of Canada’s criminal restrictions on abortion. Marie also talks about her own work with Dr Morgentaler, and offers reflections on the psychology that fuelled his fight for abortio…