Canada celebrates 20 years of choice

Today marks the 20 year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that struck down Canada’s anti-choice laws as unconstitutional.

In the majority decision chief justice Brian Dickson stated: “State interference with bodily integrity and serious state-imposed psychological stress, at least in the criminal law context, constitutes a breach of security of the person. Section 251 (the old abortion law) clearly interferes with a woman’s physical and bodily integrity. Forcing a woman, by threat of criminal sanction, to carry a fetus to term unless she meets certain criteria unrelated to her own priorities and aspirations, is a profound interference with a woman’s body and thus an infringement of security of the person.”

So congrats to our neighbors in the north, on 20 years of choice and trusting women.

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