Canada
Canadian Court Rules Anonymity for Gamete Donors is Unconstitutional
by Jillian Theil, Center for Genetics and Society
June 15, 2011 - 9:51am (Print)
A British Columbia judge has ruled that anonymity for gamete donors in the Canadian province is unconstitutional and that the law is discriminatory because it does not give donor children the ability to identify their biological parents.
Sex Ed-Less Commuting in Canada?
by Amie Newman
February 7, 2011 - 8:03am (Print)
Riding the ferries in Vancouver? You'll get free wi-fi but no sex-education.
Morning Roundup: Smith Will Modify Rape Definition in Horrible Bill
by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check
February 3, 2011 - 11:02am (Print)
Chris Smith will remove the word "forcible" from his bad anti-abortion bill, NRTL says Medicaid doesn't pay for the abortions of unbattered rape victims anyway, will contraceptives become free preventative medicine, don't try to read RH Reality Check on a ferry in Canada, and the Senate does not repeal the health care law.
Violence Against Indigenous Canadian Sex Workers
by Emily van der Meulen and Jessica Yee and Elya M. Durisin
December 16, 2010 - 6:17pm (Print)
Aboriginal sex workers are subject to dual discrimination, experience high rates of violence, including murder, and high rates of HIV among other outcomes associated with violations of their human rights.
Crisis Pregnancy Centers Plague Canada, Too
by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check
August 10, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)
Crisis pregnancy centers are an especially reprehensible tool of the pro-life movement, and an investigative piece in the Toronto Star reminds us why.
Roundup: Gay Blood Donor Controversy in Canada
by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check
May 26, 2010 - 9:23am (Print)
Canadian HIV/AIDS experts question the need for the country’s strict blood donor policies, and the governor of Mississippi is bragging.
Roundup: Follow-Up Friday, And a Star Wars Birth
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
May 7, 2010 - 8:47am (Print)
From Florida to Wisconsin, a brief follow up to all of the roundup stories posted earlier this week. And a Mother's Day mini roundup with an extra geeky treat.
Roundup: "Shut the F--- Up" About Abortions?
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
May 4, 2010 - 8:24am (Print)
Choice advocates told to "shut the f--- up" in Canada, and one Florida legislator has his own interest in female bodily autonomy.
Canada: Let's Ban Coerced Childbirth
reader diary by Joyce Arthur
April 19, 2010 - 7:27pm (Print)
Anti-choicers want to ban coercing a woman into abortion, but a better idea would be a law that prohibits the much more common practice of coercing a woman into childbirth.
Roundup: Tennessee Bill a "Preemptive Strike" Against Including Abortion in Future Healthcare Exchanges
March 31, 2010 - 10:12am (Print)
Tennessee looks to be the first state to try passing legislation to "opt-out" of including abortion coverage in health insurance exchanges while Hillary Clinton in Canada reiterates that you can't have "maternal health without reproductive health" which includes access to abortion.
