Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada

Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada
Abbreviation ARCC
Formation 2005
Type Rights Coalition
Legal status active
Purpose pro-choice organization
Headquarters Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Region served
Canada
Official language
English French
Website http://www.arcc-cdac.ca/ www.arcc-cdac.ca/

The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) is a Canadian pro-choice organization which was founded in 2005. Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, it is currently the only political group in Canada which is engaged in pro-choice activism on a national level.

Background

Canada is signed under the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, but fails to meet standards outlined within it regarding abortion. The availability of abortion services is decreasing in Canada, and the government has yet to approve of a safe pharmaceutical medication for abortion, known as mifepristone.[1] Some women in Canada still have problems accessing abortion services because about 80% of hospitals won't perform them.[2] Other challenges to abortion in Canada include protests outside abortion clinics. Legislation was imposed to put an end to these protests, and it was mostly effective, but some still continue to protest outside the clinics.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Erdman, J.N.; Grenon, A.; Harrison-Wilson, L. (2008). "Medication abortion in Canada: A right-to-health perspective". American Journal of Public Health. 98 (10): 1764–1769. doi:10.2105/ajph.2008.134684. PMC 2636450.
  2. ↑ Arthur, Joyce. "The Case for Repealing Anti-Abortion Laws" (PDF). Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada website. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Wu, F.; Arthur, J. "A Survey of Anti-Choice Protesting Activity at Canadian Abortion Clinics" (PDF). Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada website. Retrieved 8 December 2016.


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