Abortion Basics
The general term for a medical procedure that ends a pregnancy.
What is an abortion?
This Prime Minister changed the abortion law in 1969 to allow it in limited circumstances.
Who is Pierre Trudeau?
True or false: abortion is legal in all provinces and territories in Canada.
What is true?
This religion opposes abortion in all cases, with no exceptions whatsoever.
What is the Catholic Church?
The pro-choice argument that says every person has the right to control what happens to their own body is called this.
What is bodily autonomy?
Abortion is covered by this, making it free to most people.
What is health insurance (your health card)?
Canada's first ever Criminal Code, which kept abortion banned, was established in this year.
What is 1892?
The percentage of abortions in Canada happen within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy?
What is 90%?
According to most Islamic scholars, abortion becomes unacceptable after this many months of pregnancy.
What is 4 months?
According to the World Health Organization, in countries where abortion is legal, approximately this many out of 10 abortions are done safely.
What is 9 out of 10?
This is the name of the abortion pill used in Canada.
What is Mifegymiso?
In this year, abortion became completely illegal in Canada and could result in a life sentence in prison.
What is 1869?
Though abortion is legal everywhere in Canada, people in these types of areas often struggle the most to access it due to a lack of nearby clinics and providers.
What are rural areas?
This religion generally allows abortion when needed to protect the mother and actively supports the right to choose.
What is Judaism?
According to a 2024 poll of over 1,500 Canadians, this percentage said they support a woman's right to choose an abortion.
What is 80%?
The fraction of women in Canada who will have an abortion at some point in their life.
What is 1 in 3?
This doctor illegally ran abortion clinics for years before taking his case all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Who is Henry Morgentaler?
In January 2024, the only private abortion clinic in this province shut down because the government refused to fund it.
What is New Brunswick?
Despite their church being completely against abortion, approximately this fraction of Catholics in the US say abortion should be legal.
What is about half?
Pro-choice advocates argue that banning abortion doesn't stop abortions, it just does this instead.
What is makes them dangerous?
This type of abortion involves a doctor performing a procedure at a clinic or hospital to end a pregnancy, as opposed to taking medication.
What is a surgical abortion?
The 1988 Supreme Court ruling said the old abortion law violated this specific section of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
What is Section 7?
These two provinces are specifically mentioned as having zero abortion providers in rural areas.
What are Manitoba and PEI (Prince Edward Island)?
Research shows that this factor, more than which religion someone belongs to, is the strongest predictor of whether someone opposes abortion.
What is how important religion is in their daily life?
When opponents argue that abortion should be banned after a certain number of weeks, pro-choice advocates respond that late-term abortions are rare and almost always happen for this reason.
What is serious medical reasons?