‘I was just very sad’: Halifax abortion rights supporters gather amid Roe v. Wade ruling
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“As an abortion care provider in Canada, I feel deep solidarity with colleagues south of the border -- and terror for their patients,” said registered nurse Dr. Martha Paynter.
On Saturday morning, about 100 people gathered in Halifax to rally in response to Friday’s decision by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The landmark Roe v. Wade ruling guaranteed a constitutional right to an abortion for more than 50 years. Now, abortion rights will now be left up to individual states.
One of the attendees at the rally, hosted by Gender Affirming Care Nova Scotia, was N.S. registered nurse and author Dr. Martha Paynter.
“As an abortion care provider in Canada, I feel deep solidarity with colleagues south of the border — and terror for their patients,” said Paynter at the rally.
In Canada, abortion has been decriminalized since a 1988 decision by the Canadian Supreme Court struck down a 1969 law that amended the Criminal Code and made abortion accessible, but only if the mother’s life was in danger as certified by a committee of doctors. Since the SCC decision, abortion has been available under the Canada Health Act with no federal laws restricting it, though access varies across the country.
Paynter said she wasn’t surprised by the U.S. Supreme Court abortion access decision, but she said she wants to make one thing clear.
“We have an incredibly different system in Canada. Abortion is completely decriminalized. There is case, upon case, upon case, that reaffirm we have the right to govern our bodies.”
“We do not want an abortion law to be created,” she said. “As abortion care providers, that would only circumscribe what we are able to do and create the potential for someone to take that law away.”
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