The Abortion Act of 1969 and Its Impact on Society

Due to the lack of law to protect women, the impact on society through the 20th century, women had to rely on unsafe abortion methods. In 1969, Henery Morgentaler opened the first abortion clinic to help women of unwanted pregnancy. The clinic is one of the main factors in the complete legalization of abortion, attracting the attention of the Canadian government. In previous studies, abortion discussion shows that consensus on moral and legal status of abortion is rising.

Before 1969 abortion was all illegal in Canada. In 1969, as far as the doctor's committee signed the conditions necessary for the physical and mental health of the mother, the Act on Penal Code Amendment in 1968 - 1969 legalized the abortion. In 1988, the Canadian Supreme Court ruled that R. v. In Morgentaler's lawsuit the current law is unconstitutional and the 1969 law was decided to be abolished. There is no legal delay and most abortions occur at an early stage. In 1869, Canada banned abortion altogether. Like other countries, illegal abortion is still in progress, and in some cases the assertion leads to the death of a woman. An early example attracted a lot of attention in the abortion trial at Emily Stow (1879). In another such case, Azoulay v. The Queen arrived at the Supreme Court in 1952. In both cases, so-called abortion providers eventually became innocent.

An important issue for Canadian feminist's second wave is the availability of abortion. By 1969, according to the Penal Code, abortion is a criminal offense and women died as a result of attempted abortion outside the law. For these reasons, in 1969 Congress legalized abortion in accordance with the 1968 - 1969 criminal law amendment law. Abortion, as long as the continuation of the pregnancy will not be first approved by the reason of "Do endanger her life or health, or there is a possibility that endanger", abortion is still a crime. Abortion must be done in a hospital, not in a clinic. Only one of the five hospitals were asked to approve the action to the Commission, as a result, many women across the border to the United States only once. By 1970, the national women mobilized to organize off-road abortion caravan from Vancouver to Ottawa, sought to increase the flexibility of reproduction by increasing access to abortion and birth control.