Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has added Canadian weight to the increasing international pressure on Ireland to rethink their constitutional ban on abortion, a ban codified in Ireland's 8th amendment. In meetings this month with Irish leader Leo Varadkar, Varadkar informed Trudeau that he plans to hold a referendum...
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Two years have passed since the first video released by the Center for Medical Progress (CMP). These videos, which feature interviews with various Planned Parenthood employees, were meant to incite public outrage about the goings-on at Planned Parenthood and slow down or stop the abortion machine. A...
Canada’s Minister of International Development, Marie-Claude Bibeau, recently announced $97 million in funding for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in line with Canada’s “Feminist International Assistance Policy”. This funding comes in the context of 20 years of violent internal conflicts in the DRC. Currently, their...
Last Saturday, we set up 10,000 flags (representing 100,000 abortions annually) in Mill Lake Park in Abbotsford, B.C. This was the second of three flag displays organised in the Fraser Valley this summer. This prime location meant a day of non-stop conversations with residents of Abbotsford,...
Summer is a great time for professional development! I am thankful to ARPA Canada for not only allowing, but encouraging the staff to set aside some time every year to steep themselves in a period of learning. For the past few days my colleague Colin Postma...
The Liberal party released their gender-based violence strategy this month. The strategy aims to address issues ranging from investigating street harassment to focusing on Indigenous women, looking at impacts on LGBT communities to studying the potentially harmful effects of social media algorithms. It seems they tried to leave...
Reactions to the video footage released this week showing the completely vile behaviour of chicken catchers in Chilliwack, BC ranged from, “Sick!” and “Disgusting!” to the more serious, “They should be tortured themselves” and “Someone needs to beat the s*** out of people who treat...
This week's National Post article led to Anna having the opportunity to discuss We Need a Law's initiatives with Danielle Smith on Calgary's NewsTalk770. Ms. Smith, who identifies as pro-choice, was willing to keep an open mind and recognize that the debate is shifting as...
An article in the June 2017 National Geographic is excited about the prospect of advances in prenatal diagnostics. Extensive prenatal brain studies are occurring via MRI technology, with the goal of mapping neural connectivity to identify and understand potential developmental delays. It is thought that many long-term...
