In mid-May several American states, beginning with Alabama, passed legislation that heavily restricts access to abortion services. These new regulations have set off a large scale discussion on the rights of women and the impacts such decisions can have on a population, even outside of the areas where the laws have been passed.
To get a sense of the tone of the local conversation on the subject, The Record asked a number of organizations that work with women in the Eastern Townships about their reactions to the decisions being made south of the border. Many of the groups reached had no official position to offer, either because of a desire to maintain an apolitical stance or just due to a lack of familiarity with the details of the changes, but Johanne Bilodeau of the Collectif pour le libre choix, Andrée Larrivée, coordinator of the La Passerelle women’s centre in the Haut-Saint-François region, and Viviane Doré-Nadeau, the Director of the ConcertAction Femmes Estrie roundtable group all took the opportunity to voice their concerns. See full story in the Tuesday, May 28 edition of The Record.
Local women’s groups react to new US abortion laws
By Gordon Lambie
