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The '''Pro-Choice Action Network''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[pro-choice]] [[Interest group|organization]] based in [[Vancouver, British Columbia]]. Founded in 1987, as the BC Coalition for Abortion Clinics, the group changed to its current name in 1998. It begun publishing a [[magazine|quarterly]] [[newsletter]], ''The Pro-Choice Press'', in 1995. Pro-CAN is the largest and longest-established pro-choice organization in British Columbia. In November of 1988, it successfully opened Everywoman's Health Centre. Many groups including women's health groups, the labour movement, the United Church, Student groups, and health care professionals supported Pro-CAN's initiative to open Everywoman's Health Centre. This successful opening is of notable importance because at that time, it was illegal for free-standing clinics to offer abortion services.
The '''Pro-Choice Action Network''' ('''Pro-CAN''') was a Canadian [[Abortion-rights movements|abortion rights]] [[advocacy group]] based in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]. Founded in 1987 as the BC Coalition for Abortion Clinics, the group changed its name in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pro-Choice Action Network fonds - UBC AtoM |url=https://rbscarchives.library.ubc.ca/pro-choice-action-network-fonds |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=rbscarchives.library.ubc.ca}}</ref> It began publishing a [[magazine|quarterly]] [[newsletter]], ''The Pro-Choice Press'', in 1995. Pro-CAN was the largest and longest-established abortion rights organization in British Columbia. In November 1988, it successfully opened Everywoman's Health Centre. Groups including women's health groups, the labour movement, the United Church, student groups, and health care professionals supported Pro-CAN's initiative to open Everywoman's Health Centre. This opening is of notable importance because at that time, it was illegal for free-standing clinics to offer abortion services. The group stopped its activities on January 31, 2009, except for its website, and now refers visitors to the [[Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada |date=March 2017 |title=The History of Abortion in Canada - Position Paper #60 |url=https://www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/position-papers/60-History-Abortion-Canada.pdf}}</ref>


==Lobbying and Advocating==
==Lobbying and advocating==
Pro-CAN lobbied and advocated for:<ref>{{Cite web |title=THE PRO-CHOICE ACTION NETWORK |url=https://www.prochoiceactionnetwork-canada.org/aboutus/aboutus.shtml |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=www.prochoiceactionnetwork-canada.org}}</ref>
Pro-CAN lobbies and advocates for:
the availability of safe, affordable, and effective contraception, and comprehensive sex education in schools;
*the availability of safe, affordable, and effective contraception, and comprehensive sex education in schools;
the government fully-funding all health services relating to reproductive health in community-based clinics and hospitals, inclusive of surgical and medical abortion services;
*the government fully funding all health services relating to reproductive health in community-based clinics and hospitals, inclusive of surgical and medical abortion services;
the defeat of any law that criminalizes abortion or impedes a woman's individual right to choice and access to abortion services;
*the defeat of any law that criminalizes abortion or impedes what they say is a woman's individual right to choice and access to abortion services;
protection and enforcement of the ''Access to Abortion Services Act'' and women's safe access to abortion services in an atmosphere of dignity and respect,
*protection and enforcement of the ''Access to Abortion Services Act'' and women's safe access to abortion services in an atmosphere of dignity and respect;
the principles of the ''Canada Health Act'' of May 1998, and
*the principles of the ''Canada Health Act'' of May 1998; and
provision for universal access to abortion in all regions of Canada and federal guarantee of their access.
*provision for universal access to abortion in all regions of Canada and federal guarantee of their access.


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==See also==
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==History of Abortion in Canada==
'''1869'''-abortion is made illegal in Canada. Disseminiation about birth control is also made Illegal.


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* [[NARAL Pro-Choice America]]
'''1892'''-Parliament enacts the first criminal code, which prohibits abortion and the sale, distribution and advertisement of birth contraception
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* [[Abortion in Canada]]


==References==
'''1926 to 1947'''-4,000 to 6,000 Canadian women die as a result of bungled illegal abortions
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'''1969'''-Parliament passes amendments to section 251 of the Criminal Code allowing some abortions under very restricted conditions and decriminalizing abortion. Some Canadian provinces refuse to provide abortion services and these services were generally unavailable to women living outside of major cities.

'''1970'''- The Vancouver Women's Caucus chain themselves to the Parliament Gallery in the House of Commons, closing Canadian Parliament for the first time in Canada's History.

'''1974'''-The Canadian Abortion Rights Action League is founded and became the first national group to promote abortion rights in Canada.

'''1987'''- The BC Coalition for Abortion clinics is founded

'''1990'''-The House of Commons passes bill C-43; which prohibits abortion unless the physician views the pregnancy as a threat to the woman's physical, mental, or psychological health; It is defeated in a vote by the Senate and abortion is now viewed and treated just as any other normal medical procedure.

'''Present'''-Canadian women in the majority of major cities have the right to and access to an abortion. Women living in rural areas are still having issues with access to abortions. Medicare now covers abortions in hospitals, but several provinces still refuse to provide abortion services in clinics.

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==See also==
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[[NARAL Pro-Choice America]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.prochoiceactionnetwork-canada.org The Pro-Choice Action Network web site]
*[http://www.arcc-cdac.ca The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada website]
*[http://www.prochoiceactionnetwork-canada.org/index.shtml The Pro-Choice Action Network web site]
*[http://www.prochoiceactionnetwork-canada.org/prochoicepress/newsindex.shtml The Pro-Choice Press issue archive]
*[http://www.prochoiceactionnetwork-canada.org/prochoicepress/newsindex.shtml The Pro-Choice Press issue archive]
*[https://arcs-atom.uottawa.ca/index.php/pro-choice-action-network-pamphlets Pro-Choice Action Network Historical Pamphlets]


[[Category:Canadian pro-choice organizations]]
[[Category:Abortion-rights organizations in Canada]]
[[Category:1987 establishments]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 1987]]

Latest revision as of 19:28, 12 July 2024

The Pro-Choice Action Network (Pro-CAN) was a Canadian abortion rights advocacy group based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Founded in 1987 as the BC Coalition for Abortion Clinics, the group changed its name in 1998.[1] It began publishing a quarterly newsletter, The Pro-Choice Press, in 1995. Pro-CAN was the largest and longest-established abortion rights organization in British Columbia. In November 1988, it successfully opened Everywoman's Health Centre. Groups including women's health groups, the labour movement, the United Church, student groups, and health care professionals supported Pro-CAN's initiative to open Everywoman's Health Centre. This opening is of notable importance because at that time, it was illegal for free-standing clinics to offer abortion services. The group stopped its activities on January 31, 2009, except for its website, and now refers visitors to the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada.[2]

Lobbying and advocating

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Pro-CAN lobbied and advocated for:[3]

  • the availability of safe, affordable, and effective contraception, and comprehensive sex education in schools;
  • the government fully funding all health services relating to reproductive health in community-based clinics and hospitals, inclusive of surgical and medical abortion services;
  • the defeat of any law that criminalizes abortion or impedes what they say is a woman's individual right to choice and access to abortion services;
  • protection and enforcement of the Access to Abortion Services Act and women's safe access to abortion services in an atmosphere of dignity and respect;
  • the principles of the Canada Health Act of May 1998; and
  • provision for universal access to abortion in all regions of Canada and federal guarantee of their access.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Pro-Choice Action Network fonds - UBC AtoM". rbscarchives.library.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  2. ^ Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (March 2017). "The History of Abortion in Canada - Position Paper #60" (PDF).
  3. ^ "THE PRO-CHOICE ACTION NETWORK". www.prochoiceactionnetwork-canada.org. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
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