Dear editor, On October 9th, 1968, The Peak ran a small ad which read as follows: “Girls -- need help? in trouble? Contact the Women’s Caucus Counsellor by letter ℅c/o SFU Student Society or phone her 299-**** evenings for information.” As euphemistic as this ad was, the SFU Women’s Centre has been digging, and has been unable to find any examples of advertisement for surgical abortion (for this is indeed what is being referred to) in British Columbia — and perhaps Canada as a whole — earlier than this date. Whether or not this comes as a surprise to you…
Continue readingCounter-point: Motion 312 questions women's rights to bodily self-governance To see point, click here! By Stephanie Boulding Motion 312 is unconstitutional. In all the wrangling over “reopening the abortion debate,” this fact has slipped by the wayside. The Canadian Supreme…
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