Canada's seeks seat on the UN Human Rights Council
Canada is throwing its hat in the ring for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, pledging to advance issues from online speech to access to abortion.
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Rising #ClimateScam denialism on Twitter has scientists worried
Many researchers are fleeing the platform, unnerved by the surge in climate misinformation since Elon Musk’s chaotic takeover.
Access to safe abortions was already difficult in Louisiana. Now, it’s ‘even more impossible’
Louisiana is one of more than a dozen states to enact so-called trigger laws, which came into effect the moment Roe v. Wade fell.
Patrick Brown walks back 'dinosaur' remarks about social conservatives
Federal Conservative leadership candidate Patrick Brown says calling social conservatives "dinosaurs" in a book he wrote about his time in Ontario politics was "the wrong terminology"
Don’t let Doug Ford and his PCs duck the abortion question
Doug Ford and the PCs will certainly duck abortion questions and deride them as distracting from “real issues,” writes columnist Supriya Dwivedi.
Under His Eye: Margaret Atwood foreshadowed extreme religious power would end American freedom (and take control of reproduction)
The parallels between The Handmaid's Tale and the reality that’s unfolding in the United States today are both stunning and stark, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Let’s have an adult conversation about abortion
Meanwhile, can we get real for just a minute and talk about sex and pregnancy as if we’re adult humans with real life experience and not children reading about it in books? asks columnist Sandy Garossino.
How Roe v. Wade could change the Conservative leadership race
Piere Poilievre's reluctance to fight as hard for the freedom of pregnant people to choose as he did for the Ottawa convoy protesters is understandable, given the central role anti-abortion voters have played in the last two Conservative leadership races, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Trudeau criticizes conservative politicians for backsliding on women's rights
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged Thursday that his government “will always be unequivocal” about defending a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion and criticized 'backsliding' among conservative politicians.
N.B. Premier says funding abortion pills is the "right thing to do"
New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant is stopping short of calling on his provincial counterparts to offer abortion pills for free, but he says it's "the right thing to do."
Season One finale of The Handmaid’s Tale a disturbing TV masterpiece
SPOILER ALERT: The wait for Season Two of this series will be an exercise in patience, but in the meantime, Nolite te bastardes carborundorum, ladies.
NDP MP, leadership hopeful Niki Ashton is pregnant and pressing on
Ashton's baby is due in November, but the Manitoba MP says she has no plans on slowing down in the race to replace Tom Mulcair as leader of the NDP.
As world celebrates women, Tories question Trudeau's global funding for abortions
The federal Conservatives criticized a Liberal plan to invest $650 million in sexual and reproductive health projects around the world on Wednesday, International Women's Day.
Federal government announces $650 million for sexual and reproductive health
The federal government plans to spend $650 million over three years for international sexual and reproductive health projects.
Liberals poised to fill Trump funding gap, but urged to raise overall aid spending
Ottawa is pledging up to $20 million to fund sexual health and abortion−related projects as part of an international campaign to fill a gap created by President Donald Trump.