CRI387H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jury Nullification, Abortion Clinic, Reproductive Rights
14 Dec 2016
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Pregnant body raise fundamental questions of law. Pregnancy raises a whole bunch of problems with body ownership. The condition of pregnancy raises concerns about ownership. Canadian courts have long held that pregnancy is different from other conditions, the state has some kind of control over the pregnancy (this varies a great deal from country to country to court to court) Bigger umbrella term for which the right to get an abortion exists. Reproductive rights in other countries take a different form because the restrictions on reproduction are of a different nature. People from china i. e. , came here to have a second child. New brunswick 2012 rally after closing of only abortion clinic in province. Abortion may be legal, but there might be no place to get one . Legal story canada: background to 1969 criminal code reform. Doctors etc was a law not to go after a women, but the doctors because courts and jury would never prosecute a woman.
