SOCI 310 Lecture Notes - Harm Reduction, Class Discrimination, Bsc Young Boys
Document Summary
Women"s bodies have long been the site of legal and medical intervention! Abortion rights! a woman"s right to security of the person under the charter of rights and freedoms! person/!not)! 1988 the supreme court of canada struck down the criminalization of abortion as a violation of. Before, only legal when the health of a mom was issue! Access to abortion varies throughout regions (rual areas, pei, about 20% of hospitals in hospitals have abortions)! Considerable amount of private member bills since 1987! Precarious right, decisions beyond women"s bodies have impact (what point is a fetus a ! Wasnt a woman"s right but a legal matter! Expectations with women being maternalistic, punished if they do not follow these norms! Anti-abortion movement! when a fetus becomes a person under law! discussion reframed from moral/religious to one of legal protection or human rights"! Violence against women! as of 2010, there were 582 known cases of missing or murdered aboriginal women in canada!
