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Comments on abortion laws in Canada, as of April, 2001. How Prime Minister Jean Chretien accused Stockwell Day, leader of the Canadian Alliance, of planning a referendum on abortion; Mention of a 1988 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion; Speculation that anti-abortion activism is on the rise; Statement that Conservative leader Joe Clark and Bishop Fred Henry, head of the Roman Catholic diocese of Calgary, are on opposite sides of the abortion issue. INSET: A gradual turning in the tide of public opinion.

Focuses on the escalating violence between pro-life and pro-choice supporters in Canada. Shooting of physician Garson Romalis; Statistics on recorded abortions in Canada; Financial restraint; Imposition of decisions on motherhood on a woman; Pro-lifers' ignoring of reasons behind women's opting for abortion.

The article focuses on the issues on whether or not to provide a reproductive freedom for the young adults in Canada.

States that Canadians are pro-choice on the issue of abortion and that the abortion law has been in effect since 1969. Idea that the public has reservations about the procedure, according to a poll by Gallup Canada; Regions that consider abortion morally wrong; Findings of the University of California at Berkeley's Public Agendas and Citizen Engagement Survey on American youth; Issue of unrestricted abortion; Mention of the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League.

Discusses the vandalism of a pro-life exhibit at the foot of the Goddess of Democracy statue located on the University of British Columbia campus. What the statue symbolizes; How the pro-choice zealots justify their actions; The roots of the vandalism; Concern expressed by John Hof, president of Campaign Life Coalition B.C. over the lack of outrage over the incident.

Reports on a rally on April 23, 1995 opposite Holy Rosary Cathedral in Vancouver, Canada by pro-choice demonstrators. Their call for the Roman Catholic church to dissociate itself from those who do violence to abortionists; Speaker Joy Thompson of the B.C. Coalition for Abortion Clinics; Comments by Peter Ryan of Vancouver Archdiocese Respect Life; Other remarks.

Examines how the Canadian women's movement won abortion rights in 1988. Celebration of the tenth anniversary of the overturning of the federal abortion law; Formation of the Ontario Coalition for Abortion Clinics; Doctor Henry Morgentaler's establishment of a clinic in Winnipeg; Symbol of women's resistance to an unjust law.

Reports on the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Abortion Caravan in Canada. Awards given by the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League to early activists who fought for abortion access; Call for abortion rights in Canada.

States that Ontario Attorney-General Marian Boyd was questioned for over three hours by Toronto defense lawyer Peter Brown on December 10, 1993. Abortion-on demand advocates select 18 of their pro-life opponents to take to court; Boyd's suit against them; Boyd testimony; Awarded $5,000 in costs to the pro-lifers; Questions asked; Boyd's responses.

Focuses on Marian Boyd, the militantly feminist attorney-general of Ontario, who is suing activists for having done an alleged $500,000 worth of damage to the `public interest'. Her assistance in organizing legal pro-life demonstration; Interim injunction; Denied a ban on picketing; How defendants were selected.

Focuses on attempts by pro-choicers to shut down the pro-life Women's Reproductive Health Center in Calgary. Views of Michael O'Malley, president of the center; Psychologists' Association of Alberta (PAA); Court action; The Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons; Calgary Health Services and Calgary Birth Control Association; Center's multiple names; `Calgary Herald'; Quote by abortionist Ted Busheikin; Comments of Canon Ivor Ottrey of St. Barnabas Anglican Church in Medicine Hat.

The author discusses reproductive rights in Canada, focusing on the political debate over abortion policy and legislation. Topics include Canada's lack of a law regulating abortion practices, the ethics of selective abortion such as of fetuses with Down's syndrome, and the controversial comments of biologist Richard Dawkins on the issue.

The article profiles Henry Morgentaler, a Canadian physician and pro-choice advocate. He is considered a fighter and a hero when it comes to issues related to family planning, legal abortions, and women's movement. Morgentaler is a socialist and educator as well as he survived assaults, loss of medical license, and a prison term.

The article offers the author's perspective regarding the abortion law in Canada. The author compares the feticide law of Canada with the U.S. wherein 38 states have adopted a law that prosecute women by attributing legal personhood to the fetus. She talks about the motions and bills submitted in the Canadian House of Commons that seek to award legal personhood to the fetus. She also tackles the possible impact of the law to the women's right in the nation.

The article presents the author's views regarding Green Party leader Elizabeth May's comments on legal abortions in Canada. During a by-election campaign in Ontario, May said that she was against abortion. She said that abortion is legal, as it might be necessary in some cases to prevent women from dying. According to the author, she might support the Green Party in the federal elections, because of May's commitment to environmental and social problems.

Reports that a poll indicates a majority of Canadians support limits on abortion. View of pro-choice Liberal Party that human life begins at birth which is in line with Canadian laws; Comments from Canadian Health Minister Anne McLellan about public funding of abortion; Results of poll commissioned by pro-life group Life Canada;

Reports that Henry Morgentaler, an abortionist, has tried to force all Canadian provinces to pay for his clinics. Idea that the lawsuits of Morgentaler will serve to expose the bias of the federal government and will win Morgentaler more money; Argument of Morgentaler that New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are violating the Canada Health Act; Argument of a pro-life activist, Patty Nixon, that the Supreme Court did not order provinces to pay for abortions.

Focuses on the abortion issue in Fredericton, New Brunswick, in the wake of the opening of the Mother and Child Centre. Function of the clinic, which provides crisis pregnancy and post-abortion counseling; How the clinic was founded by a pro-life supporter; Public opinion regarding abortion, in particular the pro-life stance and abortion clinics.

Comments on how Canada has become a matriarchy under the Liberal and Tory governments of the past generation. How abortion rights have given women power; The sexual assault laws that have been instituted for women; How women are treated under divorce laws that enforce access to a father's support.

Comments on a pamphlet sent to a sampling of Ontario and Saskatchewan doctors by Mark Crutcher, president of Life Dynamics Inc., on abortion. Brief description of what the pamphlet contained; Complaints that have been made to Ontario police by the doctors regarding the publication; How Crutcher has violated sensitivities about reproductive choices in Canada.

Reports on news and information in the field of science and medical research. Australian Right-to-Die activists' search for trial drugs to use as the basis for a suicide pill; Promotion of the Great Ape Project in New Zealand that would give apes the same human rights status as human beings; British Columbia's Pro-Choice Action Network's declaration that March 10, 1999 will be National Appreciation Day for Abortion Providers.

Discusses the issue of abortion rights in Canada, with reference to the establishment of the Ontario Coalition for Abortion Clinics which was formed to support the opening of the illegal Morgentaler clinic on January 28, 1988. How coalition supported the clinic; Reference to the acquittal of Dr. Morgentaler; Why the media supported the abortion issue.

Looks at funding in Canada for pro-abortion groups versus pro-life groups. The request submitted by Reform MP Elwin Hermanson for the information; Funding for Planned Parenthood International, Legal Education and Action Fund, the Nation Action Committee on the Status of Women; REAL Women, and Campaign Life Coalition.

Reports on the actions of the Canadian Abortions Rights Action League (CARAL) in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. CARAL's two remedies for combatting increasing teenage pregnancy rates in Canada; The Hospital Standards Act of Saskatchewan; CARAL's criticism of Christian involvement in the school system; The futility of moral arguments.

Reports on the violent incidents and harassments levelled against pro-choice residents of Canada. Pro-choice advocates as targets of antiabortion protesters; Call by the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) for the use of federal anti-stalking legislation to protect doctors and activists; Case studies; Actions of the government.