What Now? A Panel on Abortion
A panel on the past, present, and future of abortion care
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In June 2022, Roe V. Wade was overturned by the US Supreme Court leaving many of us to feel hopeless about the future of women's rights in the US and the world. How could this happen? What can we do to help?
This panel on Abortion access was created to help you understand, process, and take action. This is your opportunity to start to help. Learn all about the fundamentals of abortion care and access and how we can help protect a woman's right to choose!
Originally filmed on: October 5th, 2022
Jill Doctoroff is the Executive Director of the National Abortion Federation (NAF) Canada and the Canadian Director at the National Abortion Federation. The bulk of Jill’s career has been in the non-profit sector focusing on sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Dr. Madeleine Ennis completed her PhD in Reproductive and Developmental Sciences at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 2020. She is pursuing a career researching reproductive health, with a specific interest in improving access to high quality equitable sexual and reproductive health services. Currently Dr. Ennis is a Research Associate in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at UBC and holds a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Chair Seed Grant for her work with the Contraception and Abortion Research Team.
Lisa Butel has been a Counsellor at the Elizabeth Bagshaw Clinic since 1991. She studied 3 years at the U of S in Arts with a focus on Sociology and Psychology and has a BSW from the U of R. Lisa loves her work and feels grateful to be present with people as they traverse their journeys in reproductive health.
- https://nafcanada.org/history-abortion-canada/
- RCC (Abortion Rights Coalition Canada) has a great list of CPC (Crisis Pregnancy Centres) to be aware of —> https://www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/2020/06/list-anti-choice-groups-province-city.pdf
- Nurses Behind Abortion Care video
- https://everywomanshealthcentre.ca/donate/
- https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/6611
- If reading, or seeing the history is your style of learning - this is a really great recap of the US History of Abortions mentioning almost all of what Jill is speaking through https://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/u-s-abortion-history/
- https://willowclinic.ca/index.php/abortions-at-a-distance/