By Marisela Amador
Published: December 07, 2025
Civil society groups are warning that the Legault government’s plan to enshrine abortion rights in Quebec’s proposed constitution could have unintended consequences.
But Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette says the point of writing the measure into law is to protect those rights, adding that he worries future courts could overturn decisions that currently uphold the right to terminate a pregnancy.
Judge rules a 'buffer zone' of 50 metres 'necessary' around clinics
Rachel Watts · CBC News
Jul 30, 2025
Brian Jenkins is among the protesters who must continue keeping their distance from Quebec's abortion clinics, after the province's Superior Court upheld a law requiring a 50-metre buffer zone.
It's a blow to the vice-president of the Quebec Life Coalition (QLC). The organization with a mission of "building a Christian society" challenged a 2016 provincial law preventing groups from protesting within 50 metres of an abortion clinic.
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