‘It is comforting to be haunted’: how attitudes to abortion have changed through the ages

The abortion debate – the language of life, choice and rights – severs women, and their pain, from history. I don’t want to forget my abortion and I don’t want to forget theirs

By Erin Maglaque
Thu 2 Jul 2026

The physical fact of my abortion caught me off guard. I had been so accustomed to defending abortion as an abstract right – as a right to privacy, to healthcare, to autonomy – that when it came to having one, I was surprised by the brutality of it. Fasting for hours before. Clammy and light-headed, my hands freezing and damp, in the clinic waiting room. Waves of contracting pain afterwards, the blood and the vomit from the anaesthesia, the days of cramping and bleeding. Soaking through pads. Cold sweat. I thought having an abortion would feel like the exercise of the hard-won autonomy of generations of feminists before me. But mostly it just hurt.

Continued: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jul/02/it-is-comforting-to-be-haunted-how-attitudes-to-abortion-have-changed-through-the-ages

Canada – Where do Canada federal election candidates stand on abortion?

What Prime Minister Carney, Pierre Poilievre and Jagmeet Singh have said about a woman's right to choose

Elizabeth Di Filippo
Thu, April 24, 2025

The Canadian federal election is just a few days away. While some voters have cast their ballots early, many are waiting for Monday, April 28 to hit the polls. Although political tensions between Canada and the U.S. and the ongoing trade war have been major talking points, human rights and access to health care also remain a top-of-mind concern for vulnerable Canadians, particularly women and members of the LGBTQ community.

In 2022, many Canadians have watched as the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, reversing the constitutional right to a safe and legal abortion. The repealing of abortion laws caused many to wonder whether the same could happen in Canada, and highlighted areas of access to abortion that need improvement.

Continued: https://ca.style.yahoo.com/where-do-canada-federal-election-candidates-stand-on-abortion-what-prime-minister-carney-pierre-poilievre-and-jagmeet-singh-have-said-about-a-womans-right-to-choose-194324676.html

24.04.2025

The abortion activists who say bringing back Roe is not enough

Abortion rights groups split with mainstream movement over support for former legal framework of ‘viability’

Susan Rinkunas
Sun 21 Jan 2024

Since the devastating loss of Roe v Wade, the abortion rights movement has seen historic levels of support for its cause, particularly through major victories on state ballot initiatives, with more expected this November. But as advocates move to re-enshrine the right to abortion at the state level, a struggle has emerged over whether to reproduce Roe’s legal framework – or go further.

…A number of ballot campaigns slated for November seek to bring back that standard – but a group of advocates is banding together to declare that the broader movement is engaging in harmful compromises when it could instead use the momentum to push for “clean” policies that don’t draw a strict limit to abortion access.

Continued: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/21/abortion-activists-future-roe-v-wade