What does reproductive choice mean to you?

When the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the abortion law in 1988, it did so on grounds that included a woman’s right to security of person, bodily autonomy and psychological integrity. 22 years on, what does reproductive choice mean to us, as individuals and a society? Do we all get to make the same choices? How are our choices framed and circumscribed by law, policy, culture and community? In a year that marks the 20^th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, we also need to consider how a culture of violence continues to impede true reproductive justice and limit autonomy over our reproductive and sexual lives. But changing this culture demands that each one of us ask ourselves: what does reproductive choice mean to me?  

 

When:  Wednesday January 27, 2010, 6:00 - 8:30 pm

Where: Robertson Hall (Niagara Folk Arts Council), 85 Church Street, St. Catharines

 

Judy Rebick is the CAW-Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy at Ryerson University in Toronto. Judy is the publisher of rabble.ca, Canada’s most popular progressive online publication. She is the author of several books, the most recent of which is Imagine Democracy. For most the 1990s, Judy was the host of a national TV show on CBC Newsworld. Previously, she was president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, Canada’s largest women’s group. She is also a board member of Alternatives, a Quebec-based NGO, and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.