Fifty years ago, 17 angry, defiant young women decided to do something about Canada’s abortion laws. FeministHistory
Fifty years ago, seventeen angry, defiant young women decided to do something about Canada’s abortion laws.
By the time they reached Ottawa, Canada’s capital, they were exhausted, even more defiant—and five hundred strong. They marched on the parliament buildings and, when no one from government would meet them, they decided to pay the prime minister a visit. The Mounties regrouped and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who was not at home, got a phone call. Several hundred women sitting on the PM’s front lawn added up to a “politically sensitive situation”. Four days earlier the Ohio National Guard had shot and killed four students, including two young women, who were protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University. The Kent State shootings shocked Canadians.
“There are garbage bags on top of that coffin. These are used to pack the uterus to induce labor. They often cause massive infection, resulting in sterilization, permanent disability or death…. There is part of a vacuum cleaner on top of that coffin. The hose is placed in the vagina in order to extract the fetus but results in the entire uterus being sucked out from the pelvic cavity…”
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