The Abortion Caravan was a feminist protest movement formed by The Vancouver Women's Caucus in 1970 which travelled across Canada from Vancouver to Ottawa to advocate for increased access to legal abortion. A 1969 amendment to the Canadian Criminal Code legalized abortion under certain circumstances (whereas it had previously been considered a criminal offence in all cases). Unhappy with this incremental step, the Abortion Caravan advocated for abortion to be completely removed from the Criminal Code.[1] Upwards of 300 supporters gathered in Ottawa on Parliament Hill and at the residence of the prime minister at the time, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, to protest the amendment.[2] The Abortion Caravan paved the way for future abortion activism as well as helped initiate a revocation of abortion laws in 1988.[3] At the time of the abortion caravan there were also a number of anti-abortion organizations who wished to eliminate access to abortions in Canada.[4] To this day, there are abortion rights and anti-abortion organizations working to promote their positions, including Action Canada's celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1970 Abortion Caravan.[5]
^Nigra, Pat (6 May 1970). "Abortion Issues Stir Stormy Session". The Ottawa Journal.
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^Erdman, Joanna (2018). "Constitutionalizing Abortion Rights in Canada". Ottawa Law Review. 49 (1): 221–261. SSRN 3197975.
^Ackerman, Katrina; Stettner, Shannon (May 2019). "'The Public Is Not Ready for This': 1969 and the Long Road to Abortion Access". Canadian Historical Review. 100 (2): 239–256. doi:10.3138/chr.2018-0082-3. S2CID 182538727.
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