{"id":13366,"date":"1976-04-03T16:18:00","date_gmt":"1976-04-04T00:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13366"},"modified":"2023-01-28T15:36:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T23:36:33","slug":"correspondence-the-canadian-abortion-law-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13366","title":{"rendered":"(Correspondence) The Canadian abortion law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wendell W Watters, May Cohen, Linda Rapson<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"171\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cmaj.jpg\" alt=\"Canadian Medical Association Journal, CMAJ\" class=\"wp-image-11269\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Canadian Medical Association Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>It is obvious even to the federal government that there is a paucity of information on how the Canadian abortion law is working. . . .From the Statistics Canada figures, only one third of eligible hospitals in Canada have therapeutic abortion committees &#8211; on paper. In fact, the figures are even lower. . . .an estimated 78 hospitals out of the 258 were essentially nonoperational as far as abortions were concerned. . . Many hospitals place unofficial quotas on the number of abortions performed . . .Physicians on the staffs of many hospitals have little input into hospital policy regarding abortion. . .a large number of Canadian women are unable to obtain this type of medical care in their own communities and are forced to travel great distances in Canada or go to the United States at their own expense. The law clearly discriminates against women who are poor, the group most often in need of this kind of help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Watters WW, Cohen M, Rapson L. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1956880\/pdf\/canmedaj01555-0015a.pdf\">(Correspondence) The Canadian abortion law<\/a>. 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