Politics
Monday January 15, 2007
Feminist Activist Lawyer in Moncton to Launch Suit Forcing Public Funding of Private Abortions
TODAY'S HEADLINES
E-MAIL
PRINT
By Hilary White
MONCTON, January 15, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A pro-abortion lawyer in New Brunswick has announced she will launch a suit to try to force the province to lift funding restrictions on abortion. Currently, the province requires abortions to be carried out by a licensed gynecologist in a hospital and will not cover the expenses for abortion at Dr. Morgentaler’s private facility in Fredericton.
Moncton lawyer, feminist and same-sex marriage activist Michélle Caron, charged that the restrictions are “unconstitutional and discriminatory.” She told the CBC she plans to launch the suit in the spring if her meetings with the New Brunswick health minister Michael Murphy do not result in a change of policy.
Caron, a professor at Université de Moncton, wrote a column in August last summer suggesting that the province’s reluctance to pay for abortions outside hospitals was a conspiracy between the provincial government and the Catholic Church.
She wrote, “To what extent is the opposition to freedom of choice for women linked to the legitimization of the patriarchal structure of the Catholic Church? What are the connections between the political decision makers and the Church? Why is the principle of the separation of church and state not in effect in New Brunswick?” The column is featured on the website of the provincially funded Advisory Council on the Status of Women.
Although Liberal health minister Ujjal Dosanjh had insisted the province must pay for abortions in Morgentaler’s Fredericton facility, in December, the federal government said it would not be pursuing the issue.
Tory health minister, Tony Clement, said in December that it is “off the radar” for the Conservative government.
Back to Top
MORE NEWS: 
LifeSiteNews.com Home Page Last 10 Days Archives Special Reports
Copyright © LifeSiteNews.com. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives License. You may republish this article or portions of it without request provided the content is not altered and it is clearly attributed to "LifeSiteNews.com". Any website publishing of complete or large portions of original LifeSiteNews articles MUST additionally include a live link to www.LifeSiteNews.com. The link is not required for excerpts. Republishing of articles on LifeSiteNews.com from other sources as noted is subject to the conditions of those sources.