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CJOH Town Hall : Abortion

This is a sound recording of a CJOH Town Hall segment on abortion in Ottawa, Ontario. The Town Hall, facilitated by broadcast journalist Max Keeping, featured four panelists : on the pro-choice side, abortion provider Dr. Nikki Colodny and NDP MP Marion Dewar ; on the anti-choice side, Alliance for Life executive director Anna Desilets and Liberal MP John Nunziata. The Town Hall invited questions from audience members who are also featured on the tape. The debate is passionate and contentious.

CJOH Abortion : Mary's Place, McLaughlin & Caplan

This is a sound recording of the second half of a debate on abortion aired on CJOH News between Alliance for Life President Sue Herlihy [sp?], representing the anti-choice positoon, and CARAL President Norma Scarborough, representing the pro-choice position. The first half of this debate, featuring the anti-choice position, is included on the previous tape. This recoridng also contains an interview about abortion policy featuring Robert Caplan, Liberal MP for York Centre, and NDP MP for Yukon. This recording is followed by a different CJOH segment on Abortion in Ottawa-Carleton, featuring the mother of a 14-year-old girl who was refused abortion by a therapeutic abortion committee in hospital. Another segment, aired the next day, discusses abortion in the United States. Following these segments, this recording features the voice of Blodwen Piercy discussing these segments over the phone with an unheard and unnamed person, also offering her views on the Alliance for Life film, "Feel the Heartbeat," which aired on Global.

Feel the Heartbeat, Alliance for Life 2

This is a sound recording of the second half of an anti-choice film called "Feel the Hearbeat," produced by the group Alliance for Life. The film focuses on giving birth as more "courageous" than having an abortion ; this half of the film touches on adoption and the argument that life begins at conception. The second half of this recording features a news segment on the abortion debate in Canada which took place after the Supreme Court struck abortion from the Criminal Code in January 1988 ; the segment contains an interview with Dr. Morgentaler ; coverage of demonstrations for and against abortion ; and an interview with speakers from each side of the debate. The anti-choice speaker is Alliance for Life President Sue Herlihy [sp?] ; the pro-choice speaker is Norma Scarborough, president of the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League (CARAL).

Newsday : News of Our Press Conference

This recording includes different sound recordings relating to abortion from the CJOH segment on abortion. The first portion of the segment covers CARAL's press conference on abortion access following the Supreme Court decision to strike abortion from the Criminal Code in January 1988. The segment also covers both sides of the abortion debate, including the activities of Manitoba pro-life protestors ; BC Premier Bill Vander Zalm's anti-choice attempt to challenge provincial funding for abortions ; Kim Campbell's disagreement with Vander Zalm ; pro-choice plans to open a clinic for free abortions ; and various demonstrations for and against the medical procedure. Following this segment, this recording contains the first part of an anti-choice film called "Feel the Hearbeat," produced by the group Alliance for Life. The film focuses on giving birth as more "courageous" than having an abortion, discusses pregnancy counselling centers, and argues that teenagers are able to raise babies as long as they have the proper support.

Audio Recordings

This series includes recordings of various segments relating to abortion debates captured on audiocassettes by Blodwen Piercy. They include segments from CJOH-DT, Bell Media, including members of CARAL speaking during debates,

Mexico : Population Conference

This file contains newspaper clippings and articles on population, Blodwen Piercy's rough notes, and a summary of the conference on population held in Mexico City in 1984

RU 486

This file contains information and correspondence related to RU 486, also known as the Morning After Pill, and its approval for medical use
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