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Blodwen Piercy fonds
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Blodwen Piercy fonds

  • CA ON0034 10-131
  • Fonds
  • 1969-2015

The Blodwen Piercy fonds contain records primarily related to her work as a board member and chapter representative for the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League (CARAL). Documents include meeting minutes and notes, AGM records, efforts to lobby MPs, presentation material, petitions, internal organizing such as finances and memberships, correspondence, event promotions, pamphlets, media releases, newspaper clippings, articles, legal documents, research material, and many of Piercy’s notes. While the documents range from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, most of the CARAL material is from the late 1980s and early 1990s, when the Supreme Court struck down Canada’s abortion law and public debate intensified around the issue. Researchers will note that CARAL lobbied to prevent the passing of Bill C-43, which would have recriminalized abortion; there were also several court challenges which sought to limit abortion through the enshrinement of fetal and/or father’s rights. In addition to CARAL material, Piercy’s collection contains records related to other pro-choice groups including the Pro-Choice Action Network (PCAN), the Ontario Coalition of Abortion Clinics (OCAC), Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC), Planned Parenthood Ottawa, the Humanist Association of Ottawa, and more. In order to lobby against it, Piercy also collected material from anti-choice groups such as Human Life International, Campaign Life Coalition, and Operation Rescue. These textual records are supplemented by several CARAL posters; photographic slides from CARAL presentations; a large selection of pro-choice, feminist, and humanist buttons; CARAL t-shirts; a large CARAL Ottawa banner; and four tapes on which Piercy recorded news segments related to abortion (of particular interest is a CJOH Town Hall debate on abortion featuring women’s health provider and OCAC member Dr. Nikki Colodny). Moreover, Piercy corresponded directly with Dr. Henry Morgentaler, Norma Scarborough, and other nationally renowned pro-choice activists, and a sample of this is contained in the fonds.

Though the vast majority of Piercy’s collected material is related to abortion, there are also records related to contraception, the morning after pill, violence against women, teen pregnancy, and sexual abuse.

Please be advised that some of this material is incredibly graphic, featuring photographs of women who died from illegal abortion, and anti-choice images of aborted fetuses.
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Le fonds Blodwen Piercy contient des documents principalement liés à son travail en tant que membre du conseil d'administration et représentante de la section de la Ligue canadienne d'action pour le droit à l'avortement (CARAL). Les documents comprennent des procès-verbaux et des notes de réunions, des dossiers d'AGA, des efforts de lobbying auprès des députés, du matériel de présentation, des pétitions, de l'organisation interne telle que les finances et les adhésions, de la correspondance, des promotions d'événements, des brochures, des communiqués de presse, des coupures de journaux, des articles, des documents juridiques, du matériel de recherche et de nombreuses notes de Piercy. Si les documents vont de la fin des années 1960 au début des années 2000, la plupart des documents de l'association CARAL datent de la fin des années 1980 et du début des années 1990, lorsque la Cour suprême a invalidé la loi canadienne sur l'avortement et que le débat public s'est intensifié autour de cette question. Les chercheurs noteront que l'association a fait pression pour empêcher l'adoption du projet de loi C-43, qui aurait recriminalisé l'avortement ; il y a également eu plusieurs contestations judiciaires visant à limiter l'avortement par la consécration des droits du fœtus et/ou du père. En plus des documents de la CARAL, la collection de Piercy contient des documents relatifs à d'autres groupes pro-choix, notamment le Pro-Choice Action Network (PCAN), l'Ontario Coalition of Abortion Clinics (OCAC), Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC), Planned Parenthood Ottawa, l'Association humaniste d'Ottawa, et bien d'autres encore. Afin de faire pression contre ce projet, Piercy a également recueilli des documents auprès de groupes anti-choix tels que Human Life International, Campaign Life Coalition et Operation Rescue. Ces documents textuels sont complétés par plusieurs affiches de CARAL, des diapositives photographiques de présentations de CARAL, une grande sélection de macarons pro-choix, féministes et humanistes, des t-shirts de CARAL, une grande bannière de CARAL Ottawa et quatre cassettes sur lesquelles Piercy a enregistré des séquences d'actualités liées à l'avortement (un débat public de CJOH sur l'avortement avec le Dr Nikki Colodny, fournisseur de soins de santé aux femmes et membre du CCOC, est d'un intérêt particulier). En outre, Piercy correspondait directement avec le Dr Henry Morgentaler, Norma Scarborough et d'autres militants pro-choix de renommée nationale, et un échantillon de cette correspondance est contenu dans le fonds.

Bien que la grande majorité des documents recueillis par Piercy concerne l'avortement, il existe également des documents relatifs à la contraception, à la pilule du lendemain, à la violence contre les femmes, aux grossesses chez les adolescentes et aux abus sexuels.

Veuillez noter que certains de ces documents peuvent heurtés la sensibilité du chercheur. Des dossiers comprennent des photographies de femmes décédées à la suite d'un avortement illégal et des images de fœtus avortés utilisées dans la propagande de groupes contre le droit à l'avortement.

Piercy, Blodwen

Posters

This series contains 15 posters printed by CARAL National, and a cardboard sign that states "Childbirth by Choice." The posters contain information about the abortion situation in each Province and Territory.

Day of Action on Abortion

This poster advertises a Day of Action on Abortion sponsored by the Canadian Abortion Rights Action league (CARAL), to take place Saturday, October 14th, 1989 at Parliament Hill. It is a grey and white poster with large pink text, and informs attendees to bring their friends and a flashlight. Other messages on the poster include "Don't Lose the Right to Choose!" and "We are the 71% Majority"

CARAL Nova Scotia

This poster features a timeline of significant events related to abortion and reproductive rights in Nova Scotia. It is a pale yellow poster with black text

CARAL Quebec

This poster features a timeline of significant events related to abortion and reproductive rights in Quebec. It is a pale blue poster with black text

CARAL Newfoundland and Labrador

This poster features a timeline of significant events related to abortion and reproductive rights in Newfoundland and Labrador. It is a white poster with black text

CARAL Manitoba

This poster features a timeline of significant events related to abortion and reproductive rights in Manitoba. It is a pale yellow poster with black text

CARAL Ontario

This poster features a timeline of significant events related to abortion and reproductive rights in Ontario. It is a white poster with black text

Childbirth by Choice

This cardboard sign says "Childbirth by Choice" in large magenta and yellow stylistic bubble letters on a bright blue background, coloured with marker. Cardboard tabs on the back suggest that it may have been made to stand up on its own. They could also indicate that the sign was glued to something else
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