SOAN 3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Late Termination Of Pregnancy, Women On Waves, George Tiller

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SOAN 3100
• Professor: Nichole Edwards

Document Summary

Was banned under law in 1869 (life imprisonment) Legal since 1969 supreme court confirmed in 1988. First introduced in 1967 bill women could apply for special permission (to contraception(cid:524)(cid:523)(cid:498)the state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation . In theory, no gestational limits, no waiting period, no consent laws, no restrictions on certain types of abortions. Stats hard to come by: upwards of 6,000 women reportedly died as a result a committee of three doctors) (same bill legalized homosexuality and. Pierre trudeau) of illegal abortions between 1926 and 1947. By the 1960, anywhere between 35,000 and 120,000 were being performed each year. Many of those fighting against abortion are young women. )llegal to terminate a pregnancy if a women(cid:495)s life is in danger (not even if they baby(cid:495)s life is in danger(cid:524) (cid:494)rally for life(cid:495) pro-life movement, fighting for the unborn baby(cid:495)s rights. Fighting for laws to match the rest of the uk.