The anxieties about women's reproductive rights don't just cover abortion but also access and affordability of birth control, and the devlopment of novel interventions.
The provinces determine access to care as well as funding but not the legality of the procedures.
That aside, it has been a federal issue, PET amended the criminal code in 1969. It was upheld again in 1990 when Mulroney looked to recriminalize.
It has been an issue in the Maritimes at the provincial level as recent as 2015 and the CPC has run candidates who wanted to make motions on criminalizing abortion as recent as 2020.
But your right Cliff, why wouldnt the CPC out and out Ostracize the people in their parry who support such an unpopular stance?
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