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In 2022, when Roe v. Wade was overturned in the United States, it sent shockwaves through Canada as we questioned how this decision might impact us. For many, it sparked a new sense of concern that similar actions could be taken here, prompting a closer examination of the work needed to strengthen and expand reproductive rights and access in Canada. This week, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. While he promises to usher in a “golden age,” in the five days he's been in power, he's already made extremely harmful decisions concerning health care, gender identity, citizenship, the environment and much more. And so we're forced to consider, again, what these actions could mean for Canada. Leading up to a federal election of our own, one where a Conservative federal leader seems the likely outcome, we're asking: what is the state of reproductive rights in Canada – and what's at stake in the upcoming election?  This week on the show, Jack Layton Journalism for Change fellow Eleanor Wand sits down with Joyce Arthur, the founder of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada to discuss all this and more.  About our guests Joyce Arthur (she/her) has been an abortion rights activist for over 30 years. She is the founder and executive director of Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, where she carries out lobbying work, activist campaigns, and public education. She's also a writer, media spokesperson, and speaker on abortion and other gender rights and social justice issues. If you like the show please consider subscribing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you find your podcasts. And please, rate, review, share rabble radio with your friends — it takes two seconds to support independent media like rabble. Follow us on social media across channels @rabbleca. 

It's hard to believe, but it's already time to say goodbye to 2024 and ring in a new year. Before we do, however, we'd like to take the next half an hour to review some of our favourite interviews of this year. It's become a tradition at rabble radio, after all! Let's dive right in.  2024 at a glance…   In January, then-Jack Layton Journalism for Change fellow Madison Edward-Wright sat down with associate professor at Concordia University Ted Rutland to talk about his research work on anti-Black racism and policing in Canada – and specifically, in Montreal. In this clip, Rutland will take us through a brief history of policing in Quebec and give us a temperature check of the situation today.  At the end of her term as Jack Layton Journalism for Change fellow in 2023, Kiah Lucero covered the Kearl mine tailings leak, and how the Alberta Energy Regulator and Imperial Oil both failed to report those leaks for a disastrous nine-month period. Brandi Morin, an award-winning Cree/Iroquois/French journalist, released Killer Water, a documentary which shines a light on the environmental impacts of Alberta's oil sands industry. Morin shares with Lucero the grave ways the community of Fort Chipewyan has been impacted by the Kearl mine tailings spill. May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada, and this year we were very excited to share with our listeners a two-part discussion on the history of Asian labour in Canada. Kiah Lucero sat down with Patricia Chong and Karine Ng from the Ontario and BC branches of the Asian Canadian Labour Alliance. In this clip, we'll hear them dive into the concept of a “model minority” and how all racial justice fights are intertwined. This year, a major win for the pro-choice movement – and indeed a win for women's health across Canada – came in the form of an announcement by the Liberal federal government that crisis pregnancy centers and charities must now clearly reveal to their clients whether they offer abortion or abortion referrals. This new policy will prevent anti-choice pregnancy crisis centers from misleading women to try to deter them from having an abortion. In the months leading up to this policy being announced, Joyce Arthur, the founder and executive director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, joined rabble editor Nick Seebruch to talk about belief-based denial of care and the state of abortion rights in Canada.  And finally, listeners, the last clip we wanted to highlight today came from a conversation between Nick Seebruch and Louise Smith from Independent Jewish Voices Canada. Solidarity with Palestine was a huge topic of conversation this year on the podcast and on rabble.ca, and in this interview Smith and Seebruch  outline the important work Independent Jewish Voices Canada does to advocate for peace and justice in Israel-Palestine and explain how all forms of oppression are connected. In this clip, Smith aims to dispel the myth that solidarity with Palestine equals antisemitism and criticizes the Jewish groups in Canada which tout that sentiment.  Did we miss a favourite interview of yours from 2024? Let us know on social media or by leaving a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or YouTube!  Thank you for listening to rabble radio! Our show would not be possible without listeners like you. So thank you!  From all of us here at rabble, we want to wish you and your communities a very merry holiday season and a safe and happy new year!  If we've caught you in the giving mood and would like to support our show today, please visit rabble.ca/donate. If you like the show please consider subscribing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you find your podcasts. And please, rate, review, share rabble radio with your friends — it takes two seconds to support independent media like rabble. Follow us on social media across channels @rabbleca. Or, if you have feedback for the show, get in touch anytime at editor@rabble.ca.

An informal discussion panel hosted by the BC Humanist Association and Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada. We recommend that you watch the film “Preconceived” first – an award-winning film about anti-choice “crisis pregnancy centres” in the U.S. Joyce Arthur of ARCC and Teale Phelps Bondaroff of BCHA, share a few observations about the film and touch on issues around CPCs in Canada.

Nick Seebruch sits down with Joyce Arthur, founder and executive director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada to talk about belief-based denial of care and the state of abortion rights in Canada. About our guest  Joyce Arthur is the founder and executive director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada.  The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) is a broad-based national feminist organization consisting of groups and individuals who support ARCC's vision and mandate. It recognizes and respects the cultural and political diversity of our country and its provinces and territories, works to represent as many women and communities as possible, and operates in both official languages.  ARCC acts as a “voice for choice.” Its primary mandate is to undertake political and educational work on reproductive rights and health issues. If you like the show please consider subscribing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube or wherever you find your podcasts. And please, rate, review, share rabble radio with your friends — it takes two seconds to support independent media like rabble. Follow us on social media across channels @rabbleca. 

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This week on Open Sources Guelph, we would make a May the 4th joke, but we've got some serious stuff to discuss. First, there's a provincial election going in Alberta now, which is a pretty big deal, but what's happening in Sudan is even a bigger deal as violence and civil strife has erupted once again. In the second half of the show, we'll talk about issues around abortion here in Canada, and believe us there are some. This Thursday, May 4, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Will Be Wild (Rose)! It began on Monday, the long-awaited showdown between United Conservative Party Premier Danielle Smith and the former NDP Premier Rachel Notley. At stake are two competing visions for Alberta, but it's tough to say how all this is going to end; has Smith's UCP become too extreme for the averagely conservative Albertan, or can that same voter hold their nose and support a little social progress in their provincial government? We have four weeks to answer that question. Meanwhile in Sudan... No one's calling it a civil war, but it sure feels like it is. Political tensions with their roots in Sudan's last civil war has erupted again with violence across Darfur and in the capital city of Khartoum, humanitarian workers have been killed and a widespread evacuation of foreign nationals from the county is underway. It's a complicated story, so we will look at the roots of the current conflict, what's happening on the ground, and what's happening with the Sudanese people as foreigners flee. Canada Has Abortion Issues Too. There's a lot of attention on abortion issues south of the border, but while no government or court is trying to get end the right to an abortion here in Canada, there's still a lot of anti-abortion activism, and some of it can be sneaky. This week, we're joined by Galya Bravo, a board member of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, who will talk about the problem with "crisis pregnancy centres" and how these unregulated clinics are backdooring abortion misinformation by appealing to pregnant people. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

It was a big year for abortion after a U.S. Supreme Court decision in June ended the universal right to a legal abortion in the United States. But why do we care up here in Canada? Protests in the U.S. this summer were echoed by ones here in Canada, including a gathering here in Guelph, and the reason why is pretty obvious: We have our own issues with abortion access. If you're a woman or pregnant person in Guelph and you want to get an abortion for whatever reason, what do you do? Where do you go? Is there anywhere inside the city limits of Guelph you can seek a surgical abortion? The answer is no, and that's one of the reasons why the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court hit so close to home. Even though abortion laws are drastically different in Canada, we have many of the same problems of access. You see, abortion services tend to be close to big cities, and our big cities tend to be concentrated in the southern most areas of the county. Getting to these cities is an issue because our regional and national transit networks are lacking, and what if you need more than a couple of hours of care, or time off work, or childcare? Phrased this way, you can understand why women's rights and health advocates are worried and how restricting abortion access anywhere can impact us here in Canada. On this week's podcast we're joined by TK Pritchard, who is the executive director of the SHORE Centre in Kitchener to about those impacts. They will tell us about what options people have accessing family planning services locally, and why not all options should be considered equal. They will also talk about how the U.S. Supreme Court embolden anti-choice actors here in Canada, and why we need to make abortion a part of the total healthcare conversation. And finally, Pritchard will talk about why family planning is about more than just abortion. So let's talk about why issues of abortion access are a Canadian issue too on this week's Guelph Politicast! You can learn more about the SHORE Centre in Kitchener including a list of their services and how you can access them at their website, and follow Pritchard on social media @TKPritchard. If you're interested in advocacy to increase abortion access in Guelph and Canada, you can seek out the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, or the National Abortion Federation Canada. The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple, Stitcher, Google, TuneIn and Spotify . Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

A complete list of guests from this season:Joyce Arthur founder of Abortion Rights Coalition of CanadaChantal Parkinson from the Pro-Choice Society of Lethbridge and Southern AlbertaFred Chabot from Action Canada for Sexual Health and RightsJessi Taylor from Reproductive Justice New BrunswickRachael JohnstoneJudy RebickDarrah TeitelTom HooperCarolyn Egan from the Ontario Coalition for Abortion ClinicsDr Dustin CostescuClaire Dion Fletcher co-chair of the National Aboriginal Council of MidwivesDr Ruth HabteDr Tunde-Byass President of the Black Physicians of CanadaSarah Kaplan founder of the Institute for Gender and the Economy

8:58 | Another mass shooting in the US, this time at a July 4th parade in Highland Park, Illinois. Ryan and John start the show talking about whether or not they'd be able to raise a family in the States.  20:52 | The US Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade is having an impact around the world. Joyce Arthur of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada outlines conversations happening around women's health in Canada, and the political lobbying her group is focusing on.  CHECK OUT ARCC: https://www.arcc-cdac.ca/ 48:15 | Canadians are paying more for goods and services now than they have in decades. With inflation skyrocketing, household budgets are tighter than usual. University of Calgary economist Dr. Gillian Petit rolls out new research suggesting it's time for Alberta's government to "re-index" income tax.  CHECK OUT THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY: https://www.policyschool.ca/ 1:07:20 | The Breast Friends Edmonton Dragon Boat Racing Team is on The Leading Edge this week! The team's made up of breast cancer survivors proving life can be full, vigorous, and joyful after diagnosis and treatment.  CHECK OUT BREAST FRIENDS: http://www.breastfriendsedmonton.org/ CHECK OUT LEADING EDGE PHYSIOTHERAPY: https://leadingedgephysio.com/

A decision is made. Content warning: Abortion and reproductive rights, kidnapping, human experimentation, euthanasia, and vivisection Written by Brenna Anderson-Dowd in collaboration with Keith Baldwin and Frederick Elmore.  Performed by Brenna Anderson-Dowd as Hazel, Keith Baldwin as Malcolm, and Frederick Elmore as Julia.  Sound design by Frederick Elmore.  Music production by Kevin Elmore.   Abortion Rights Resources: abortion.cafe - collection of abortion resources shoutyourabortion.com - campaign to normalize abortion donations4abortion.com - donate to support abortion funds by state secure.actblue.com/donate/supportabortionfunds - donate to the national network of abortion funds (donations split between 80+ abortion funds) usow.org/repro/volunteer - list of abortion clinics across the country that need volunteers dontbanequality.com - language for companies to use to stand against the ruling plancpills.org/ambassadors - early abortion access pills you can store in your cabinet prochoice.org - abortion access hotline natalist.com/products/early-pregnancy-test-strips - buy early pregnancy test strips plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control - get info on types of birth control choice.crd.co - collection of these above links and more, managed by @starplanes (DM them on twitter to add more) guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/abortion-policy-absence-roe - abortion policy by state as of June 1, 2022More in-depth version: guttmacher.org/state-policy  International Resources: nbcnews.com/news/world/countries-abortion-legal-illegal-laws-rcna27505 - article showing a map of abortion laws worldwide and their restrictions abortoenmipais.ipascam.org - mapa interactivo sobre el acceso al aborto en Latinoamérica arcc-cdac.ca - The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada abortion.eu - initiative to fund abortion access for Polish people safeabortionwomensright.org/i-need-an-abortion/abortion-funds - list of abortion funds from the U.S,. Mexico, Poland, Germany, and the UK mamamia.com.au/abortion-pill-australia - information about accessing abortion pills in Australia, including tele-abortion nwci.ie/abortionaccess - abortion access campaign options for Ireland, where even after the repeal, accessing abortion is still nearly impossible mesaborto.cl/quienes-somos - espacio de articulación integrado por diversas organizaciones involucrados en la lucha por los derechos sexuales y reproductivos en Chile aware.org.sg/information/abortion - AWARE Singapore provides information on abortion laws and access as well as a helpline babes.org.sg - Singaporean organization to help pregnant teens with information, support, and links to resources madamasr.com/en/contributor/ghadeer-ahmed - a journalist who collects stories about abortion in Egypt, where it is highly restricted to only save a life nafcanada.org/donate - fund to provide abortion care across Canada   Transcript Website: https://www.podpage.com/care-feeding-of-werewolves/   Instagram: @CareWerewolves   Twitter: @CareWerewolves

Roe V Wade: Impact in Canada Guest: Joyce Arthur, Executive Director, Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada Roe v Wade ruling: Impact in the US Guest: Zakiya Luna, Associate Professor of Sociology, Washington University in Saint Louis and author of Reproductive Rights is Human Rights Interview with the leader of the federal NDP Guest: Jagmeet Singh, leader of the federal New Democratic Party Rethinking the shopping mall Guest: Andrew Gallaci, Design Director, Lifestyle Studio, Gensler, Toronto. The girl in the photograph that shocked the world: 50yrs later Guest: Kim Phuc Phan Thi, KIM Foundation International

Guest: Joyce Arthur, Executive Director, Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada

6:50 | Could a SCOTUS decision impact abortion access in Canada? Joyce Arthur of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, Meghan Doherty of Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, and activist Robyn Schwarz, Ph.D. form a Real Talk Round Table on abortion rights.  39:58 | He brought the world the Ghostbusters theme song, but Ray Parker, Jr.'s career is about way more than that! The legendary singer/songwriter joins filmmaker Fran Strine for a Real Talk exclusive ahead of Opening Night at NorthwestFest. Real Talk is proud to be the presenting sponsor of "Who You Gonna Call?" on Friday, May 6 at 7pm MT at Metro Cinema.  TICKETS: https://www.northwestfest.ca/ 57:27 | Where do Real Talkers land on Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's leadership review? We review the results of our most recent Get Real: Question of the Week presented by Y Station.  ANSWER THIS WEEK'S QUESTION: https://ryanjespersen.com/question-of-the-week 1:10:13 | Hop on a hog for this week's edition of #MyJasper Memories presented by Tourism Jasper, featuring the award-winning Jasper Motorcycle Tours!  MORE: https://www.jasper.travel/realtalk/

Well, the 44th federal election is behind us, and things aren't that different. Did we go through that process and learn nothing? Maybe, maybe not. We will see how Parliament plays out upon its return. I expect we won't be hearing the last of one of the biggest issues on the campaign trail: the fact that there was even an election in the first place.  It's likely that the Trudeau government will re-enter the House of Commons with its hat in its hand, ready to face regular Question Period verbal lashings from all sides of the opposition about his ill-advised decision to send Canadians to the polls. In the meantime, here at rabble we're unpacking this election one story at a time. Today on the show, I meet up with Joyce Arthur, the executive director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada who is also a rabble columnist. You'll hear that conversation in just a moment, after which I'll take you through the stories of the week you might have missed. Maybe the election coverage was just too overwhelming, and you're taking a break from political news, or maybe you've been so oversaturated with post-election analysis you missed what was going on at rabble. Not to worry, we've got you covered.  ACCESS TO ABORTION This week, I'm joined by a special guest to talk about why on earth Canadian politicians are still making abortion an election issue. It's like clockwork, really. Will it ever be put to bed? How much influence does the deterioration of abortion rights in the United States have on abortion rights here? And, what's next in the fight for increasing access to abortion? Here's my conversation with Joyce Arthur. In case you are wondering about the banging in the background, that's just some construction noise.   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:  This week at rabble, the anticlimactic results of Monday's election left us wondering, what is up with Parliament? What is up with our electoral system? And, what is up with the People's Party of Canada gaining nearly 850,000 votes?  Senior political reporter Karl Nerenberg weighed in on Elections Canada's decision to have fewer polls this year -- including not running its Vote on Campus program for students staying outside of their riding to attend school. We're lucky, in Canada, to have an arm's-length, independent organization like Elections Canada running our elections, he writes, rather than partisans getting involved as they do in the U.S. However, it was a short snap election, and Elections Canada did have little time to prepare. This led to long line-ups at the polls on election night, low voter turnout, and a lack of special ballots actually being delivered to those who requested them.  The truth is, writes Nerenberg, that the Trudeau government decided to call an election in the midst of a pandemic knowing full well that campaigning and voting would be more difficult than in normal times. This, despite the fact that Elections Canada had previously signalled to the government that if an early vote were to happen, they would prefer a somewhat longer campaign. Justin Trudeau ignored that request and chose the shortest campaign possible under the law: 36 days. The fact that this is the second minority government in a row, with the results eerily similar to those in 2019, has once again re-opened discussion about electoral reform. Just before election day, Trudeau said he would be open to considering a ranked ballot system, but not proportional representation.  Ole Hendrickson argues that the low voter turnout for this year's election indicates that all is not well with democracy in Canada. We need a thoughtful and detailed study of alternative electoral systems, he writes.  Hendrickson speculates that it might also give way for a progressive environmental agenda at Parliament. On the flip side of the coin, some are concerned that a proportional representation electoral system would give more power to far-right fringe parties, like the People's Party of Canada.  Speaking of the PPC, Shira Lurie, an historian of American politics at Saint Mary's University, writes that Canada had better heed the warning bells that ring loudly from across the border. The siege on Capitol Hill on January 6 to contest the 2020 American election should not be pushed aside here in Canada. "We are starting to feel the tremors of a shifting political climate here at home; one in which lies and conspiracy theories radicalize the discontented and sew distrust in our political institutions and processes. How long before those targeting campaign stops decide instead to terrorize polling places? The House of Commons?" she asks.  Maxime Bernier did, in fact allege voter fraud on Twitter early in the campaign, and after the election, was restricted by Twitter for 12 hours for putting the emails of journalists who were attempting to cover his campaign on Twitter, accusing them of "disgusting smear jobs," and telling his supporters to "play dirty."  ENDNOTES Stay tuned for more of our special election coverage next week, where of course, we will be diving deep into analysis of the results and what it all means for you. If you like the show please consider subscribing wherever you listen to your podcasts. Rate, review, send it to a friend – you know the drill. Follow us on social media, @rabbleca on both Instagram and Twitter. Got feedback on the show? I'd love to hear from you. Get in touch anytime at editor@rabble.ca. I can't always promise I'll respond, but I do read everything. Catch more of our election coverage at rabble.ca. Stay engaged, register to vote, and keep listening. 

A SOLO // God placed on Jana's heart to use her platforms to speak about her experience with  abortion, abusive relationship, sexual assault, miscarriage + the mental, emotional, physical trauma that comes with it. She shares her view on abortion being a hot button political issue of our time, she sugarcoats nothing; as the topic is currently all over social media/the news due to the abortion law that just took effect in the state of Texas. But this is also her testimony because God's hand is not always immediately obvious in our lives, with trials we easily wonder “why did this happen?”. Jana realized that God was preparing her for such a time as this + He uses every circumstance for good. This topic is huge, controversial af, triggering, which is why Jana combines her own experience with stats, resources + all types of perspectives to keep the chat fluid, and flexible.Jana also talks about..shame, guilt, trauma, and grief related to getting an abortionabusive relationshipsmolar pregnancy + miscarriageher abortion clinic experiencereproductive rights + abortion ratesreversing roe + Texas abortion lawCanada's abortion law stats + history how you can help support women's choicehow God brought her out of this challenging seasonResources:If you need immediate crisis support, counselling and justice assistance CALL 604-255-6344. Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) offers trauma-informed feminist support to survivors of sexualized violence. Their services are open to cis and trans women and people of all marginalized genders, including Two-Spirit, trans, and non-binary people.  Donate to WAVAW and a future free from violence #ShiftingSocietyTogetherDonate to the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC), the only nation-wide political pro-choice group devoted to ensuring abortion rights and access, to represent all Canadian women and transgender people who support reproductive rights and justice. Netflix Documentary Reversing RoeOther Resources:Instagram: @jana.wollesenAttend Jana's Empowerment Event for Women Divine Feminine Expression Sept 26, 2pm @ The Garden Strathcona, only 3 tickets left!Interested in Life Coaching with Jana ? Email: hello@wildlygracefulcoaching.comHave a Graphic Design Project you're looking to get done ? Email: createalatte@gmail.comJoin our Insta CommunityLeave us a Rating and Review: Apple PodcastsStay in touch with your Hosts: Jana & Lulu Sponsor:• @icaria.co | Use code WILD15 for $15 off your purchase

I am so thankful to have Joyce Arthur, Executive Director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, on for a second time on this Podcast. Joyce has been very open with me answering all my questions!In this episode, Joyce responds to the issues raised by Jakki Jeffs of the Alliance for Life Ontario - specifically, Joyce responds to the research and other points raised by Jakki. My hope is both of these conversations can help you navigate your opinions on the topic of abortion. CHECK OUT MY ENTIRE SERIES ON ABORTION -- https://www.thestrongandfreepodcast.com/category/the-abortion-series/---------- Welcome to the Strong and Free Podcast!VIEW --- https://youtu.be/72TIKjiDBvMLISTEN --- https://www.thestrongandfreepodcast.com/episodes/FOLLOW --- https://twitter.com/StrongnFreePodREAD --- https://thestrongandfreepodcast.medium.com/RATE THIS PODCAST --- https://www.thestrongandfreepodcast.com/reviews/new/CONTACT ME --- https://www.thestrongandfreepodcast.com/contact/PODCAST SETUPMicrophone - https://amzn.to/3dezxubAmplifier - https://amzn.to/3rv0mQ6Light - https://amzn.to/3tY6u4X---------Tired of watching the nightly news turn into a slugfest? Me too.I'm sure you have had those moments that changed or altered your perspective on a topic. It might have been a comment, an article, a book, or a Podcast (shameless plug)! In today's media coverage, it can be challenging to understand different ideas and interpretations when the nightly news allows for only a few minutes at most of actual discussion. I created the Strong and Free Podcast to explore news topics by gathering multiple perspectives together and allowing people and organizations to discuss their opinions with detail. This allows for a nuanced conversation. It also means putting aside my own bias to explore these to the fullest. It means making all guests feel welcomed to share their opinions safely, without fear that the host will paint them into a corner, or make them sound incoherent. I want this place to be truly safe. I believe everyone, even those I disagree with, deserve to be treated with respect and to be on the Podcast to share their perspective. It also means having a concrete discussion on issues and determining the best way forward.You might be asking why. And the answer is simple: I believe conversations are how we can shape our future. As long as we restore thoughtful approaches to the biggest issues of our time our conversations will have deep, valuable meaning. And, we enrich our own opinion.In order to build our stance we must consider the best evidence against it. My name is Christopher Balkaran. I hope you enjoy this content.

Did you know Do We Know Things? is officially one year old!? To celebrate, I’m going to revisit a few topics from the last year, including the Top 5 sex myths I have busted over the past year! I also have more info about merkins, pubic hair, and art as an update from the last epsiode. And I’ll be speaking with Tasia Alexopoulos from the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada about developments in abortion access and rights since we last spoke.What do we know? Do we know things? Let’s find out!Links mentioned in the episode:Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada https://www.arcc-cdac.ca/Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights https://www.actioncanadashr.org/ Find the script for this episode at https://www.doweknowthings.com/episodes Music and editing Jeremy Dahl https://www.palebluedot.ca/Script assistance by Matt TunnacliffeThanks to Dr. Anne Koval for art history info! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Canada’s leading pro-abortion advocate, the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC), released a document titled “How to Think About the Fetus.” The document outlines ARCC’s strongest justifications for abortion. But how sound are these arguments? How can the pro-life community respond? Join The Pro-Life Guys Cam and Pieter as they walk through the document and share how they would respond to these common justifications!References:Find the document here: https://www.arcc-cdac.ca/presentations/fetusposter.pdfDon’t forget to get this phenomenal book STUCK: A Complete Guide to Answering Tough Questions About Abortion here: https://prolifeguys.com/shop/. Get involved in the fight against abortion. Go to https://www.endthekilling.ca/volunteer/ to find a local activism group near you!

I sit down with Joyce Arthur, Executive Director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) to discuss her views on Abortion and what the goals of ARCC are. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/strongandfree/support

In this episode we cover March 30th - 31st. We talk about Trudeau not being fascist enough for Ezra, Joel Pollak's theory that Andrew Cuomo will be the Democratic nominee, and a totally silly Roxham rd. pandemic prank. We then interview Robyn Schwarz, who is co-founder of Pro-Choice London, Special Projects Coordinator at SHORE Centre, and Vice President of Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada - to talk reproductive health! https://www.facebook.com/prochoiceLdnOnt/https://www.shorecentre.ca/https://www.arcc-cdac.ca/home.html   You can follow her on twitter! @robynsch Check out the music by Mason, who makes the transition beats. https://striatum.bandcamp.com/ Donate on Patreon!

The most recent federal election saw members of the anti-abortion movement throw their support behind dozens of candidates in order to get them elected, with the hopes that maybe one day they would pursue legislative restrictions on abortion access. One political group founded by young anti-abortion activists, called RightNow, worked tirelessly since the 2015 election to help elect candidates they identified as pro-life. Many pro-choice politicians and advocates pointed to their efforts as a sign that women’s rights could be at stake depending on the outcome of the election. Guest host Rachel Browne talks to Alissa Golob, co-founder of RightNow, and Joyce Arthur, executive director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada.

On episode 24 of The Fear of Science we talk about the difficult subject of abortion with Joyce Arthur the Executive Director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, France-Emmanuelle Joly from the Vancouver Women's Health Collective and comedian Emma Cooper. We find out where the fear of abortion comes from and how religion plays into it plus much more. 

Alex is joined by Joyce Arthur, Executive Director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, to discuss the controversy surrounding this American anti-abortion film that  will be hitting Canadian theatres shortly.

What exactly is happening with all this anti-abortion action in the US? Can states like Alabama really criminalize abortion, and what will happen if Roe v. Wade is overturned? Will Canada be impacted? These are just some of the questions Mica brought forth to Joyce Arthur, who is the executive director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada. Joyce helped shed some light on the legality of abortion rights in the US and Canada, how important it is for pro-choicers to stay vigilant and make visible their politics, and why the language of human rights is such a powerful, dangerous tool within the anti-choice movement.

The power of fake news and anti-choice lies – how can pro-choice groups compete? Anti-choice groups in Canada get millions in government funding. This presentation will tell the story of how the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada exposed one major source of funding. Over 60 anti-choice groups were receiving federal “Canada Summer Jobs” grants to hire students. When it was revealed that one anti-choice group was using the funds to hire youth to display graphic images of aborted fetuses on city streets, the federal government responded by immediately cutting off funding for all anti-choice groups and changing the program's eligibility criteria to exclude them in the future. But churches and religious groups created a huge backlash when they mistakenly thought the new criteria also made them ineligible. A media circus erupted, with most commentators repeating misinformation about the new criteria and drowning out fact-based corrections. Our successful effort to stop government funding of anti-choice groups was hijacked by churches, religious groups, and conservative politicians, who used a web of lies to mount a self-righteous martyr campaign and attack the pro-choice federal government. In the era of “fake news” and rampant right-wing propaganda, how can progressives get the facts out and their voices heard?

A global consensus has taken hold in the healthcare field that doctors who object to abortion and other reproductive healthcare for personal or religious reasons should be allowed to refuse to provide care. But measures to regulate the exercise of “conscientious objection” (CO) so that women can still have access to abortion have fallen far short. The result has been rampant abuse of the “right” to CO in many countries. In countries such as Italy, Poland, and Spain, a majority of Obstetricians/Gynecologists refuse to provide abortions or even refer women to another doctor. In this presentation, Joyce Arthur will explain why CO is unethical and harmful and should be eliminated from healthcare, and describe how she and others have been fighting to turn around the consensus in favour of CO – and making some progress! Joyce Arthur is the founder and Executive Director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC), which protects the legal right to abortion on request and works to improve access to quality abortion services. She's a writer and activist. The BC Humanist Association was formed in 1984 and many of our members are not on Meetup. We have a regular attendance of about 30 people at our Sunday meetings (rather than the small number who RSVP on Meetup). Keep up to date with our current topics at http://bchumanist.ca

In this episode, we find out how to react to sudden developments. We interview Rita from Sister District, Joyce from the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada and our UK politics reporter Casey tells us a bit about the UK snap election - and what we can learn about fighting Donald Trump.

Joyce Arthur is a founding member of FIRST, a national feminist sex worker advocacy organization based in Vancouver that lobbies for the decriminalization of prostitution in Canada. Joyce works as a technical writer and pro-choice activist, and is the founder and Executive Director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, a national pro-choice group in Canada. Joyce will be speaking on the threat to reproductive rights, including abortion, contraception, and other reproductive healthcare presented by the election of US President Trump and the even worse on these issues (if that is possible) Vice President Pence whose legislative record in Indiana is a grim foreshadowing of the threatened reversal of decades of progress on women's rights. She will also address the threat of the global wave of right-wing populism to women in Canada and the rest of the world. Recorded at the Sunday, December 18, 2016 meeting of the BC Humanist Association in Vancouver. Learn more at www.bchumanist.ca Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram. Subscribe on SoundCloud, iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play. Intro music: We are all connected instrumental - Symphony of Science www.symphonyofscience.com

Joyce Arthur, a freelance writer and women's rights advocate, talks about the recent study her pro-choice group completed on anti-choice “Crisis Pregnancy Centres” (CPCs). The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada recruited volunteers to review every CPC website in Canada to look for misinformation on abortion or signs they were being deceptive and not upfront with potential clients. The study identified 180 CPCs across Canada. Of those, 166 had websites. The findings revealed that a large majority of CPCs do one or both of the following on their websites: 1) spread misleading or inaccurate information about abortion, contraception, sexually-transmitted infections, sexual activity, or adoption; 2) present themselves deceptively, such as by not disclosing that they won't refer for abortion, or hiding their religious stance from prospective clients. This means that CPCs are posing a public health risk and interfering with the reproductive rights of women. What can be done? Joyce will go over some recommendations from the study, but will also welcomes idea and discussion from the audience. Read the study online: http://www.arcc-cdac.ca/CPC-study/cpc.html Recorded at the Sunday, July 10, 2016 meeting of the BC Humanist Association in Vancouver. Learn more at www.bchumanist.ca Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram. Subscribe on Soundcloud, iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play. Intro music: We are all connected instrumental - Symphony of Science www.symphonyofscience.com