US EditionPressure mounts on Quebec justice minister to backtrack on enshrining abortion rights
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Quebec Constitution: Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette retreats on the article protecting the right to abortion after public consultations.
Under pressure, Simon Jolin-Barrette announces that he withdraws the right to abortion in his draft constitution. "We have always said that we will listen," wrote the Minister of Justice in an open letter published this Friday by Le Journal de Montréal.
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Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette will remove from his draft Quebec constitution a controversial clause on the protection of abortion.
Pressure mounts on Quebec justice minister to backtrack on enshrining abortion rights
QUÉBEC — Pressure is mounting on Quebec’s justice minister to abandon plans to enshrine abortion rights in the province’s proposed constitution. Consultations on the constitution bill ended this week, with opposition parties noting that the section on abortion was roundly criticized. Legal experts and women’s rights groups have warned the government against legislating on abortion, […]
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