Cross border abortion rights
A new Postmedia/Maru Public Opinion survey undertaken in the past few days in both Canada and the United States found that a majority (73%) of Canadians believe a woman should be able to get an abortion if she decides she wants one no matter what the reason, this compared to just a slim majority (53%) in the United States with the same view.
While a decision by the Canadian Supreme Court in 1988 ensured that having an abortion in Canada is not limited by law, the leak of a United States Supreme Court draft opinion suggests that the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which guaranteed US federal constitutional protections of abortion rights may be overturned has sparked debate on both sides of the border.