Episode 2: The Morality Thing

We make 35,000 choices a day. Mayo or mustard? Swipe left or swipe right? In this episode, Rachel examines the meanings of “choice” — and how some people and organizations in Canada are actively working to undermine reproductive freedom by spreading abortion disinformation. Featuring guests Chantal Parkinson, founder of the Pro-Choice Society of Lethbridge and Southern Alberta, Frederique Chabot, director of domestic health promotion at Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, and Rachael Johnstone, author of the book After Morgentaler: The Politics of Abortion in Canada.

Episode 4: To 1988 And Beyond!

In Canada, 1988 became a pivotal year for abortion rights when Henry Morgentaler took the issue to the Supreme Court. Guest Rachael Johnstone, a political science professor and the author of After Morgentaler: The Politics of Abortion in Canada, explains how Morgentaler’s 1988 Supreme Court victory changed Canadian women’s lives — and what the ruling left unfulfilled. Longtime abortion rights activists Carolyn Egan and Judy Rebick join Rachel in this episode.

Episode 3: The Politics of Abortion Access Post-Morgentaler

In the third episode of the series, Professor Rachael Johnstone (Dalhousie University, Department of Political Science) talks about the politics of abortion in the years since the 1988 Morgentaler judgment. In particular, Professor Johnstone focuses on the Mulroney government’s failed attempts to pass a new abortion law, and on the regulations that provincial governments have used to limit abortion access despite its decriminalization.