TORONTO – Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association made the following statement:
CCLA is pleased to announce that we have discontinued our legal challenge of Regulation 84-20 in New Brunswick.
CCLA initiated litigation in 2021 to ensure that women and gender diverse people in New Brunswick have equal access to abortion care services. In November, the Government of New Brunswick amended the law, removing the legal barrier restricting funding for surgical abortions outside of hospitals.
This victory could not have been achieved without the decades of legal advocacy of individuals and organizations in New Brunswick who have fought to ensure that women and gender diverse people have equitable access to abortion.
CCLA encourages the government to take concrete measures to ensure increased access points for abortion care throughout the province, including in remote and rural areas, reduce wait times for abortion services, and provide clear accessible information on the availability of these services.
We must continue to be vigilant in ensuring that all women and gender diverse people have access to safe, reliable reproductive health care services, including abortion care all across Canada.
CCLA is grateful for the excellent pro bono legal services of Andrew Bernstein, Gillian Dingle, Emily Sherkey and Alex Bogach, of Torys LLP in this case.
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