Although voluntary termination of pregnancy is decriminalized in the country, the survey results suggest that the majority of citizens think it is important to codify this right in legislation.

Support for a rule enshrining this prerogative reaches 60% in the western province of British Columbia.

There, the study found that seven percent of people want abortion to be limited by law, while the remaining third don’t think legislation is necessary.

She also revealed that nearly three in 10 Canadian women experience an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy in their lifetime.

Of all those who had an abortion, 16% said it was difficult or impossible for them to access it, he said.

On this issue, however, different views coexist across the country, even within groups that support the proceedings, added a report from the CTV News news network.

Rather than implement a new measure, some abortion rights advocates argue that local governments should use their powers to improve access to reproductive health services.

“National reproductive rights groups in Canada do not support a law enshrining abortion, as we believe it could further politicize the issue and subject it to continued interference in the future,” said the executive director of Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, Joyce Arthur. , quoted by the outlet.

To ensure these procedures are carried out, the Angus Reid report recommended, it is necessary to ensure that conscientious objection on the part of physicians does not interfere with legal abortion services for women.

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