Open Letter to all Members of Parliament regarding Bill C-233, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sex-selective abortion)   Bill C-233 has presented us with a unique opportunity in Canadian politics where all political parties can unite to expand women's rights and save Canadian lives. In my work as a physician and

  Bill C-233, Press Conference on Banning Sex-Selective Abortion Dr. Kiely Williams   It is my pleasure to speak in support of MP Wagantall’s Bill C 233. I support this Bill as a woman, a mother, a physician and a Canadian. Sex selective abortion is recognized by the United Nations as a form of

On Wednesday March 24th, Dr. Will Johnston received an email from reporter Annie Burns-Pieper stating that she had posed as a pregnant woman and accessed the Abortion Pill Rescue Hotline. She had been put in touch with him, he had prescribed progesterone to her and now she wanted to interview him. Here is the

Our cautious start to assisted suicide is now an accelerating drive toward death-on-demand "The irony is that the very foundation of the Supreme Court’s decision in Carter was that there was no such slippery slope. Perhaps assisted suicide, once legalized, might have spread and metastasized in other countries, barbaric places such as Belgium and

Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett has been speaking out about the increasing discrimination ageing Canadians are facing. Minister Bennett even goes so far as to say that COVID-19 is raising concerns about "the pandemic of ageism." A Personal Story In an Update to Constituents, she wrote: "I remember an unpleasant conversation from my apartment in

Brief Submitted to the Senate Committee Studying Bill C-7: An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying) Since Bill C-7 will primarily affect people who are vulnerable and marginalized, I would like to begin this brief by sharing a vignette from a recent interaction between one of our physician members and