OTTAWA, Nov. 30 (Prensa Latina) Today, 57 percent of Canadians support drafting a law in their country that would protect access to abortion services, according to a survey by the Angus Reid Institute.
Although voluntary interruption of pregnancy is not criminalized in the country, survey results indicate that the majority of citizens believe that it is important to codify this right through legislation.
Support for a franchise base increases to 60 percent in Western British Columbia.
The study found that seven percent of people want abortion to be legally restricted, while the remaining third do not believe that legislation is necessary.
It also found that nearly three in 10 Canadian women experience an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy in their lifetime.
Of all those who had an abortion, 16 percent claimed it was difficult or impossible for them to access it, he said.
Regarding the issue, however, different views coexist in the nation, even within groups that support the measure, according to a report by news network CTV News.
Rather than implementing a new measure, some advocates for the right to voluntary termination of pregnancy 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 delegating abortion, as we believe this could further politicize the issue and expose it to continued interference in the future,” said Joyce Arthur, executive director of the Abortion Rights Alliance of Canada. , citing the port.
In order to ensure that these procedures are implemented, the Angus Reid report recommended, it is necessary to ensure that conscientious objection on the part of physicians does not impede legal abortion services for women.
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