New Brunswick provincial government sued over abortion regulation

A person holds a protest sign that reads "not your body, not your choice, #StopTheBans."
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association filed a lawsuit against the provincial government demanding the repeal of Regulation 84-20. Photo by CCLA.

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association held a teleconference today to address New Brunswick’s Regulation 84-20.

As the conference was in progress, the CCLA filed its formal lawsuit against the province by dropbox yesterday, citing violations of the Canadian Health Act.

In their press release, the CCLA pointed our that New Brunswick’s Regulation 84-20 only permits three hospitals, in two cities, to carry out abortion services.

This leaves 90% of New Brunswickers without adequate abortion services.

CHMA contacted Tasia Alexopoulos, representative of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, who attended the teleconference call.

Their conversation is available here:

According to Alexopoulos, the current Conservative majority government is growing more solid in its stance against repealing Regulation 84-20 the longer time goes on.

Health Minister Sheppard was asked about the lawsuit during the COVID-19 press conference yesterday, and she was unable to comment. 

CCLA filed the lawsuit after multiple attempts to come to an agreement with the provincial government, to no avail.

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