Monthly Archives: December 1986

Statscan retreats – a little

The Minister responsible for Statistics Canada, Monique Vezina, has announced that StatsCan will retain responsibility for compiling abortion statistics.  Complete statistical data will be published every three years, with less detailed information published in the intervening years. Statistics Canada cancelled its Therapeutic Abortion Programme completely in Late August, citing the need for budgetary cutbacks, and the knowledge that the statistics were not [...]

2009-07-13T07:34:42-04:00December 13, 1986|Issues|

Update

Grief group for stillborn Winnipeg – Social  worker Susan Dolinski and nursing director Jackie Phils have formed a “grief group” at Women’s Hospital in Winnipeg to help parents grieving the loss of a newborn baby. Instead of being told to forget it and try again, bereaved parents are allowed to see the dead infant, hold it, name it, and take home its [...]

2009-07-13T07:50:32-04:00December 13, 1986|Abortion, Bioethics|
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