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LA BELLE PROVINCE Issue I: Resistance
AN ANALYSIS OF WHY QUEBEC’S ABORTION ACCESS CAME TO BE BY: CAROLYN SVONKIN
FOREWORD Th e o ri gi n a l v er sion of th is p iece was wr itte n fo r GN DS38 0 : G e nd er , R ace an d Rep r oductiv e J ustice . In th at cl ass, w e exp lo r e d h o w i d e nt i ty, po l i tics and sexuality inter sect to cr eate cl im ates a r o u nd pr oced ures like ab ortion th at decr ease wo m e n ’ s b o dily a uto no m y , es peci ally mar ginalized wo m e n . Th is cl ea r ly co n n ects to the th e m e o f r esistance, as this essay de m o n st rates, b eca use d es pi te h u ge s o ci etal bar r ier s, wom e n in p l aces l ike Qué b ec h ave m a na g e d to as s ert th eir rights and in de p e n de n ce a n d ca rve o ut space fo r r e pr odu cti ve j ustice and a m o r e just wo r l d fo r wo m e n g lo ba l ly .
