From centre2110 at gmail.com  Sat Jul 19 11:50:11 2008
From: centre2110 at gmail.com (Centre 2110)
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:50:11 -0500
Subject: [Centre2110] No Choice is Illegal: Abortion on Trial...Again!
Message-ID: <837a6baa0807191150u6198815ambb28d6229b72273d@mail.gmail.com>

**Please forward widely**

The 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy presents:
NO CHOICE IS ILLEGAL:

ABORTION ON TRIAL...AGAIN!

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Film and Facilitated Discussion
Thursday July 24th, 7 P.M
De Seve Cinema (McConnell library building)
local LB-125, 1400 de Maisonneuve W.
Concordia University
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In response to the Conservative government's planned bill C-484
("Unborn Victims of Crime Act"), which passed Second Reading in
Parliament on March 5th,the 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy will
screen the film, "Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair".

"Democracy on Trial" documents Dr Henry Morgentaler's defiance of
Canadian abortion law and the civil rights battle waged in Qu?bec and
federal courts between 1970 and 1976. The film screening will be
followed by a discussion about the threat to reproductive rights posed
by bill C-484, which could amend the Criminal Code to allow separate
homicide charges to be laid in the death of a fetus when a pregnant
woman is attacked, in effect granting the fetus a degree of personhood
or rights as a citizen. If passed, this bill could be a key step
towards re-criminalizing abortion.

When the fetus is granted rights as a citizen, how are defenses and
notions of civil rights--especially in the context of reproductive
politics--affected, or co-opted? Who is prioritized in the eyes of the
law? And how might this be challenged?

This film and facilitated discussion are the first installment in a
series of events presented by the 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy in
response to bill C-484.

***This event is wheelchair accessible***

For more information call 514-848-2424 x 7431
or e-mail:outreach at centre2110.org




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2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy
2110 Mackay (metro Guy-Concordia)
tel: 514-848-2424 ext. 7431