The Supreme Court of Canada decision on abortion

in English, 225 pages,
New Star Books , June 01, 1988
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In striking down Canada’s abortion law as unfair to women, the Supreme Court dealt head on with the difficult issues the Morgentaler court challenge raised: a woman’s right to control her own body, and the state’s right to interfere with that role.

Concise, readable, and passionate, the Supreme Court’s verdict is indispensable as this country decides whether to recriminalize abortion. Shelagh Day’s Commentary, and Stan Persky’s Introduction, provide much-needed analysis and background to the Supreme Cort decision, and its place in the continuing struggle for a woman’s right to control her own body and her own fate.