{"id":10208,"date":"2019-05-16T19:27:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T19:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=10208"},"modified":"2019-05-16T19:44:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T19:44:49","slug":"meanwhile-way-north-of-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=10208","title":{"rendered":"Meanwhile: way north of Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"x_mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"x_mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10214 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/N-of-Alabama.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"773\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/N-of-Alabama.jpg 773w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/N-of-Alabama-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/N-of-Alabama-768x894.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><em>Point of Arrow on map shows how far from Alabama the victory for\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">women&#8217;s reproductive rights is being celebrated<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h1>LEAF celebrates victory for women\u2019s reproductive rights at the Ontario Court of Appeal<\/h1>\n<p>The <strong>Women\u2019s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)<\/strong> celebrates the\u00a0release of the Ontario Court of Appeal\u2019s ruling in <em>Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada et al. v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO)<\/em>, which delivers a victory for women\u2019s reproductive rights.<\/p>\n<p>The Court\u2019s ruling is an important contribution to the advancement of women\u2019s and girls\u2019 equality. It recognizes that enhancing access to reproductive health services is a valid and constitutional objective. <em>It affirms that women\u2019s right to autonomy over their deeply personal, individual health and life choices cannot be superseded by the personal views of health professionals.<\/em> It confirms the importance of access to reproductive health services for women\u2019s health and wellbeing, and signals that the Court will protect initiatives that safeguard women\u2019s access to these services.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10215 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/xnorth-america-3-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/xnorth-america-3-copy.jpg 545w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/xnorth-america-3-copy-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 85vw, 545px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10216 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/court-painter-north-of-Alabama.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/court-painter-north-of-Alabama.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/court-painter-north-of-Alabama-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/court-painter-north-of-Alabama-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Point of Arrow on map shows how far from Alabama the victory for\u00a0women&#8217;s reproductive rights is being celebrated LEAF celebrates victory for women\u2019s reproductive rights at the Ontario Court of Appeal The Women\u2019s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) celebrates the\u00a0release of the Ontario Court of Appeal\u2019s ruling in Christian Medical and Dental Society of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=10208\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Meanwhile: way north of Alabama&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10208"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10220,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10208\/revisions\/10220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}