On January 28th, 1988, the Supreme Court of Canada decriminalized abortion and made reproductive choice more of a reality for Canadian women.
Join the PEI Abortion Rights Network & Allies as we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Decriminalization of Abortion in Canada!
You are cordially invited to join us for food, spirits, festivities a [...]
Celebrating 25 Years of Reproductive ...
On January 28th, 1988, the Supreme Court of Canada decriminalized abortion and made reproductive choice more of a reality for Canadian women.
Join the PEI Abortion Rights Network & Allies as we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Decriminalization of Abortion in Canada!
You are cordially invited to join us for food, spirits, festivities a [...]
RELEASE: PEI Reproductive Justice Gro...
For Immediate Release
Advocates for Reproductive Justice on Prince Edward Island Launch National Day of Action: Equal Access Now!
Charlottetown, PE, October 15, 2012 – Members of PEI’s Abortion Rights Network (ARN) have joined with pro-choice advocates from across Canada to orchestrate a Pan-Canadian Day of Action for Reproductive Ju [...]
PEI EVENT for Pan-Canadian Day of Act...
Join the Pan-Canadian Day of Action for Reproductive Justice: Equal Access Now!
October 20, 2012.
For the past year, Islanders have discovered that abortion is a topic on Prince Edward Island that is largely ignored or misunderstood. The barriers currently in place are very detrimental to women, especially low-income women and it is time to j [...]
Sermon by PEI’s Rev. John Moses
Published in the PEI Guardian
Thanks so much, Rev. Moses.
Prince Edward Island is an exceptional place. Not least among our unique features is the role that faith, especially the Christian faith, still plays in our common life. Church attendance here is fairly high, compared with many other parts of the country and even those who seldom if ev [...]
Speak Out: April 26
Come join us at the Charlottetown Arts Guild from 7:00-9:00 pm on April 26th. In protest against Tory backbencher MP Stephen Woodworth’s introduction of Motion M-312 that same day, Island women will share their own stories. While Woodworth et. al. debate the concept as an abstraction, we gather to speak out and listen to one another&# [...]
Why we should raise lots of money for...
Original article here.
March 6, 2012
Recently, an organization called The Atlantic Council for International Cooperation held their Active-8 campaign for youth activism on the East Coast; the winner received $1000 towards their cause. One of the front-runners, Kandace Hagen, was hoping to raise money for the PEI Reproductive Rights Organizati [...]
Jezebel: Anti-Choice Campaign Improba...
Original story here.
March 5, 2012
Kandace Hagen raised conservative hackles when she campaignedfor a youth leadership award on the platform of expanded abortion access. For a while it looked like they’d succeeded in torpedoing her candidacy. But now the winners have been announced — and the news is good.
Hagen was a frontrunner in the [...]
Young abortion activist wins tie in c...
Original story here.
March 5, 2012
An online campaign encouraging youth leadership that became the platform for a debate on abortion accessibility on P.E.I. has announced a tie for first place.
Kandace Hagen of P.E.I. became the target of anti-abortion activists when she was nominated in the Active-8 campaign, which celebrates youth leadersh [...]
Island abortion lobbyist wins youth c...
Original story here.
March 5, 2012
A P.E.I. woman lobbying for abortion access in the province has tied for first place in regional youth leadership contest that unwittingly became a platform for the Island’s virulent abortion access debate.
Kandace Hagen, one of the founding members of the P.E.I. Reproductive Rights Organization, was o [...]
Jezebel: Anti-Choicers Conspire to Ta...
Original story here.
Feb. 23, 2012
Kandace Hagen is campaigning for a youth leadership award on a pretty awesome platform: extending abortion access to all Canadians. But now anti-choicers have started a campaign to sabotage her candidacy.
According to Island Edition, Hagen is currently the second-place contestant in an online competition for [...]