The government of Canada has assured that American women who cannot terminate a pregnancy in the US will be able to have an abortion in the country. The decision comes at a time when a possible annulment of the 1973 decision, which authorized the board in the USA, is being debated.
Canada’s Minister of Families, Karina Gould, revealed the country’s position, which aims to help all women in need.
“Yeah, I don’t see why not. If they come here and need access, it’s a service we would give them,” Karina Gould replied during an interview with Canadian public television CBC, after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also defended women’s “right to choose”.
US newspaper Politico reported on Monday, citing undisclosed documents, that the US Supreme Court is preparing to overturn the landmark 1973 decision that recognized the right to abortion.
The daily said it had obtained a draft decision written by conservative judge Samuel Alito and dated 10 February, which is still being negotiated until publication, scheduled for before 30 June.
The Roe v. Wade, who nearly half a century ago maintained that the US Constitution protected a woman’s right to have an abortion, was “completely without merit from the start,” according to the document obtained and cited by Politico.
If this conclusion is accepted by the Supreme Court, the United States will return to the situation that existed before 1973, when each state was free to prohibit or authorize abortions. Given the wide geographic and political divide over the issue, half of the states, especially in the conservative south and center, are expected to quickly ban the procedure.