Background Paper: Women’s Reproductive Health, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the Canadian Health Act: Executive Summary

This 1989 document by Sheliah L. Martin was published as part of a background paper by the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women (CACSW) entitled “Women’s Reproductive Health, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the Canada Health Act”. The document includes a summary of the regulation of women’s reproductive health care in Canada and how it is treated differently from other necessary medical services. It also addresses The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Canadian Health Act in relation to women’s reproductive rights.