Health Insurance, a False Dichotomy and a Negative Right to Abortion in Canada's Maritime Provinces

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dc.contributor.advisorMosher, Janet E.
dc.contributor.authorShrybman, Clare Joanne
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-15T15:57:46Z
dc.date.available2021-11-15T15:57:46Z
dc.date.copyright2021-08
dc.date.issued2021-11-15
dc.date.updated2021-11-15T15:57:46Z
dc.degree.disciplineLaw
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameLLM - Master of Laws
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the jurisdictional movement of abortion regulation resulting from R v Morgentaler and the barriers to abortion which emerged as a result of the transition in the Maritime provinces. Following decriminalization, the Maritime provinces responded by implementing health insurance barriers to clinic abortions, restricting access. While contemporary scholarship has predominantly examined the issue through a health law and positive rights lens, this thesis asserts that these barriers can most successfully be challenged as a negative rights violation of the Charters section 7 guarantee of security of the person. This is because, although the dichotomy between positive and negative rights is at times superficial, Canadian courts have taken more favourably to negative rights challenges, particularly in regard to section 7.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/38811
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectWomen's studies
dc.subject.keywordsAbortion
dc.subject.keywordsCharter of Rights and Freedoms
dc.subject.keywordsConstitutional Law
dc.subject.keywordsHealth Care
dc.subject.keywordsHealth Insurance
dc.titleHealth Insurance, a False Dichotomy and a Negative Right to Abortion in Canada's Maritime Provinces
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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