Canadian Abortion Statistics – Hitting the Glass Ceiling
[Detailed abortion] “Data of this kind are likely to figure prominently in any future debate on abortion. However, since the abortion law was struck down in January [1988], the collection by Statistics Canada of detailed data on abortion is now in question since the provisions of the Criminal Code relied on to gather the information are no longer operative. Unless a new abortion law or some legislation expressly sets out the kind of data to be collected, it is doubtful whether meaningful information on abortion in Canada will be available after the publication of that collected for [...]


