Abortion Rights: Access and Barriers

Rachael Johnstone is a feminist scholar and activist, who recently completed her Ph.D. in Political Studies at Queen’s University, with a specialization in Gender and Politics. She is currently an … Watch video »

Rachael Johnstone is a feminist scholar and activist, who recently completed her Ph.D. in Political Studies at Queen’s University, with a specialization in Gender and Politics. She is currently an Adjunct Professor of Gender Studies at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Her thesis, titled The Politics of Abortion in Canada After Morgentaler: Women’s Rights as Citizenship Rights, is based on extensive interviews and documentary analysis of abortion rights at the federal and provincial levels, with a focus on New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec.

Moderated by Abbie Bakan.

This forum presented by the Internal Education Committee of the Greater Toronto Workers’ Assembly as part of a series of discussions on anti-capitalism and feminism. Recorded in Toronto, 9 February 2013.