On the bright side, this opening up of the abortion issue in Canada has highlighted something important: that the majority of Canadians are pro-choice. Yay! Here's an article explaining the survey of the thoughts of Canadians around abortion: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/majority-backs-abortion-rights/article1519823/
As for our update, thanks to the GAP protest, SRR is enjoying its largest membership since its inception. At least some good came out of that awful display. And we have been more active than ever, working on a petition to UBC about GAP, holding our second pro-choice movie night last week showing "Lake of Fire", and organizing a peer support group for women who have had an abortion. Our first support group will be next Friday, April 9th from 1-3pm. This will be a safe space discussion, facilitated by a representative from speakeasy. No judgement, just tea, cookies, and stopping the silence and pain around this women's issue. Please spread the word about this event to all the women you know in the UBC community. RSVP to Justine at srr.ubc@gmail.com to learn the location of this event.
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