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Hilary Beaumont

Canada and Mexico prepare to accept Americans seeking abortions

Pro-choice demonstrators protest in front of the US supreme court on 5 May.
Pro-choice demonstrators protest in front of the US supreme court on 5 May. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

Carolyn Egan has seen people cross the Canada-US border for abortions – going north to south.

In the years before Canada’s supreme court legalised abortion in 1988, it was common for Canadians who needed abortions to travel to the US. “We had a network of people who could make referrals and help them get there [to the US]. If it’s necessary, that probably would happen again – but the other way,” said Egan, spokesperson for the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada.

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