Reproduction freedom

Case	Description	Year	Facta
Watson v. R; Spratt v. R	At issue is the Abortion Services Act requirement that there be no protesting within a certain area surrounding abortion clinics...	2006
R. v. Demers	This case addressed the same issues as R v. Lewis (1996) regarding B.C.'s 'bubble zone' legislation (Access to Abortion Services Act) around abortion clinics...	2003
Winnipeg Child and Family Services v. G (D.F.)	A young Aboriginal woman, known as G., was ordered confined to a treatment centre because she was allegedly sniffing glue while pregnant with her fourth child. Winnipeg Child and Family Services (CFS) asked a judge for an order to have her involuntarily confined and he complied in order to protect the fetus...	1997
R. v. Lewis	At issue in this case is whether B.C.'s Access to Abortion Services Act infringes on an individual's freedom of religion, assembly and expression...	1996
Sullivan and Lemay v. The Queen	LEAF intervened in this Supreme Court of Canada appeal by two midwives who were convicted of criminal negligence causing bodily harm to a birthing mother due to the death of the unborn child...	1991
Daigle v. Tremblay	Chantal Daigle's ex-boyfriend attempted to impose an injunction against Daigle from having an abortion. The Quebec Court of Appeal upheld the injunction...	1989
Brooks v. Canada Safeway Limited	Brooks, Allen and Dixon, three pregnant Winnipeg women who worked at Canada Safeway, were denied access to company accident and sickness benefits during the period in which they were eligible for unemployment insurance maternity benefits...	1989
Borowski v. The Attorney General for Canada	Borowski, an anti-choice activist, wanted to establish the legal personhood of the fetus, separate from the mother. Borowski wanted to challenge the fact that sections of the criminal code that allowed abortions in certain circumstances were in violation of the Charter...	1989
"Baby R"	Officials from the B.C. social services ministry secured an order to apprehend a fetus several hours before its birth, after the mother refused to consent to a caesarian section...	1988