{"id":21738,"date":"2020-10-15T15:41:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/?post_type=case_summary&#038;p=21738"},"modified":"2021-09-22T11:43:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T15:43:14","slug":"r-c-watson","status":"publish","type":"case_summary","link":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/r-c-watson\/","title":{"rendered":"R. c. Watson; R. c. Spratt (2008)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cette affaire concernait la constitutionnalit\u00e9 des \u00ab zones de protection \u00bb &#8211; des zones autour des maisons et des bureaux de m\u00e9decins qui fournissent des services d&rsquo;avortement o\u00f9 les activit\u00e9s de protestation contre l&rsquo;avortement sont interdites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le FAEJ est intervenu devant la Cour d&rsquo;appel de la Colombie-Britannique, en coalition avec:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Elizabeth Bagshaw Society<\/li><li>Everywoman\u2019s Health Centre Society<\/li><li>The B.C. Pro-Choice Action Network Society<\/li><li>The C.A.R.E. Program at the Women\u2019s Health Centre of British Columbia<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Le West Coast FAEJ a pris la t\u00eate de la gestion de la coalition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>En 1995, l&rsquo;Assembl\u00e9e l\u00e9gislative de la Colombie-Britannique a adopt\u00e9 l\u2019<em><u>Access to Abortion Services Act<\/u><\/em><em> <\/em>(la Loi). Cela a cr\u00e9\u00e9 des \u00ab zones de protection \u00bb autour des maisons et des bureaux des m\u00e9decins qui fournissaient des services d&rsquo;avortement dans lesquels les activit\u00e9s de protestation contre l&rsquo;avortement n&rsquo;\u00e9taient pas autoris\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gordon Watson et Donald Spratt ont \u00e9t\u00e9 inculp\u00e9s en vertu de la Loi pour avoir p\u00e9n\u00e9tr\u00e9 la zone de protection autour de la Everywoman\u2019s Health Clinic \u00e0 Vancouver avec des pancartes anti-avortement et pour avoir tent\u00e9 d&rsquo;approcher le personnel de la clinique. Ils ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9clar\u00e9s coupables par la Cour provinciale et ces d\u00e9clarations de culpabilit\u00e9 ont \u00e9t\u00e9 confirm\u00e9es par la Cour supr\u00eame de la Colombie-Britannique. Les deux hommes ont obtenu l&rsquo;autorisation d&rsquo;interjeter appel devant la Cour d&rsquo;appel de la Colombie-Britannique, soutenant que la loi violait leurs droits \u00e0 la libert\u00e9 d&rsquo;expression en vertu de l\u2019art. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/how-rights-protected\/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2b\"><em>2(b) de la Chartre<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Argumentation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>La Coalition a fait valoir que toute violation de la libert\u00e9 d&rsquo;expression \u00e9tait justifi\u00e9e en vertu de l\u2019art. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/how-rights-protected\/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2a\"><em>1 de la Chartre<\/em><\/a>. Dans une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 qui impose le respect des choix des femmes en mati\u00e8re de procr\u00e9ation, et dans laquelle l\u2019avortement est un service m\u00e9dical l\u00e9gal, la loi repr\u00e9sente une reconnaissance l\u00e9gislative vitale: les d\u00e9cisions des femmes concernant leurs capacit\u00e9s de procr\u00e9ation ne peuvent \u00eatre significatives sans garantir un acc\u00e8s raisonnablement s\u00fbr aux services m\u00e9dicaux et de sant\u00e9 connexe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">R\u00e9sultat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>La Cour d\u2019appel de la Colombie-Britannique a rejet\u00e9 les appels des hommes. La Cour a estim\u00e9 que l&rsquo;objectif important de la loi &#8211; prot\u00e9ger les femmes vuln\u00e9rables et leurs prestataires de soins de sant\u00e9 et permettre un acc\u00e8s s\u00fbr aux services de sant\u00e9 &#8211; justifiait la violation limit\u00e9e de la libert\u00e9 d&rsquo;expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le FAEJ est reconnaissant \u00e0 Nitya Iyer et Matthew Taylor, avocats dans cette affaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T\u00e9l\u00e9chargez le m\u00e9moire de la coalition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Watson.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ici<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lisez la d\u00e9cision de la Cour d\u2019appel de la Colombie-Britannique <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/bc\/bcca\/doc\/2008\/2008bcca340\/2008bcca340.html?autocompleteStr=r%20v%20spratt%20bcca&amp;autocompletePos=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ici<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Nos dossiers sont imparfaits, mais nous faisons de notre mieux pour les mettre \u00e0 jour &#8211; si vous \u00e9tiez impliqu\u00e9 avec le FAEJ dans cette affaire mais que votre nom n&rsquo;appara\u00eet pas ici, veuillez nous envoyer un courriel \u00e0<\/em> <a href=\"mailto:info@leaf.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>info@leaf.ca<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21738","case_summary","type-case_summary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>R. c. 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