The right to be able to access abortion in Canada was first shaped by a feminist activist fighting for her rights and protection of a woman’s right to control her own reproductive body. Abortion was first decriminalized by the Supreme Court of Canada in the 1988, as that’s when the struck down the Criminal Code of Canada, which then criminalized women by accessing abortion without the consent of their doctor. The courts have found that the criminalization of abortions did indeed infringed on the Canadian Charter of Right and Freedoms that will guarantee security of the individual; that’s when the courts had decided that the security of the person included but not limited to the access to the medical care and the procedures. Access to abortion
