Canada. Report of the Committee on the Operation of the Abortion Law, (Ottawa: Ministry of Supplies and Services, 1977) (Chair: Robin Badgley)
Canada. Report of the Committee on the Operation of the Abortion Law, (Ottawa: Ministry of Supplies and Services, 1977) (Chair: Robin Badgley)*
The Report of the Committee on the Operation of the Abortion Law (1977), commonly known as the “Badgley Report” in honour of its Chair, Robin F. Badgley, was commissioned by the Government of Canada. This report showed, among other things, that the criminal abortion law operated inequitably across Canada.It provided a factual basis which was instrumental in the Supreme Court’s finding of a violation of the right to the security of the person in the 1998 Morgentaler Decision.
Entire document [480-page PDF]: Chapters 1-9 / Chapter 10 to end | Page |
|---|---|
| Letter of Transmittal | v |
PART I: Terms and Overview [PDF] | |
| Chapters 1-3 | |
| 1. WORK OF THE COMMITTEE | 3 |
| 2. ABORTION IN CANADA | 17 |
| 3. TERMS OF REFERENCE AND SUMMARY OF FINDINGS | 27 |
PART II: Findings | |
| 4. INDUCED ABORTION: CLASSIFICATION AND NUMBER [PDF] | 43 |
| Demographic Trends | 44 |
| Classification of Abortions | 47 |
| lndices and Trends: 1961-1974 | 55 |
| Induced, Spontaneous, and Other Abortions | 58 |
| Illegal Abortions | 64 |
| Out-of-Country Abortions | 72 |
| Volume of Induced Abortions | 80 |
| 5. PROVINCIAL REQUIREMENTS AND HOSPITAL PRACTICES [PDF] | 83 |
| Terms of the Abortion Law | 85 |
| Accredited Hospitals | 87 |
| Provincial Requirements | 91 |
| Specialty and Private Hospitals | 99 |
| Requirements for Federal Hospitals and Services | 101 |
| Hospital Practices | 102 |
| Listing of Therapeutic Abortion Committees | 103 |
| Eligible Hospitals | 105 |
| 6. DISTRIBUTION AND AVAILABILITY [PDF] | 107 |
| Distribution of Eligible Hospitals | 107 |
| Hospitals with Committees | 110 |
| Eligible Hospitals without Committees | 114 |
| Ownership of Hospitals | 123 |
| Public Knowledge of Induced Abortion | 128 |
| Physicians Doing Induced Abortions | 134 |
| Distribution of Accessible Service | 138 |
| 7. PATIENT PATHWAYS [PDF] | 143 |
| Pathway One: Abortion in Canadian Hospitals | 145 |
| Pathway Two: Community Agencies | 151 |
| Pathway Three: Student Health Ser | 158 |
| Pathway Four: To the United States . Pathway Five: Childbirth | 160 |
| Family Income and Pregnancy Experience | 163 |
| Alternative Choices | 175 |
| 8. PERSONAL EXPERIENCES [PDF] | 177 |
| Consideration of Abortion | 178 |
| Illegal Abortion Before 1969 | 180 |
| Illegal Abortion After 1969 | 186 |
| Out of Country Abortion | 189 |
| Legal Abortion After 1969 | 191 |
| The Personal Side of Care | 200 |
| 9. MEDICAL PRACTICE [PDF] | 205 |
| Profile of Physicians | 206 |
| Definition of Health | 207 |
| Medical Indications for Abortion | 210 |
| Interpretation of Mental Health | 211 |
| Length of Gestation | 214 |
| Abortion and the Value of Life | 218 |
| Appointment to Therapeutic Abortion Committee | 222 |
| Contraception and Sterilization | 231 |
| Opinions of the Abortion Law | 233 |
| 10. CONSENT [PDF] | 237 |
| The Requirement of Consent in the Abortion Law | 237 |
| Hospital Practices and Consent | 238 |
| Special Provisions for Lower Ages of Consent to Medical Treatment | 240 |
| The Uniform Act | 243 |
| Consent and Contract | 244 |
| 11. HOSPITAL COMMITTEES [PDF] | 247 |
| Size and Specialty | 247 |
| Types of Appointments | 249 |
| Interpretation of Terms | 251 |
| Indications for Induced Abortion | 256 |
| Requirements of Committees | 258 |
| Reasons for Approval of Abortion Applications | 265 |
| Hospital Case Studies | 267 |
| Disposition of Patients' Charts | 275 |
| Interpretation of Abortion Law | 277 |
| 12. HOSPITAL STAFF [PDF] | 281 |
| Staff Functions | 282 |
| Staff Recruitment and Work Assignment | 286 |
| Staff Opinions | 291 |
| Staff Training | 295 |
| 13. ASSOCIATED COMPLICATIONS [PDF] | 299 |
| Independent Viability | 301 |
| Methods of Terminating Pregnancy | 303 |
| Complications of Abortion | 307 |
| Before-and-After Use of Health Services in Saskatchewan | 313 |
| Five Year Follow-up in Alberta | 319 |
| National Trends | 321 |
| 14. SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR AND CONTRACEPTION [PDF] | 325 |
| Definitions of Terms Used | 327 |
| Sexual Behaviour of Males | 328 |
| Sexual Behaviour of Females | 330 |
| Social Meanings of Sex | 333 |
| Women Who Had Abortions | 337 |
| Previous Contraceptive Experience | 341 |
| Discontinuing the Use of Contraception | 343 |
| Motivation Regarding Pregnancy | 345 |
| Use of Contraceptive Means | 347 |
| Previous Abortions | 354 |
| Sterilization | 360 |
| Sexual Behaviour and Abortion | 365 |
| Sources of Information About Contraception | 367 |
| 15. COST OF HEALTH SERVICES [PDF] | 379 |
| Non-Profit Voluntary Associations | 380 |
| Commercial Abortion Referral Agencies | 381 |
| Physician Income and Induced Abortion | 386 |
| Extra-Billing of Medical Fees | 388 |
| Medical and Hospital Costs of Induced Abortion | 405 |
| Contraceptive Sales | 409 |
| Expenditures on Family Planning | 410 |
| Allocation of Expenditures | 419 |
| Appendices [PDF online] | |
| Appendix 1: Statistical Notes and Tables | 423 |
| Appendix 2: References | 461 |
| Appendix 3: The Abortion Law | 472 |
*this PDF is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and has not been produced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada
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