Evidence Based Nursing Research Reports

EVIDENCE BASED NURSING
RESEARCH

Should Canada ban abortion like some states in us?
Abortion in Canada is legal at all the stages of pregnancy as being governed by Canada health
Act. Although there are many non- legal barriers when accessing to exist especially lack of
equal access to the providers. These opinions are banned from the political discussion and
also conservative politicians expect with no intention to reopen the abortion debate.
Unwanted children and pregnancies have remained as constant problem of human existence
(Vogel, LaRoche, Haddad, Chaumont, & Foster, 2016). The government must indulge in
between to enforce abortion legislations especially the enforcement of code of conduct
(criminal code), which has been worsening the women`s health with imposition of arbitrary
delays and unfair disparities both in pro-life companies. Abortion rate have been increasing
since 1986, which is the reflection of reporting due to lack of effective contraception (Jones
et al., 2017). Due to lack of legal compliances in Canada, there has to be abortion rights or
the women will continue to face issues in accessing the process. This is a severe call to
impose legal compliance so that women health can be prevented because of continuous
abortion. The harm includes future childbearing, risk of breast cancer, premature death of
child, mental health disorders, ectopic pregnancy, preterm birth, and low birth weight.
Furthermore, there are list of side effects that include vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhoea,
heavy bleeding, infection in the uterine lining, and damage to organs. Abortion leads to
emotional side effects such as regret, anger, shame, loss of self-confidence, relationship
issues, eating disorders, depression, and anxiety (Moazzam et al., 2017).

References
Jones, H. E., White, K. O. C., Norman, W. V., Guilbert, E., Lichtenberg, E. S., & Paul, M.
(2017). First trimester medication abortion practice in the United States and Canada. PloS
one, 12(10), e0186487.
Moazzam, A., Folz, R., Miller, K., Johnson, B. R., & Kiarie, J. (2017). A study protocol for
facility assessment and follow-up evaluations of the barriers to access, availability, utilization
and readiness of contraception, abortion and postabortion services in Zika affected
areas. Reproductive Health, 14.
Vogel, K. I., LaRoche, K. J., El-Haddad, J., Chaumont, A., & Foster, A. M. (2016).
Exploring Canadian women's knowledge of and interest in mifepristone: results from a
national qualitative study with abortion patients. Contraception, 94(2), 137-142.