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Canadian Abortion Policy: National Policy and the Impact of Federalism and Political Implementation on Access to Services

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The Canada Health Act requires provinces and territories to provide medically necessary services and to provide equal access to such services. Since 1995, the governing Liberal Party has issued statements indicating that it views abortion services as medically necessary services. Yet the operation of health delivery systems in Canada is primarily reserved for the provinces and territories. Provincial and territorial access to abortion services is significantly affected by bottom-up political implementation, where national policy is often undermined and “trumped” by the politics and pressures operative within provincial and territorial political systems and by other intense interest group pressures. Copyright , Oxford University Press.

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  • Howard A. Palley, 0. "Canadian Abortion Policy: National Policy and the Impact of Federalism and Political Implementation on Access to Services," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 36(4), pages 565-586.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:publus:v:36:y::i:4:p:565-586
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    1. Christian Bjørnskov & Niklas Potrafke, 2012. "Political Ideology and Economic Freedom Across Canadian Provinces," Eastern Economic Journal, Palgrave Macmillan;Eastern Economic Association, vol. 38(2), pages 143-166.
    2. Niklas Potrafke, 2010. "Labor market deregulation and globalization: empirical evidence from OECD countries," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 146(3), pages 545-571, September.
    3. Gwen Arnold, 2015. "When Cooperative Federalism Isn’t: How U.S. Federal Interagency Contradictions Impede Effective Wetland Management," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 45(2), pages 244-269.

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