{"id":4802,"date":"2023-09-01T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/?post_type=actualite&#038;p=4802"},"modified":"2026-10-02T04:30:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:30:25","slug":"depolitiser-lavortement-pour-en-faire-un-service-de-sante-essentiel-2","status":"publish","type":"actualite","link":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/article\/depolitiser-lavortement-pour-en-faire-un-service-de-sante-essentiel-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Depoliticizing Abortion to Make It an Essential Health Service"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":4803,"template":"","actualite_type":[14],"actualite_sujet":[],"action_combat":[],"mdm_pays":[],"class_list":["post-4802","actualite","type-actualite","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","actualite_type-events"],"acf":{"mise_en_avant":false,"chapeau":"","cta_type":"aucun","cta_lien":"","contenu":"<h2>What Are the Responsibilities of Service Providers?<\/h2>\n<h2>Thursday, September 14, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM at the Maison du D\u00e9veloppement Durable, Montreal<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeC4PHQ62omFn-UDOmVFlE2tWnf5dQ0U26EVfrHXsB6q8HQnQ\/viewform\">Register now!<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The conference will be followed by the annual general meeting of M\u00e9decins du Monde Canada from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM.<\/h2>\n<h2>Theme<\/h2>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\"><\/span>Every year around the world, 121 million women become pregnant unintentionally, and 60% of them terminate their pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>Although the World Health Organization considers VTP an essential health service, 45% of abortions performed worldwide are not medically supervised, resulting in the death of 39,000 women each year, not to mention the 7 million others hospitalized due to complications.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of access to safe abortion is therefore a real public health issue. The causes include restrictive laws that limit, condition, or even criminalize access to this health service, as well as the lack of adapted, accessible, and quality services, or persistent and stigmatizing prejudices.<\/p>\n<p>Faced with this public health crisis, what is the responsibility of healthcare personnel?<\/p>\n<h2>Moderator<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"prose-figure is-reverse\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/csm_202208_PE_Laurence_Deschamps-Laporte_c94299ab6c.jpg\" alt=\"Laurence Deschamps-Laporte\"><\/figure>\n<h3>Laurence Deschamps-Laporte<\/h3>\n<p>Scientific Director of C\u00c9RIUM<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al<\/p>\n<h2>Panelists<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"prose-figure is-reverse\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Julia-Tetrault-Provencher.jpg\" alt=\"Julia T\u00e9trault-Provencher\"><\/figure>\n<h3>Julia T\u00e9trault-Provencher<\/h3>\n<p>Legal Advisor in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights at Lawyers Without Borders Canada (ASFC)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"prose-figure\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0182.jpg\" alt=\"Manon Hourdin\"><\/figure>\n<h3>Manon Hourdin<\/h3>\n<p>Director of International Operations and Strategic Development at M\u00e9decins du Monde Canada<\/p>\n<figure class=\"prose-figure is-reverse\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/064A8555-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Michel Welt\"><\/figure>\n<h3>Dr Michel Welt<\/h3>\n<p>Obstetrician-gynecologist, Medical Director of the Social Perinatal Team at the Saint-Laurent Social Pediatrics Center<\/p>\n<p>Board Member at M\u00e9decins du Monde Canada<\/p>\n<figure class=\"prose-figure\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Beatrice-Godard-2022.jpg\" alt=\"B\u00e9atrice Godard\"><\/figure>\n<h3>B\u00e9atrice Godard<\/h3>\n<p>Full Professor at ESPUM<\/p>\n<p>Member of the Executive Committee of the Quebec Population Health Research Network<\/p>\n<figure class=\"prose-figure\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CERIUM.png\" alt=\"In partnership with CERIUM\"><figcaption>In partnership with CERIUM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cover photo credits: Caroline Thirion<\/p>","temps_lecture":2,"legende_couverture":"","signature_nom":"","signature_role":"","signature_initiales":"","signature_avatar":"","communique_lien":"","communique_libelle":"","encadre_titre":"","encadre_texte":"","partenaires_titre":"","partenaires":null,"reseaux_partage":["facebook","twitter","linkedin","email","copy"],"evenement_date":null,"evenement_type":"","evenement_lieu":"","evenement_inscription":"","presse_afficher":false,"presse_surtitre":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite\/4802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/actualite"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite\/4802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4804,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite\/4802\/revisions\/4804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"actualite_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite_type?post=4802"},{"taxonomy":"actualite_sujet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite_sujet?post=4802"},{"taxonomy":"action_combat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/action_combat?post=4802"},{"taxonomy":"mdm_pays","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mdm_pays?post=4802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}