ABSTRACT
In canada, in the wake of the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada, the 1970s saw the implementation of several pro-women initiatives. The Parliament of Canada passed the Divorce Act (1968); abortions became legal in hospitals (1969); Dr. Morgentaler opened his first abortion clinic in Montréal (1969); the Front de libération des femmes du Québec was founded (1969); women could be jurors (1971); in Québec women were elected to the House of Commons (1972); the Conseil du statut de la femme du Québec (1973) and the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women (1973) were established; the Charter of human rights and freedoms formally prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex (1975); the recommendations of the Conseil du statut de la femme du Québec were published in Pour les Québécoises. Égalité et indépendance (1978), etc. These various initiatives show the feminist movements’ ability to infiltrate political institutions.
