Canada has expunged historic indecency and anti-abortion laws, the government said, in a criminal justice system reform that will allow people to clear their records.
Canada's Minister for Women, Gender Equality and Youth Marci Ien speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 1, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable
The repealed laws had targeted women and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer individuals' access to abortion as well as to bathhouses, nightclubs and swinger clubs, considered to be safe spaces for queer communities.
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