Live or print interviews or news media segments featuring Martha Paynter, RN
Podcasts:
September 3, 2025. Interviewer Reshma Budhu. Lawless: Abortion under Complete Decriminalization. Rabble. https://rabble.ca/podcast/lawless-the-complete-decriminalization-of-abortion/
2024. Interviewer Pasquale Harrison-Julien. Avortement: Un pays pas comme les autres. Radio Canada. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/balados/11802/avortement-un-pays-pas-comme-les-autres
2024. Interviewer Stuart Murray. Humans, on Rights. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/humans-on-rights/id1551694152?i=1000651386378
2024. Interviewer Barbara Frey. CIC’s International Prison Nursery Podcast.https://cicmn.wpenginepowered.com/series/international-prison-nursery-podcast/
2023. Interviewer Cat Brooks. Law and Disorder. https://kpfa.org/program/law-and-disorder/
March 10, 2023. Interviewer Stephen Wentzell. Rabble. https://rabble.ca/podcast/providing-abortion-care-in-prison-and-the-need-for-universal-contraception-coverage/
December 19, 2022. Interviewer Tara Thorne. The Tideline. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1519285/10914182-episode-86-martha-paynter Fredericton’s planning advisory committee rejects rezoning for NB jail. Global News.
Book review
September 16, 2025. Interviewer Anna Dahlqvist. (Article in Swedish). Du har rätt till din kropp även i vecka 38. [You have the right to your body even at week 38]. Ottar. https://www.ottar.se/du-har-ratt-till-din-kropp-aven-i-vecka-38/
Lebold, M., & MacDonnell, J. (2022). Twenty-three accounts of reproductive injustice in Canada: Stories for nurses to know: Book Review: “Abortion to Abolition: Reproductive Health and Justice in Canada.” Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse, 4(2), 56–60.
Print interviews and news media:
Nov 6, 2025. Interviewer Jacques Poitras, Abortion in New Brunswick one year after the end of 84-20, CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-abortion-access-one-year-after-policy-change-9.6968150#:~:text=A%20year%20after%20policy%20change,right%20away%2C%E2%80%9D%20she%20said.
October 14, 2025. Interviewer Ella MacDonald, Unheard. Unserved: Nova Scotian woman says abortion stigma at hospital almost took her life. Global TV Halifax. youtube.com/watch?v=nZ9SIq0aZTk&feature=youtu.be
August 15, 2025. Interviewer Jessica Long. Remembering Dr. Jacques Desrosiers: The steady force behind reproductive rights in Nova Scotia. https://www.nshealth.ca/news-and-notices/remembering-dr-jacques-desrosiers-steady-force-behind-reproductive-rights-nova
April 14, 2025. Interviewer Savannah Awde. ‘It was hell’: Former inmate sues N.B. government over segregation, access to meds. CBC News Online. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/inmate-segregation-meds-access-1.7503544
March 9, 2025. Interviewer Angela Copabiaco. International Women’s Day in Halifax: A Celebration of Progress and Resilience. Global News. https://globalnews.ca/video/11073238/international-womens-day-in-halifax-a-celebration-of-progress-and-resilience/
Jan 31, 2025. Interviewer Caitrin Pilkington. Study finds northern prisons lack abortion and contraception policies. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/study-finds-northern-prisons-lack-abortion-and-contraception-policies-1.7446420
January 13, 2025. Legal challenge on NB abortion access is over. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/legal-challenge-on-n-b-abortion-access-is-over-1.7430097
November 14, 2024. Interviewer Trudie Mason. Anti-abortion militants right to protest outside abortion clinics. CJAD 800 Radio Quebec.
November 8, 2024. Interviewer Rachel Cairns. What the US Election Results Mean for Canadian Reproductive Rights. She Does the City. https://www.shedoesthecity.com/what-the-u-s-election-results-mean-for-canadian-reproductive-rights/
November 7, 2024. Interviewer Jacques Poitras. Holt government repeals ban on funding abortions outside hospitals. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/holt-government-abortions-funding-1.7376879
November 6, 2024. Interviewer Nathalie Stechyson. Harris campaigned on women’s bodily freedom. What will Trump’s win mean for abortion rights? CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-win-abortion-1.7375103
June 3, 2024. Interviewer Sophie Lavoie. Abortion Conference Brings together scholars and activists in Fredericton. NB Media Coop. https://nbmediacoop.org/2024/06/03/abortion-conference-brings-together-scholars-and-activists-in-fredericton/
April 19, 2024. Interviewer Amber Fryday. Minister Brad Johns must resign over comments about domestic violence. Global News at 6. https://globalnews.ca/news/10436914/ns-justice-minister-brad-johns-resigns/
March 13, 2024. Interviewer Megan King. Clinic loses funding for contraception. Global TV News. https://globalnews.ca/news/10364016/halifax-sexual-health-clinic-donations-birth-control-iud/
February 22, 2024. Interviewer Natalie Stechyson. Why Alabama’s ruling that embryos are children could fuel anti-abortion in Canada. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/alabama-court-embryos-1.7121293
February 2, 2024. L’accès à l’avortement encore un peu plus difficile pour les femmes du Nord-Ouest. Radio Canada. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2046671/acces-avortement-nouveau-brunswick-distance
February 2, 2024. Interviewer Marc-Andre Hache. Medication abortion in New Brunswick. Radio Canada. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/le-telejournal-acadie/site/episodes/860164/episode-du-2-fevrier-2024
January 31, 2024. Interviewer Michele Brideau. Medication abortion in New Brunswick. Radio Canada. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/videos/18-858815/telejournal-avec-celine-galipeau
November 21, 2023. Interviewer Jacques Poitras. New abortion debate emerges in NB- on how to improve abortion access. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-abortion-debate-emerges-new-brunswick-1.7034149
November 15, 2023. Interviewer Jacques Poitras. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/federal-report-calls-on-nb-to-allow-abortions-in-clinics-1.7028034
September 5, 2023. Interviewer Todd Veinotte. Gender Identity Policies in Schools. News 95.7 Radio. https://halifax.citynews.ca/2023/09/05/podcast-the-todd-veinotte-show-september-5th-2023/
August 30, 2023. Interviewer Callum Smith. Gender Identity Policies in Schools Should Protect the Most Marginalized and Vulnerable: Advocate. Global TV. https://globalnews.ca/news/9930202/gender-identity-policies-in-schools-should-protect-most-marginalized-and-vulnerable-advocate/
June 28, 2023. Interviewer Mitchell Bailey. Advocate hopes to “peel back the curtain’ as 2 jail deaths in NS under review. Global TV. https://globalnews.ca/news/9798814/nova-scotia-jail-deaths-prison-investigation/
June 22, 2023. Interviewer Stephen Wentzell. The state of reproductive rights in Canada. Rabble. https://rabble.ca/health/the-state-of-reproductive-rights-in-canada/
May 31, 2023. Interviewer Jacques Poitras. CBC TV. Rising use of abortion pill shifting the landscape, expert says. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/abortion-pill-expert-1.6859533
May 18, 2023. Interviewer Mitchell Bailey. Global TV News. NS non-profit demands inquiry into death of Mi’kmaw woman while in custody. https://globalnews.ca/news/9708637/wellness-within-sarah-rose-denny-public-inquiry/
April 24, 2023. Pascal Vachon. L’avortement au Nouveau-Brunswick : le canari dans la mine canadienne. ONFR. https://onfr.tfo.org/lavortement-au-nouveau-brunswick-le-canari-dans-la-mine-canadienne/
April 4, 2023. Interviewer Ian Fairclough. NS group calls again for inquiries into in-custody deaths after Eskasoni woman dies of pneumonia. Chronicle Herald. https://www.saltwire.com/halifax/news/ns-group-calls-again-for-inquiries-into-in-custody-deaths-after-eskasoni-woman-dies-of-pneumonia-100840539/
March 6, 2023. Interviewer Rachel Cairns. Kanada – aborträttens förlovade land. Ottar. https://www.ottar.se/abort-rattens-forlovade-land-rachel-cairns/
March 3, 2023. Interviewer Portia Clark. Universal Funding for Contraception. Information Morning- Halifax. CBC Radio. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2178311235798
March 2, 2023. Interviewer Paul Palmeter. NDP calls on Nova Scotia government to make prescription birth control free. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/ndp-contraceptive-free-coverage-nova-scotia-1.6765271
February 18, 2023. Interviewer Natalie Stechyson. Why don’t we call more abortion clinics ‘abortion clinics’? Language matters, advocates say. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/abortion-clinics-language-1.6747788
February 17, 2023. Interviewer Amelie Gosselin. Playdoyer pour une couverture universelle des frais de contraception, Heure de pointe Acadie. Radio-Canada. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/l-heure-de-pointe-acadie/episodes/688357/rattrapage-du-vendredi-17-fevrier-2023, https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/l-heure-de-pointe-acadie/segments/entrevue/433196/contraception-sante-sexuelle-reproduction-couverture
February 16, 2023. Interviewer Dione Wearmouth. New abortion care network calls for birth control coverage. The Daily Gleaner. https://tj.news/telegraph-journal/102064123
February 2, 2023. Interviewer Sarah Smellie. As sexual assault rates rise, provinces face shortage of specially trained nurses. Canadian Press. https://globalnews.ca/news/9454746/shortage-sexual-assault-nurse-examiners/
January 31, 2023. Interviewer Erica Butler. CHMA-FM Radio. https://www.chmafm.com/welcome/it-is-normal-it-is-common-it-is-safe-new-network-to-address-lack-of-information-about-abortion-care-and-other-access-issues/
January 27, 2023. New Brunswick Abortion Care Network Seeks to Improve Access in NB. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-abortion-care-network-access-health-professionals-martha-paynter-1.6728673
January 26, 2023. Interviewer Bobby Therrien with Justin Dupuis. De l’aide pour les femmes qui en besoin d’une avortement. Acadie Nouvelle. https://www.acadienouvelle.com/actualites/2023/01/26/des-travailleurs-de-la-sante-unis-pour-appuyer-les-femmes-qui-ont-besoin-dun-avortement/
January 26, 2023. Interviewer Lyndsay Armstrong. NB health workers launch abortion care network on Morgentaler anniversary. Canadian Press. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2023/01/26/nb-health-workers-launch-abortion-care-network-on-morgentaler-anniversary.html
January 26, 2023. Interviewer Catherine Morrison. New group aims to help navigate abortion services. The Telegraph Journal. https://tj.news/telegraph-journal/102053396
January 26, 2023. Interviewer Sarah Dery. Un nouveau réseau pour « changer la conversation » sur l’avortement au N.-B. Radio Canada television. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1951294/acces-avortement-information-services-nouveau-brunswick
January 19, 2023. Interviewer Stephen Wentzell. Proposed jail facility sparks backlash from locals. Rabble. https://rabble.ca/political-action/proposed-jail-facility-in-fredericton-sparks-backlash-from-locals/
December 5, 2022. Critics slam proposed sale of land to province for $32M. NB Media Coop.
December 1, 2022. Neighbourhood worries about effects of jail. The Daily Gleaner.
October 12, 2022. COVID shots can impact period timing. Women were already wondering. CBC News.
August 10, 2022. How Canadian abortion providers are preparing for a potential uptick in Americans seeking care. Chatelaine.
July 6, 2022. The Tideline: Episode 86: Martha Paynter. The Tideline.
July 5, 2022. The wire coat hanger symbolizes a dark era of abortion rights. Advocates say it is time to retire it. CBC News.
July 3, 2022. Canada should focus on abortion access not legislation. The Guardian.
July 1, 2022. Canadian abortion providers prepare to receive US patients. Voice of America.
June 28, 2022. The end of Roe v. Wade is leading to misinformation about abortion in Canada. The Coast.
June 27, 2022. Abortion tourism a concern in Canada but out of reach for most Americans: advocates. The Canadian Press/Toronto Star.
June 27, 2022. How US Abortion Rights Impact Canada. CTV Morning Live Vancouver.
June 27, 2022. Martha Paynter talks abortion rights rally, book launch. Global News Morning.
June 26, 2022. Roe v. Wade decision sparks call for greater abortion access in Canada. CBC The National.
June 25, 2022. Sadness, anger at abortion rights rally in downtown Halifax. CBC News.
June 24, 2022. Atlantic Canadians react to ‘devastating’ Roe ruling in US. The Chronicle Herald.
June 24, 2022. Roe v. Wade overturned. CBC The National.
June 24, 2022. What it’s like getting an abortion as a foreigner in Canada. North Shore News.
June 14, 2022. Event explores how online harassment and intimidation impacts women. CBC Radio Mainstreet.
May 16, 2022. Reproductive rights and abortion access: Is Canada as pro-choice as you think? This Matters, The Star daily podcast.
May 10, 2022. Ask an Expert: PhD Candidate Martha Paynter on What Overturning Roe v Wade Would Mean for Abortion Access. Dal News.
May 8, 2022. How Canadians can guarantee access to safe abortions. The Toronto Star.
May 5, 2022. How getting an abortion in Canada differs from the U.S. The Decibel, a Globe and Mail podcast.
May 4, 2022. Abortion to Abolition: An Interview with Martha Paynter. Impact Ethics.
May 4, 2022. Martha Paynter on Abortion Resources in Canada. CBC Radio Mainstreet.
May 4, 2022. Legal protection for abortion strong in Canada, advocate says in wake of Roe draft decision in US. The Chronicle Herald.
May 3, 2022. The looking reversal of Roe v Wade is unjust- but it should be no surprise. The Globe and Mail.
April 27, 2022. Wellness Within says province’s health plan fails to address reproductive and sexual health. Halifax City News.
April 13, 2022. Health advocates call for publicly funded birth control in Nova Scotia. The Canadian Press.
April 12, 2022. Free contraception offers significant cost savings, improvements in population health, advocates tell Standing Committee on Health. Halifax Examiner.
April 12, 2022. Advocates urge NS government to make contraceptives widely available, free. CBC News.
March 21, 2022. North end Halifax thrift shop bought by anti-abortion group. The Coast.
March 8, 2022. Incarcerated Mothers in Nova Scotia Deserve Better. Rabble.
January 26, 2022. Dalhousie researcher leads study into reproductive health outcomes for incarcerated Indigenous women. Saltwire.
January 14, 2022. New CIHR-funded collaboration to address health inequities of Indigenous incarcerated women. Dal News.
January 4, 2022. Calls grow for inmate releases as COVID-19 cases climb in Canada’s jails and prisons. The Canadian Press.
January 1, 2022. N.S. prison reform groups call for inmate releases as COVID-19 spreads. Global News.
December 31, 2021. COVID-19 outbreak announced at Burnside jail, cases rise at women’s prison. CBC News.
December 30, 2021. Advocates want Ottawa to release vulnerable inmates as COVID-19 hits N.S. women’s prison. CBC News.
December 20, 2021. New Brunswickers mask up against Omicron. Global News.
December 15, 2021. Activists call new government bill to remove some mandatory sentences ‘incomplete’. Rabble.
December 1, 2021. N.S. called on to do more to help vulnerable pregnant women after ending birth alerts. The Canadian Press.
December 1, 2021. Nova Scotia ends use of controversial birth alerts but calls for change persist. CBC News.
October 29, 2021. N.B. one of last Canadian provinces to end controversial birth alert practice. Global News.
October 10, 2021. Protestors outside Newfoundland jail call for better care for prisoners after inmate suicide. The Globe and Mail.
June 29, 2021. Calls renewed to end controversial birth alert practice in Nova Scotia. Global News.
June 21, 2021. Residents sound off about defunding HRM police, committee gathers public input. The Chronicle Herald/Saltwire.
May 17, 2021. This was ‘truly unjust’: protests at #FreePalestine rally plan to fight tickets. The Chronicle Herald.
May 7, 2021. With two COVID-19 cases in Burnside jail advocates call for accelerated repeat of last year’s successful release efforts. Nova Scotia Advocate.
May 6, 2021. Advocates call for immediate release of some NS inmates as COVID cases rise. CTV News Atlantic.
May 5, 2021. How COVID 19 has hindered and helped abortion access in NS. Global News.
April 29, 2021. Women scramble to find childcare in lockdown again. The Coast.
April 27, 2021. Nova Scotia is testing for COVID at record numbers, so people are sending love letters to lab workers. Halifax Examiner.
April 13, 2021. Thinking Out Loud With Sheldon MacLeod: Cyberbullying and speaking up. Saltwire.
March 31, 2021. N.S. NDP proposes new bill that would see birth control products covered under MSI. CTV News Atlantic.
March 19, 2021. N.S. nursing school offers training in abortion care advancements. Global News.
February 7, 2021. Calls to ban birth alerts grow louder as other provinces end controversial practice. CBC News.
January 12, 2021. Should dry celling be banned across Canada.
Iheartradio 800am. https://www.iheartradio.ca/am800/audio/dan-macdonald-show-should-dry-celling-be-banned-across-canada-1.14355583?mode=Article
January 11, 2021.
Your Morning, CTV. https://www.ctv.ca/shows/your-morning/canada-has-started-vaccinating-people-in-prisons-against-covid-19-s5e101
January 6, 2021. Inmate at Joyceville Penitentiary in Kingston says no to COVID-19 vaccine; 600 inmates could receive vaccines this week.
CTV News Ottawa. https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/inmate-at-joyceville-penitentiary-in-kingston-says-no-to-covid-19-vaccine-600-inmates-could-receive-vaccines-this-week-1.5256536
December 26, 2020. Advocates say immediate action needed to curb COVID-19 outbreaks in jails and prisons.
The Canadian Press. https://winnipegsun.com/news/provincial/advocates-say-immediate-action-needed-to-curb-covid-19-outbreaks-in-jails-prisons
November 25, 2020. Conference to discuss future of reproductive justice and prison abolition in Nova Scotia.
Halifax Today.
November 23, 2020. Black doula training program aims to create diversity in the profession.
CTV News.
October 27, 2020. Renowned Nova Scotian teen becomes Wellness Within’s first junior artist in residence.
The Chronicle Herald.
October 22, 2020. Anxiety builds for family members of Headingly inmates as outbreak grows.
CTV News Winnipeg.
September 22, 2020. Outiller le personnel a la sante a practiquer un avortement.
RadioCanada.
September 6, 2020. Doula training in Mi’kmaw community hopes to better serve families, rural areas.
CBC News.
September 4, 2020. Is it time for more nurses in schools?
Halifax Examiner.
August 26, 2020. Un nouveau cours sur l’avortement sera offert a l’universite Dalhousie.
RadioCanada.
August 25, 2020. New abortion course for health students to be offered at Dal this year.
CBC News.
August 19, 2020. Women’s Wellness Within founder provides direction for police interacting with women.
The Chronicle Herald.
August 18, 2020. Halifax police to post some of its policies online.
CBC News.
July 27, 2020. Protests in two Nova Scotia locations over failure to call a public inquiry.
The Canadian Press/Global News.
July 27, 2020. Hundreds join women’s rights activists in rally for public inquiry into mass shooting.
The Chronicle Herald.
July 27, 2020. Activists won’t rest until official public inquiry into shootings is called.
The Coast.
July 27, 2020. Rally Hopes to increase pressure for inquiry into April massacre.
The Canadian Press.
July 27, 2020. Protesters decry ‘shocking and paternalistic’ decision to hold review, not inquiry into Nova Scotia mass shooting.
Halifax Examiner.
July 26, 2020. Activists to strike for 22 minutes to call for public NS shooting inquiry.
The Canadian Press. The Huffington Post; Edmonton City News.
July 25, 2020. Strike, rally planned for Monday to renew push for public inquiry into Nova Scotia’s April mass killing.
The Chronicle Herald.
July 14, 2020. Defund the police, say doctors and nurses.
Ricochet.
July 15, 2020. Why nurses are joining the call for policing and prison abolition.
The Chronicle Herald.
July 8, 2020. Scholars make the case for abolishing prisons in order to combat systemic racism.
CBC News.
June 15, 2020. In the midst of a crisis over policing, Halifax’s police commission has cancelled its scheduled meetings and is declining to accept public input. Halifax Examiner.
March 19, 2020. Covid-19: Curb jail populations in Nova Scotia, Advocates Urge. The Chronicle Herald.
March 12, 2020. Canada’s prisons preparing for COVID-19, want public to limit visits. The National Post.
January 19, 2020. Halifax police, Walmart owe Nova Scotia Black community for woman’s violent arrest. The Chronicle Herald.
January 17, 2020. Sheldon MacLeod Show: Justice for Santina Rao. News 95.7.
December 16, 2019. A case of gangrene underscores health concerns at the East Coast Forensic Hospital. Halifax Examiner.
November 19, 2019. How PEI became one of the most accessible places for women’s health care in Canada. Chateleine.
August 29, 2019. Public Inquiry Sought for Man who Died in Provincial Custody. The Star Metro.
August 29, 2019. Dalhousie nursing students are learning about Naloxone. The Coast.
August 28, 2019. Local non-profit seeks public inquiry into death of Halifax man in custody. Global News.
August 21, 2019. Deportation of former Somali refugee amounts to death sentence, advocates say. The NS Advocate.
July 29, 2019. Episode 370: Can women in prison breastfeed? All About Breastfeeding Podcast.
July 19, 2019. Martha Paynter talks about abortion on the big screen. The Coast.
June 13, 2019. A moving target: What abortion access looks like in Nova Scotia. The Coast.
May 19, 2019. What abortion law changes in the states mean for Canadians. Halifax Today.
May 11, 2019. Free menstrual products still in progress, but military provides free Viagra. The Chronicle Herald.
Martha Paynter, RN PhD 