Opinion

Abortion services have improved in Atlantic Canada. Saltwire. (2022)

How to access abortion care in every province and territory. Chatelaine. (2022)

Roe v Wade: Canada can respond to US bans by improving access to abortion care here. The Conversation. (2022)

Nova Scotia Health Plan leaves out reproductive health. The Monitor. Republished in the August edition of NS Solutions Magazine. (2022)

Nova Scotia can demonstrate public sector leadership in sexual health by committing to free contraception for all. Halifax Examiner. (2022)

No more pandemic platitudes: A Review of Spin Doctors by Nora Loreto. Briarpatch. (2022)

Pandemic proving disastrous for women in Nova Scotia federal prison. The Chronicle Herald. (2022)

Health services human resources are limited, but we can all work on the big picture together. Halifax Examiner. (2022)

Why not publicly fund all forms of birth control in Nova Scotia? Saltwire. (November 5, 2021)

Organizing to keep hospitals safe: Increased police presence is not the answer. The Monitor. Nov/Dec 2021 edition, p 31. (2021)

As a Canadian nurse who provides abortion care, I worry for my colleagues in Texas. Halifax Examiner. (September 2, 2021)

PEI is now a leader in reproductive health care. Impact Ethics. (August 19, 2021)

Trudeau’s paltry penalty won’t break New Brunswick’s barrier to clinic abortions. Saltwire. (August 4, 2021)

Policing won’t solve the pandemic. Halifax Examiner. (May 17, 2021)

Cyberbullying laws meant to protect teenage girls now being used against them. The Chronicle Herald. (April 9, 2021)

In Canada’s prisons for women, reproductive rights are under threat. Briarpatch Magazine. (February 8, 2021)

Yes, vaccinate prisoners, but decarceration is better. Impact Ethics. (January 22, 2021)

Finally, New Brunswick is being sued for unlawful restrictions on abortion access. Briarpatch Magazine, (January 18, 2021)

Prison outbreaks — releasing some inmates would curtail contamination, ease vaccine logistics. The Chronicle Herald. (January 5, 2021)

Humiliating ‘dry cell’ practice retraumatizes incarcerated women. The Chronicle Herald. (November 9, 2020)

Worsening conditions in prisons during COVID- 19 further marginalize criminalized women. (With L. Mussel and W. Bariteau) The Conversation. (2020)

Comprehensive reproductive health services include abortion. Impact Ethics. (2020)

Bad Medicine. Halifax Examiner. (2020)

If Canada is Serious about Confronting Systemic Racism, We Must Abolish Prisons. (With Linda Mussell, Nataleah, Hunter-Young) The Conversation. (July 8, 2020)

Nexplanon, a 3 year birth control implant, now approved for use in Canada. The Conversation. (May 31, 2020)

What counts as adequate access to abortion care in a pandemic: A perspective from Canada. (With Françoise Baylis) International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics. (May 29, 2020)

COVID-19 reaffirms that abortion is an essential service. (With Françoise Baylis) Healthy Debate. (April 14, 2020)

For those incarcerated with their babies, COVID puts two generations in peril. The Coast. (April 11, 2020)

Nurses should be prison abolitionists. The Relentless School Nurse. (April 1, 2020)

Why some prisoners should be released during the coronavirus pandemic. The Conversation. (March 17, 2020)

Prisons petri dishes for coronavirus. The Chronicle Herald. (March 4, 2020)

What happened to Santina Rao in a Halifax Walmart should never happen again. The Coast. (January 22, 2020)

The only non-hospital surgical abortion clinic in the Maritimes is in danger of closing. The Coast. (December 12, 2019)

Methadone Access in Prisons: Stop Strip-Searching. (With Matt Bonn) Impact Ethics. (November 19, 2019)

We need to stop incarcerating pregnant people. Halifax Examiner. (October 5, 2019)

L’avortement au Canada est accessible, libre et gratuit. Non, il ne devrait pas être un enjeu dans cette campagne. The Conversation. (October 4, 2019)

Abortion in Canada: The debates, the law and the reality. The Conservation. (October 3, 2019)

Sexual assault in prison: Vulnerable women prisoners have few protections and face reprisal for reporting attacks. Halifax Examiner. (May 24, 2019)

In Canada, abortion is health care- but there is more we can do. CBC News. (May 30, 2019)

Six years of abortion advancements in Atlantic Canada. The Coast. (April 4, 2019)

Hepatitis C Treatment Gaps in Prisons. Impact Ethics. In press & online. (March 29, 2019)

Don’t remand pregnant people and primary caregivers. (With Jamie Burnet) Impact Ethics. In press & online. (February 21, 2019)

Nova Scotia needs a JAIL hotline. Halifax Examiner. (January 15, 2019)

Our Lunch with Angela. Halifax Examiner. (October 18, 2018)

Ultrasound “policy’ one of Nova Scotia’s many failing on abortion. The Coast. (September 27, 2018)

Nurse: We should support prisoners’ demands for better health care. Halifax Examiner. (August 24, 2018)

For profit human donor milk in Canada? Impact Ethics. (August 24, 2018)

In Support of Breastfeeding. Impact Ethics. (July 19, 2018)

Transgender Women, Breastfeeding and Drug Regimens. Impact Ethics. (March 15, 2018)

Legal marijuana and necessary amnesty. Impact Ethics. (February 12, 2018)

Human milk banking in Guatemala City: all for all. Impact Ethics. (June 13, 2017)

End prison segregation now. The Coast. (February 1, 2017)