1965-1969: Forty women in Canada are reported to have died because of illegal attempts to end their pregnancies.
1968: The McGill Student Society publishes "The Birth Control Handbook" although the distribution of information on birth control is illegal in Canada. It becomes an underground bestseller.
1969: The House of Commons in Canada passes an Omnibus Bill covering birth control. The dissemination of birth control information is decriminalized.
1991: A federal law that would legalize abortions in Canada is defeated although it is legal in some provinces.
1992: The number of abortions in Canada exceeds 100,000.
1969: The Montreal Women's Liberation Movement is founded.
1990: A young man shoots and kills fourteen young women in Montreal, stating "You are all feminists."
1993: The Canadian federal government sets up a panel on violence against women.
1973: A farm.....
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