May 2020 by Laura Lewis MD, CCFP How do we approach and discuss abortion, a topic so heated and polarizing? Before jumping into a discussion about abortion, it’s best to first pause and consider a few questions. These questions can bring awareness and help us to approach the conversation with greater understanding. Do you have your own experience with abortion? Whether it is a friend, mother, sister, wife, or…
April 2, 2020 by Laura Lewis MD, CCFP “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” ― Jimmy Dean Navigating chaos with innovation, kindness, and simplicity. There is something about the innate goodness of humankind that replenishes us when facts do not. In the midst of mounting COVID-19 infections and a seeming lack of control over a disease…
June 3, 2019 by Laura Lewis MD, CCFP Reproductive choice is not simply access to abortion. Choice must also entail fully informed consent, alternatives to abortion, and respect for the validity of not choosing abortion. If we as a nation seek to uphold a woman’s right to reproductive choice, then we must make room to support these other options as well. Every year pregnancy care centres across Canada respond…
Listen to podcast here It would be better if men kept silent, since it has nothing to do with them. At least that is the message many of us receive when the topic of abortion comes up. Framed as an issue of women’s reproductive rights, men are pressured to tow the pro-choice position and vilified if they don’t. We sat down recently with Dr. Laura Lewis from…
December 2018 Last month I had the opportunity to travel to Japan with the Christian Advocacy Society. As a small team of three we covered a lot of Japan in a short time span; 8 seminars, 6 cities, 9 days! The purpose of the trip was to provide education regarding post-abortion grief and to create awareness of the need for post-abortion support. We spoke in churches, at a…
A doctor takes a candid look at some of the risks of Mifegymiso® November 2018 Every day in Canada hundreds of women are challenged by an unintended pregnancy. It would appear that our solution is to provide abortion on demand – easy, accessible, and free. The latest solution comes in the form of the abortion pill or Mifegymiso®. After working for many years as a family physician, I feel the need…