Bulletin n. 2/2006
September 2006
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Palley Howard A.
    Canadian Abortion Policy: National Policy and the Impact of Federalism and Political Implementation on Access to Services
    in Publius: The Journal of Federalism , Vol. 36, n. 4, Fall ,  2006 ,  565-586
    The Canada Health Act requires provinces and territories to provide medically necessary services and to provide equal access to such services. Since 1995, the governing Liberal Party has issued statements indicating that it views abortion services as medically necessary services. Yet the operation of health delivery systems in Canada is primarily reserved for the provinces and territories. Provincial and territorial access to abortion services is significantly affected by bottom-up political implementation, where national policy is often undermined and "trumped" by the politics and pressures operative within provincial and territorial political systems and by other intense interest group pressures.
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