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Pro-Choice Action Network fonds
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[Fanatic photos]

Photographs depict several unnamed anti-choice protestors as well as known ones, including: Rosemary Connell, Mary Roberts, Anne Dobson, William Watcott, Joanna Dielemann, Robert Hinckly, Linda Gibbons, and Rev. Ken Campbell.

[Funding]

Subseries consists of proposals, notes, and correspondence with potential donors discussing upcoming projects and positions within Pro-CAN that will require funding.

[Legal]

Subseries consists of newspaper clippings, resource files, and correspondence relating to Pro-CAN's legal functions and entanglements. Newspaper clippings follow injunctions that Pro-CAN was involved in, while correspondence is mainly between members of the Network and other organizations sharing useful legal information as well as between Pro-CAN and various law firms representing clients intent on bringing legal action and/or Freedom of Information requests against the organization.

Anti-Choice Mail

Subseries consists mainly of correspondence received by Pro-CAN from anti-choice groups and individuals, along with a few articles and newspaper clippings reporting on terrorism and hit lists. Most letters and postcards could be considered "hate mail" and many are religious in nature. Some files include correspondence from other pro-choice supporters informing Pro-CAN of possible mail threats. Artifact is a lapel pin featuring an "international pro-life symbol" that was mailed to Pro-CAN.

[Government Lobbying and Correspondence]

Subseries consists of reports, minutes, meeting notes, and correspondence related to the creation and maintenance of various government-sponsored projects in support of pro-choice aims. Correspondence mainly relates to Pro-CAN's lobbying of government agencies on behalf of abortion rights and support as well as its input on the aforementioned projects.

[Training Initiatives]

Subseries consists of budgets, reports, notes, evaluation forms, articles, proposals, and receipts related to the numerous training initiatives Pro-CAN was involved in carrying out. Training was aimed at teaching providers, staff members, and pro-choice supporters how to deal with such topics as media, scrutiny, and possible violence due to their pro-choice alignment.

[Pro-Choice Publications]

Subseries consists of reports, newsletters, and brochures produced by fellow pro-choice organizations and collected by Pro-CAN. The zine seems to include photocopied clippings of different publications, including Vol. 1, No. 2 of The Pedestal, a feminist periodical published by the Vancouver Women's Caucus.

[Minutes and Agendas]

Subseries includes minutes, agendas, meeting notes, internal election information, and voting and attendance records for Pro-CAN's Steering Committee and General Membership meetings from 1987 to 2005.

Anti-Choice Behaviors

Subseries consists of articles, newspaper clippings, correspondence, brochures, photographs, and artifacts related to common anti-choice behaviors. Articles and newspaper clippings follow the various tactics reported on by third parties and correspondence is mainly between Pro-CAN and other pro-choice supporters sharing information with one another. Many of the files focus on anti-choice violence in Canada and abroad, primarily on the rash of attacks committed against abortion doctors in the 1990s. Artifacts include an anti-choice package featuring a plastic fetus and card detailing fetal development as well as an "international pro-life symbol" lapel pin.

[Reports and Grey Literature]

Subseries consists of official government briefs, statements, reports, and correspondence related to laws that Pro-CAN felt necessary to keep for reference purposes. Copies and excerpts of some of the named acts are included, as well as published findings of the Royal Commissions on New Reproductive Technologies, Healthcare and Costs, and the Status of Women.

[External Organizations]

Series consists of files containing articles, newspaper clippings, event promotional materials, notes, correspondence, and photographs relating to similar pro-choice organizations, care providers, clinics, and practitioners that Pro-CAN maintained connections with. Most files serve as reference resources, but correspondence includes direct contact between Pro-CAN and other pro-choice supporters. Photographs depict anti-choice protestors.

[Committees]

Subseries consists of official rules, bylaws, action plans, vision/mandate, membership lists, and recommendations of Pro-CAN's various committees. The forms and paperwork required for incorporation–as well as the resulting certificate of incorporation–are also included.

[Events]

Subseries consists of media advisories, budgets, promotional materials, correspondence between organizers, and chants produced and used by Pro-CAN for events it was involved in. Artifacts include a pro-choice piece of promotional mail featuring a wrapped condom and a hand-stitched satin "BC Coalition for Abortion Clinics" banner.

[Management and Administrative Records]

Series consists of minutes and agendas, fundraising records, legal documents, committee information, and general correspondence related to the managerial and administrative duties of Pro-CAN. Legal documents include those dealing with lawsuits, injunctions, and Freedom of Information requests. General correspondence is limited to letters and emails to and from the organization as well as letters of support. For hate mail, see series titled "Safety and Security."

[Advocacy and Lobbying]

Series consists of event coordination and publicity records, artifacts, correspondence, and Pro-CAN’s various publications, including editions of its quarterly newsletter, The Pro-Choice Press. Artifacts include a fabric banner and promotional pro-choice mail. Correspondence relates mostly to government lobbying on behalf of abortion rights and providers across the province.

[Publications]

Subseries consists of: black and white versions of original Pro-CAN newsletters as well as official colored versions; BCCAC newsletters; press releases; pamphlets; notes and reference materials used for drafting speeches; and membership forms.

[Safety and Security]

Series consists of textual records, photographs, artifacts, and correspondence related to the monitoring of problematic anti-choice groups and individuals as well as Pro-CAN’s development of safety initiatives. During its operation, Pro-CAN maintained files on possible threats as well as common anti-choice behaviors and tactics. Many of the behavioral files focus on anti-choice violence in Canada and abroad.

Anti-Choice Individuals

Subseries consists of newspaper clippings, articles, notes, photographs, and correspondence related to anti-choice individuals Pro-CAN was monitoring. Correspondence occurs between Pro-CAN and other pro-choice supporters that were sharing information on possible threats and actions from the included anti-choice individuals as well as occasionally between Pro-Can and the actual individual. Photographs contain images of the named anti-choice protestors, usually picketing outside of abortion clinics. Some of the images contain graphic signage. Those photos included in the "Fanatic File" include handwritten notes on the back provided by the members of Pro-CAN.

Anti-Choice Groups

Subseries consists of newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, and correspondence related to anti-choice groups Pro-CAN was monitoring. Correspondence is mostly between Pro-CAN and other pro-choice supporters that were sharing information on possible threats and actions from the included anti-choice groups. Photographs contain images of anti-choice cars and license plate numbers taken outside of group meetings.

[General Correspondence]

Subseries consists of correspondence between Pro-CAN and: its members; other pro-choice supporters; anti-choice groups and individuals; government officials; and supportive members of the public. Content covers such topics as requesting retractions of false information, explaining government stances on abortion, and thanking supporters.

[Articles and Newspaper Clippings]

Subseries consists of articles, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks that were collected and maintained by Pro-CAN for use as reference resources. The materials cover such topics as: abortion history, abortion-related violence, medical research, international pro-choice events, key persons, and political parties' involvement in the abortion debate, and so on. The scrapbooks are delineated by which newspaper the clippings came from.

Pro-Choice Action Network fonds

  • RBSC-ARC-1816
  • Fonds
  • 1970-2012, predominant 1987-2009

Fonds consists of minutes and agendas, correspondence, publications, reports, photographs, pamphlets, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, artifacts, and other textual records related to Pro-CAN’s mission of: improving abortion access for women; defending their legal rights; protecting providers and clinics from harassment and violence; destigmatizing abortion; and educating the public about reproductive rights. The records include those necessary to fulfill its functions of managing and administrating the organization, advocating and lobbying, and ensuring safety and security, as well as those used as resources. Resources and subject files span the topics of abortion history in Canada and abroad, legal matters, grey literature, information about similar external organizations, and related topics in the news. Pro-CAN also kept extensive files on anti-choice groups and individuals along with their behaviors, photographs, and letters.

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