People can apply to have their criminal records cleared of these offences, and family members or trustees can apply on behalf of people who have died
Bawdy-house offences, which were repealed in 2019, prohibited being in or keeping a place “kept or occupied for the purpose of prostitution or for the practice of acts of indecency,” according to the document.
Some of the now-repealed laws targeted women for “procuring their own miscarriage” and seeking an abortion. Doctors or others who helped women access an abortion could have been convicted of “procuring another person’s miscarriage” or “supplying a noxious thing to procure a miscarriage.”Article content
The government said it has created criteria to exclude anyone who performed dangerous and harmful abortion procedures, or performed abortions without the patient’s consent. But given the historical nature of the convictions, it is unclear how many people will apply to have their record cleared. The Parole Board of Canada estimates it will handle about 2,500 requests.
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