Mayor says American women welcome

Mayor Plante says American women are welcome in Montreal if they’re seeking an abortion, and I don’t doubt we’ll see some visitors at clinics here. But for many American women, it’s out of reach to travel, and it may even cause them legal trouble if they are found to have gone abroad for this purpose. Nonetheless, Plante is right to speak up.

Meanwhile, with anti‑abortion activists encouraged by the U.S. news, anti‑abortion leaflets have been pushed through doors in some parts of town.