{"id":831,"date":"2025-04-15T16:20:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T20:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.histoiresdecheznous.ca\/v3\/dr-marion-powell-canada-birth-control_regulation-des-naissances\/?post_type=csat-story-chapter&p=831"},"modified":"2025-06-13T14:18:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T18:18:17","slug":"meet-dr-marion-powell","status":"publish","type":"csat-story-chapter","link":"https:\/\/www.histoiresdecheznous.ca\/v3\/dr-marion-powell-canada-birth-control_regulation-des-naissances\/en\/story\/meet-dr-marion-powell\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Dr. Marion Powell"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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The Canadian government strives to ensure that everyone has access to sexual and reproductive health services. In Canada, we have the right to make informed decisions about our own bodies. Yet, this has not always been the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not too long ago, many of the health services and reproductive rights that we have today did not exist. It is thanks to a small group of courageous individuals that sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) have advanced in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Portrait of Dr. Marion Powell, 1988.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t
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A selection of birth control from the Dr. Marion Powell fonds.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t
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One of the most vocal and respected SRHR advocates in the 20th century was Dr. Marion Powell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Powell was seen as an unlikely leader of in Canadian family planning movement in the 1960s. She was a mother, the wife of a minister, and trained in public health later in life. Over the next three decades, Dr. Powell worked to ensure access to safe, accurate, and judgment-free sexual and reproductive health services. Her compassion and determination earned her the trust and respect of a generation of young Canadians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t

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Dr. Powell was a physician, medical researcher, and leader in women\u2019s health. Whether she was helping to establish birth control clinics or advocating for sex education in the classroom, Dr. Powell always pushed the envelope. She challenged traditional views and societal norms of sex and sexuality. Her work became instrumental in changing public attitudes and government policy in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We invite you to explore Dr. Marion Powell\u2019s contributions to the history of SRHR in Canada.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t

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The Bay Centre staff celebrate with Dr. Marion Powell, May 1984.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t
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Birth control is the use of methods or devices to prevent pregnancy. It is also known as contraception.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Contraception is the use of methods or devices to prevent pregnancy. It is commonly known as birth control.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Family planning is the voluntary actions of a person to make informed decisions about the number of children they want to have, when they want to have children, and if they want children at all.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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What is SRHR?<\/h2>\n \n

Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) refers to a wide range of services and human rights related to sexual health, reproductive health, sexuality and gender. SRHR can relate to access to birth control, abortion, maternal and prenatal health, sexually transmitted disease prevention and treatment, sex education, and transition-related care.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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