Access to Abortion for Undocumented Persons during the COVID-19 Pandemic programs offering later abortion care in Canada because it is central to realising undocumented people’s right to abortion care. We advocate for firmly integrating pathways to services for the uninsured and undocumented into the heart of those programs. We also join our voice to the many who fight fiercely for Status for All — a campaign calling for the permanent status and rights of migrants and undocumented people generally. 18 Finally, we seek to highlight that, while COVID-19 has exposed and worsened existing inequalities, there are also more nefarious forces at work using the pandemic to roll back rights in purposeful ways. This has occurred in the United States, Texas and Indiana moved to ban most abortions during the pandemic by classifying them as ‘non-essential’, 19 and in Poland, where a bill to ban virtually all abortions has been revived. 20 These are examples of the ‘shock doctrine’, which is the exploitation of national crises to establish controversial and questionable policies, while citizens are too emotionally and physically distracted to engage, develop an adequate response and resist effectively. 21 To advance sexual, reproductive and gender justice, it is crucial to connect and organise with a diversity of people and movements that seek social justice for all, including justice for migrants, undocumented and stateless people. 18 19 20 21 ‘Together for Full & Permanent Immigration Status for All’, Migrant Rights Network (Web Page, 2021) <https://migrantrights.ca/status-for-all/>. See Tony Cook and Chris Sikick, ‘What a Coronavirus Executive Order Means for Abortions in Indiana’, Indianapolis Star (online, 31 March 2020) <https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2020/03/31/coronavirus-indiana-whatexecutive-order-means-abortions/5096617002/>; David Crary and Iris Samuels, ‘Some GOPLed States Target Abortion Done Through Medication’, Associated Press News (online, 12 April 2021) <https://apnews.com/article/medication-postal-service-legislation-abortioncoronavirus-pandemic-ecd8841541bcb46ec6a15bda3e1c3682>; Jennifer Haberkorn, ‘Amid Coronavirus Outbreak Some Red States Move to Restrict Abortion, Spurring Legal Fight’, Los Angeles Times (online, 2 April 2020) <https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-0402/red-states-block-abortion-coronavirus-outbreak>; Abigail Tracy, ‘“The Pandemic Is Being Used as Cover”: Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson on the Dangerous New War on Abortion’, Vanity Fair (online, 3 April 2020) <https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/coronavirus-planned-parenthood-alexis-mcgilljohnson-abortion-bans>. See Brian Grodsky, ‘Poland’s Anti-Abortion Push Highlights Pandemic Risks to Democracy’, The Conversation (online, 26 November 2020) <https://theconversation.com/polands-antiabortion-push-highlights-pandemic-risks-to-democracy-150520>; Shaun Walker, ‘Concerns Over Polish Government Tightening Abortion Laws During COVID-19 Crisis’, The Guardian (online, 15 April 2020) <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/14/concerns-over-polish-governmenttightening-abortion-laws-during-covid-19-crisis>; ‘Poland Enforces Controversial NearTotal Abortion Ban’, BBC (online, 28 January 2021) <https://www.bbc.com/news/worldeurope-55838210>. See, eg, Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine (Knopf Canada 2007). 147