TORONTO — Canada has expunged historic indecency and anti-abortion laws targeting women and the LGBTQ community, the government said Tuesday, in a criminal justice system reform that will allow people convicted under such offenses to clear their records. The repealed laws had targeted women and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals' access to abortion as well as to bathhouses, nightclubs, and swinger clubs, considered to be safe spaces for queer communities. 'Canadians deserve non-discriminatory policies that put their safety first,' Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth said in the statement.

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