The organization later changed its name to the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League (Association Canadienne pour le Droit d'Avortement) (CARAL/ACDA).
Canadian Abortion Rights Action League was founded on June 20, 1973, in Toronto, by abortion rights activists June Callwood, Kay Macpherson, Lorna Grant, Eleanor Wright Pelrine, Esther Greenglass, and Henry Morgentaler.
When she was a member of the Canadian Women's Army Corps in the 1940s, Scarborough found a colleague bleeding to death in barracks without medical attention.
It lobbied federal and provincial legislators, asked governments to fund clinics, and published and spoke about abortion issues.
[6] In 2004 CARAL wrapped up operations[7] and was effectively replaced in 2005 by the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada/Coalition pour le Droit à l'Avortement au Canada (ARCC-CDAC)[8][9] and a reproductive health resource group, Canadians for Choice (CFC).
The sister organization of CARAL, the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws, was founded and still operates in the United States.
There is a Canadian Abortion Rights Action League fond at Library and Archives Canada.