Progressive Conservative politician Pat Carney helped keep abortion out of the Criminal Code

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Open this photo in gallery: Journalist and politician Pat Carney of Saturna Island, B.C., stands with Governor-General David Johnston after she was invested into the Order of Canada as member during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, on Sept. 16, 2011.FRED CHARTRAND/The Canadian Press Pat Carney, who died July 25 at age 88 after a period of poor health, was a trailblazer for women throughout her rich and varied life. Cutting her teeth in journalism, she was the first woman to write a regular business column for a major daily newspaper in Canada. She barnstormed through the macho world...