The Ethics of Conception
Kitchener Centre MP Stephen Woodworth’s desire to have a debate about the humanity and rights of the unborn is also relevant at the opposite end of the abortion continuum – i.e. the fertility...
View ArticleA Person’s Right to Choose?
In today’s National Post we are presented with another intriguing angle into the area of fetal rights; but it also impacts feminism and women’s rights – ‘Guys are having babies’. Bear with me now. (No...
View ArticleLegacy of the Charter: Female Feticide
It’s rather ironic that on the 30th Anniversary of the Charter we are still dealing with the mess left behind when the Supreme Court struck down existing abortion laws. Now we have the sex-selection...
View ArticleGender Selection Hypocrisy in Canada
Canada’s Minister for Status of Women Rona Ambrose was outraged about a Canadian cultural publication carrying an ad for gender selection in the U.S. (Globe): Rona Ambrose called on the Indo-Canadian...
View ArticleAn abortion compromise?
Michael Taube has a thought-provoking column in the Ottawa Citizen – When life begins is a vital debate. He supports MP Stephen Woodworth’s motion to have a debate on the humanity of the unborn child,...
View ArticleA Social Conservative Dilemma
Word on the Hill is that the PMO is pressuring Conservative caucus members to quash Motion 312 (to examine the medical evidence as to whether or not a child is a human being before the moment of...
View ArticleOttawa, we have a problem!
How can Parliament turn a blind eye to sex-based abortion and still support the Canadian values of gender equality – especially in those cases where women are being forced to abort their daughters?...
View ArticleM-312: A Warning about Democracy
Anyone who regularly reads this blog knows that I am a pro-life advocate, so yesterday’s results were a bit of a disappointment to say the least. But to me the most worrisome aspect of this whole event...
View ArticleThings we may not speak of – Part 2
Further to yesterday’s post I would just like to point out that some MPs who aren’t necessarily pro-life still voted for Stephen Woodworth’s private member’s motion #312. (Kady has the full voting list...
View Article#M-408 Aborted in Committee
This morning a Parliamentary subcommittee unanimously decided that M-408, MP Mark Warawa’s motion to condemn sex-selective abortion is non-votable. Conservative members joined the opposition in this...
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