Deja vu

The controversial unborn victims of crime act just will not die.

Bill C-484 (it’ll have different numbers this time around) was abandoned just before the election because, as Justice Minister Rob Nicholson put it: “We’ve heard criticism from across the country, including representatives of the medical community, that Mr. Epp’s bill as presently drafted could be interpreted as instilling fetal rights. Let me be clear. Our government will not reopen the debate on abortion.”

The federal Conservative government is still saying they have no plans to reopen the abortion debate but they’re still moving to give the fetus human rights.

Which is a bit like saying you have no plans to piss women off, while you line up the punch to the uterus.

“If you vote for this resolution, you are essentially saying that the unborn child is a person. Therefore you are reopening the way to that slippery path that will take away a woman’s right to choose. This is the thin edge of the wedge,” said one delegate from Saint John, N.B.

The bill is a back-door first step to re-criminalizing abortion.

If the government wants to recriminalize abortion it would be decent of them to be straight with the Canadian people so we can get in on the debate.

I mean there are tonnes of reasonable questions.

If they consider a fetus a person, one person’s rights still can’t supersede anothers, even if that other is a woman, right?

If abortion is made illegal, how much time should the woman do? Can she serve that on weekends while she keeps her job or are we talking first degree?

What about women who want to have the baby but want to have them at home with a mid-wife, or without surgery. If doctors decide that’s more risk for the baby can the woman be forced into the hospital or the operating room?

Maybe that’s why they only want to debate with themselves. 

While they talk about protecting fetuses, we’re seeing no extra support for low-income families, or women in abusive relationships, no commitment for affordable child care, just the usual crime and punishment.

They care so much about keeping those fetuses safe, but once the little bundle of joy is actually born, you’re on your own.    

Fortunately the clever people who put up the online petition against first unborn victims act, never took it down. You can go here to add your name or send these talking points against the bill to your MP.

Comments

[Wally Keeler]

I recall a case in the U.S. 20 or so years ago when a young woman lied to her boyfriend, saying that she was taking the contraceptive pill. She told the court that she had lied because she wanted to have the 18 year old boy's baby.

He testified that they had been having sex for a few months, but not intercourse. He wanted to go to university and afterwards they would be well-positioned to raise a family. But he believed her lie and they had sexual intercourse, with the result that she got what she wanted -- pregnant.

The court decided that this 18 year old boy was responsible and had to pay to support the child for the next 18 years, because the girl was a high school dropout and had no job.

The reason was that the child's interest came first & foremost, so the young man was instructed to abandon his future and support the liar's child.

What did I tell my son when he turned 13? Never never never trust a female concerning the matter of contraceptives. Always use a condom, always, and you will never be trapped. And whenever a condom is used, dispose of it promptly and never let a female dispose of it, or touch the semen, because there might be the chance that they can insert a finger and impregnate themselves.

I told my son that a woman has 100% decision over whether to bring to term or not bring to term, his child. This crucial decision also impacts profoundly on his future, so his body tissue (semen) is 100% under his control so that he can exclusively decide on his future, and she has zero say over the matter.

In the case of impregnation, the courts have decided that women have the right to entrapment.