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Friday, January 6, 2012

Abortion Debate Reopened in Canada?

The Facts: In 1988 the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the previous law on abortion, making abortions unlimited to an individual, on-demand, during the entire course of pregnancy. Last month, Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth released a statement calling for a debate on when a fetus becomes a child. Since then many evangelical groups, pro-life groups and other MP's are starting to rally around the thought of reopening the abortion debate. Although there is much support, there is just as much opposition.
The Right Wing View: Many Conservative MP's and their supporters hold the belief that human life begins at conception. Abortion is the murder of a human being. An unborn baby, as a living human being, has separate rights from those of the mother.Many oppose taxpayer-funded abortion and taxpayer dollars should not be used for the government to provide abortions. Because Canada is one of very few developed countries that have absolutely no restrictions on abortion, the news of reopening the debate is welcomed by many (except for Stephen Harper who said Canadians don't want it re-opened).
The Left Wing View: Many left wing MP's and supporters feel that by opening the abortion debate again, we are taking one step back in regards to human rights. They feel that a woman has the right to decide what happens with her body and a fetus is not a human life, so it does not have separate individual rights.The government should provide taxpayer funded abortions for women who cannot afford them.The decision to have an abortion is a personal choice of a woman regarding her own body and the government must protect this right. Women should have the right to affordable, safe and legal abortions
Taylor's Take: When it comes to this issue, I have to side with
Stephen Woodworth. Stephen Woodworth Conservative MP for Kitchener Centre believes that with all of the technology developed since 1988, that the government should research with the help of professional doctors and gynaecologists to find out when a child in the womb begins to feel pain and lives. Woodworth isn't harping on the religious right message of life upon conception, instead he's calling on the Harper government to sit down and have a healthy debate and conversation about it and look again. If we live in a free and democratic society, than why would ANYBODY be against reopening a bill concerning the health of women and the future generations of Canada?