Parliamentarians on anti-choice list for support of two private member's bills
Two Northern B.C. parliamentarians have been listed as anti-choice for their support of two private members bills that on the surface may have seemed like worthwhile measures, but according to a pro-choice advocacy group, amounted to a thin edge of a legal wedge.
Both of the bills were introduced by their fellow Conservative MP Cathay Wagantall and both went down to defeat. And in position papers posted on the group's website, ARCC sets out why it sees ulterior motives behind Wagantall's two bills. Along with the worry that the bills risk opening a door it prefers remain closed, ARCC lists several other concerns. "In Canada today, judges already have the discretion to take into account aggravating factors such as pregnancy," ARCC notes.
On Bill C-233, the bill to ban sex-selection abortion, ARCC argues, in part, that the bill is the wrong solution to concern that fetuses shown to be female on ultrasound are being aborted. "The symptom of sex selective abortion of female fetuses will stop if families feel confident that their daughters will have equal opportunities in life and bring just as much benefit to their families as sons."
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