Campaign Life
What does that mean, 'campaign life'. Isn't everyone pro-life? We all value the privilege of living, of experiencing life to the fullest. I guess that sobriquet sounds a whole lot more noble than 'anti-abortionist', so who can blame anti-abortion demonstrators for terming themselves as being pro-life, with the resulting insinuation that pro-choice advocates are by their definition, anti-life.
The Campaign Life Coalition group held its 10th yearly rally on Parliament Hill yesterday. Despite their presence on the Hill the question of abortion, or mention of the rally outside didn't make it to question period, there being other items considered of far more moment under discussion. The reason for that is mostly because as far as most Canadians are concerned the matter is settled.
Under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms Canadian women are guaranteed the right to end an unwanted pregnancy through a legal, practical and safe medical procedure. Sounds pretty good, but there are countless obstacles in many parts of this great country to guaranteeing a safe and legal abortion for women who wish to obtain one.
And although we now have a Conservative government with a prime minister whose personal values do not include a respect for freedom of choice, his political position has placed him in the situation of respecting freedom of choice. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has publicly avowed he has no plans to resume debate on the issue or to introduce new legislation.
In response to some fairly incendiary declarations by some Members of Parliament whose religious and ethical values place them squarely in the fold of the 'pro-life' crowd, one of whom compared abortions to jihadist-type beheadings, Mr. Harper said at the time: "This is the rhetoric that the pro-life movement often uses...it's their business.
"I don't think it's particularly effective in changing public opinion. Abortion is going to go on one way or the other, and I think it's part of life, rightly or wrongly. I wouldn't say I like abortion, but I think abortion is a reality that is with us." And I would venture to say that most Canadians feel just as Mr. Harper does. This intelligent man is a pragmatic realist.
No one enjoys the thought of aborting a foetus. But the need for such services is a decided reality. Women have always and will always, under certain circumstances, seek out such a solution.
Better safe and legal than what obtained formerly.
The Campaign Life Coalition group held its 10th yearly rally on Parliament Hill yesterday. Despite their presence on the Hill the question of abortion, or mention of the rally outside didn't make it to question period, there being other items considered of far more moment under discussion. The reason for that is mostly because as far as most Canadians are concerned the matter is settled.
Under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms Canadian women are guaranteed the right to end an unwanted pregnancy through a legal, practical and safe medical procedure. Sounds pretty good, but there are countless obstacles in many parts of this great country to guaranteeing a safe and legal abortion for women who wish to obtain one.
And although we now have a Conservative government with a prime minister whose personal values do not include a respect for freedom of choice, his political position has placed him in the situation of respecting freedom of choice. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has publicly avowed he has no plans to resume debate on the issue or to introduce new legislation.
In response to some fairly incendiary declarations by some Members of Parliament whose religious and ethical values place them squarely in the fold of the 'pro-life' crowd, one of whom compared abortions to jihadist-type beheadings, Mr. Harper said at the time: "This is the rhetoric that the pro-life movement often uses...it's their business.
"I don't think it's particularly effective in changing public opinion. Abortion is going to go on one way or the other, and I think it's part of life, rightly or wrongly. I wouldn't say I like abortion, but I think abortion is a reality that is with us." And I would venture to say that most Canadians feel just as Mr. Harper does. This intelligent man is a pragmatic realist.
No one enjoys the thought of aborting a foetus. But the need for such services is a decided reality. Women have always and will always, under certain circumstances, seek out such a solution.
Better safe and legal than what obtained formerly.
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