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| - | ====== PBP100H: Pro-Life Politics ====== | + | ====== PBP100H: Pro-Life Politics |
| This is an introduction to pro-life politics in Canada, with a focus on three areas: | This is an introduction to pro-life politics in Canada, with a focus on three areas: | ||
| - Policy | - Policy | ||
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| * therapeutic abortion committee provided unequal access (pro-lifers controlled some committees, pro-choicers controlled others) | * therapeutic abortion committee provided unequal access (pro-lifers controlled some committees, pro-choicers controlled others) | ||
| * Canadian Supreme Court asked Parliament to craft a new law, suggesting that restrictions later in pregnancy might be considered constitutional | * Canadian Supreme Court asked Parliament to craft a new law, suggesting that restrictions later in pregnancy might be considered constitutional | ||
| - | * 1991: Bill C-43 fails, dies in a rare tie vote | + | * 1991: Bill C-43 fails, dies in a rare tie vote (see [[https:// |
| * pro-choice and pro-life movements opposed the legislation | * pro-choice and pro-life movements opposed the legislation | ||
| * pro-choice movement didn't want any restrictions | * pro-choice movement didn't want any restrictions | ||
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| * e.g. Paul Steckle' | * e.g. Paul Steckle' | ||
| * e.g. M-408 simply expressing an opinion that sex-selective termination of pregnancy is wrong, never came to a vote | * e.g. M-408 simply expressing an opinion that sex-selective termination of pregnancy is wrong, never came to a vote | ||
| + | * e.g. Bill C-233 The Sex Selective Abortion Act, failed in ~May 2021 - first time a criminal code provision on abortion had been proposed in several years | ||
| ==== The Present ==== | ==== The Present ==== | ||
| What does the criminal law say about the pre-born child? | What does the criminal law say about the pre-born child? | ||
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| * poor statistics and non-mandatory reporting for clinics | * poor statistics and non-mandatory reporting for clinics | ||
| + | ==== Opportunities ==== | ||
| + | * Federal | ||
| + | * WeNeedALaw identifies three priorities for laws in line with public opinion | ||
| + | * late-term abortion ban | ||
| + | * sex-selection abortion | ||
| + | * pre-born victims of crime | ||
| + | * Personhood amendments (like Stephen Woodsworth M-312 was driving at), but this is an unlikely jump from no laws to total ban | ||
| + | * Provincial: Criminal law in Canada is a federal matter (unlike the US where there is state criminal law as well), but healthcare is a provincial issue | ||
| + | * provider regulations | ||
| + | * abortion clinic regulations | ||
| + | * regulate as surgical centres | ||
| + | * require licences | ||
| + | * require physicians only | ||
| + | * Informed consent | ||
| + | * risks of procedure, gestation and development of child, information about complications from procedure | ||
| + | * waiting periods | ||
| + | * ultrasound requirements | ||
| + | * fetal pain | ||
| + | * independent counselling requirement | ||
| + | * coercion signage and signing requirement | ||
| + | * parental rights / consent | ||
| + | * Reporting: collecting accurate and complete statistics | ||
| + | * Conscience rights | ||
| + | * Defunding | ||
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| + | Why? Because Joyce Arthur: | ||
| + | > " | ||
| ===== Parties ===== | ===== Parties ===== | ||
| * NDP: Consistently pro-abortion, | * NDP: Consistently pro-abortion, | ||
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| * Campaign Life Coalition: | * Campaign Life Coalition: | ||
| * oldest pro-life political group | * oldest pro-life political group | ||
| - | * strategic | + | * strategic |
| * opposes gestational limits | * opposes gestational limits | ||
| - | * advocacy on wide variety of issues, not just abortion | + | * advocacy on wide variety of issues, not just abortion |
| - | * tends to attack politicians who aren't perfect on the issues, doesn' | + | * [[https:// |
| * New pro-life groups emerged in past decade to take new strategic approaches | * New pro-life groups emerged in past decade to take new strategic approaches | ||
| * **WeNeedALaw**: | * **WeNeedALaw**: | ||
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| * Goal is to shift from unregulated to regulated, as incremental step towards criminalization | * Goal is to shift from unregulated to regulated, as incremental step towards criminalization | ||
| * proposing pro-life legislation that has a chance of passing, given public opinion | * proposing pro-life legislation that has a chance of passing, given public opinion | ||
| - | | + | * even has a [[https:// |
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| * formed by two ex-CLC staffers | * formed by two ex-CLC staffers | ||
| * working with pro-life politicians to get them nominated and elected so that there are enough votes in the House to pass pro-life legislation | * working with pro-life politicians to get them nominated and elected so that there are enough votes in the House to pass pro-life legislation | ||
| * working within political parties to advance pro-life policies (e.g. Conservative Policy, delete resolution that a government will not re-open abortion debate) | * working within political parties to advance pro-life policies (e.g. Conservative Policy, delete resolution that a government will not re-open abortion debate) | ||