Posted on 12/17/2007 4:05:13 PM PST by wagglebee
TORONTO, December 17, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - With the Morgentaler acquittal on Jan. 28, 1988, the Supreme Court of Canada eliminated Section 251 of the Criminal Code, because it was not equally applied across the country, thus removing all protection for unborn babies. The court also stated that it was within the purview of Parliament to enact new abortion legislation, if it so desired, providing that it met the criteria of the court.
Today, in Canada, any pregnant woman could legally have her unborn child aborted for any reason or for no particular reason, at any time during the pregnancy, right up to delivery.
The Morgentaler decision ensured that the Canadian pro-life movement would continue to focus attention on the killing of pre-born babies in their mothers' wombs -- today totalling more than three million.
With the introduction of DNA testing, it is possible to show that from the time of conception (fertilization) a new human life was in existence.
The fact is that those who oppose the killing of pre-born babies cannot, and will not, give up the struggle in defence of the dignity of all human life from conception until natural death. Supporters continue to take their pro-life message to the streets through a variety of methods. Life Chain takes place in North American cities and towns across the continent on an annual basis and continues to grow here in Canada.
Ten years ago, the National March for Life was inaugurated on Parliament Hill.
In 2007, it resulted in almost 7,000 people marching through the streets of our nation's capital demanding protection for the unborn.
Each year, the number has continued to grow, especially among young people. In 2007, about 65% of the marchers were under the age of 25 and the sold-out Rose Dinner with 1,100 in attendance, attracted over 50% who were under 25 years.
Today, two-thirds of Canadians want a halt to the indiscriminate slaughter of unborn children through abortion. The pro-life movement has changed in the last 20 years, developed a thicker skin, so to speak, and entrenched itself for the duration, as our voices continue to be heard and the voices of the "pro-choice" supporters decline.
Contrary to the claims of former prime minister Jean Chretien, Canada does not have social peace on the issue. Quite the contrary, more and more women and men have been coming forward to tell their stories about how they have been hurt by abortion.
The project initiated in Calgary by the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform, to illustrate the slaughter by means of showing graphic images on trucks, of aborted babies, is raising a new awareness.
The Internet is now used to educate young people by providing direct access to information about crucial life issues. Political activity continues to change minds in favour of the dignity of human life.
Today, the pro-life movement continues to evolve, encompassing a larger number of advocates, and includes those who have been personally damaged by their direct involvement with abortion.
From the beginning, the overall attitude of the pro-life movement towards those who seek abortion has been to show them love. Prayers for both, the mother and abortionist, goes hand in hand with rejection of the act of abortion.
The movement promotes a culture of hope, while re-committing itself to never give up until there is true peace on the issue -- respect for all human beings, born and unborn, handicapped or whole, wanted or marginalized.
I think this scares the abortionists more than anything.
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>> “Today, in Canada, any pregnant woman could legally have her unborn child aborted for any reason or for no particular reason, at any time during the pregnancy, right up to delivery.”
That’s hard to believe.
There are plenty on the left who wish it was that way here, in fact Obama voted against a law that made it illegal to kill a baby who was aborted but lived and was born.
Below the "HR line" ( html for Horizontal Rule, a strike line ) I will copy a couple of my writings at Free Dominion on the subject, but I will say this:
If, you believe as I do that a baby is not a "fetus," or a diseased appendix, or an infected tonsil, then you have to believe that abortion is an evil, ugly thing at best.
That said, like many older people, I've been hungry, alone, and desperate- I certainly can sympathize with women who feel like they have no other choice.
But the current practice of far too many women of using abortion as a kind of retroactive birth control an awful one- besides killing the innocent and defenseless, it demeans them, as well. How do you tell the children you did not abort "what I did to your brother or sister?"
I have always thought Roe V. Wade was a bad law- there's no "right" to abortion in any copy of the Constitution I've read- maybe made for good reasons ( I really do no want to see criminal abortions brought back in to law. ) but it has had "unintended consequences"-- like the 50 million Americans we don't have as customers, husbands & wives, and citizens.
With no further ado, my old comments:
Abortion is a great evil... once, long ago, most women seemed to know this,
and now, it seems few do. To change society back to this, we need to educate,
and change hardened hearts back...
A few weeks after I joined Free Republic,
I chanced upon a discussion about abortion that, for some reason, had turned
into an exchange involving mostly female members of the board.
I was struck
by several salient points:
First, the most telling question from the little ones:
"Mommy, what's an
'abortion?'"
I can recall being in my teens before I ever heard the nasty
word- but our women here reported that their children as young as 5 or 6 years
were asking it... if this is "progress," please count me out.
Then there
were the childrens reactions- universal disgust and horror that "any Mommy
could do that to her baby..."
But for me, the clincher was a brief
exchange between two other women members-- they were talking about what their
children remembered when they were in their wombs... FReeper "bootless" had
asked her toddler
( who, she said, was not really talking yet- about 2
years old- "just babbles... )
she asked him:
"Do you remember what it was
like being in Mommy's tummy?"
His answer chilled me to the bone, and still
makes my hair stand on end. His reply?
"Wet..."
Education, is the key:
Bringing
Good Things to Life (ULTRASOUND)
FYI, and FWIW, virtually all the founders of the Women's Movement... were against abortion:
http://www.rightgrrl.com/wquotes.html
Some Women's Quotes Regarding Abortion
Past and Present
To change society back to this, we need to educate,
and change hardened hearts back...
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We need a great Christian revival.
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