Posted on 01/28/2008 4:05:25 PM PST by wagglebee
OTTAWA, January 28, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Since the Supreme Court's Morgentaler decision in 1988, Canada remains the only civilized country in the world with no legal restraint on abortion.
Abortion advocates in and out of the medical profession continue to falsely claim a consensus on this open practice, yet polls repeatedly show that 2/3 of Canadians want some legal protection for the unborn child; the Morgentaler justices themselves stated the state's interest in this goal.
As physicians, we see how our justice system lags behind science:
- there is no medical indication for abortion;
- there is no biological difference between a "wanted" and an "unwanted" child in the womb;
- a fetus born prematurely at 24 weeks becomes a "baby" with the full protection of Canadian law, while a fetus 4 months older, still in the womb at full term, has no legal rights at all;
- genocide against female babies in the womb, with ultrasound and abortion as the weapons, are a reality in certain cultures in Canada, yet cannot be questioned (unless hypocritically) by an uncompromising pro-choice ideology.
Abortion is not only fatal for the unborn child, but dangerous for the pregnant woman who makes this choice. The only true choice is an informed choice, yet we question the validity of a woman's informed consent for abortion when its advocates deny or attempt to cover up the true complication rate.
An independent Ontario study revealed that in the first 3 months after abortion, a woman falls victim to:
* a 4-times rate of hospitalization for infection
* a 5-times rate of hospitalization for another surgical procedure
* a 5-times rate of hospitalization for psychiatric care, in a health care system when only the most dire psychological cases can get a hospital bed.
The world literature is replete with the reported increased risk of infertility, breast cancer, and subsequent premature delivery and its associated higher rate of cerebral palsy after an earlier abortion.
Abortion advocates are frustrated by the dearth of new young physicians willing to perform abortions. They are organizing radical new plans to indoctrinate medical school curricula with their agenda, and defy any alternate voice. Most sinister of all, they cry out to punish doctors of conscience who resist plans to force them to be part of the abortion referral network.
They cannot accept the real reason why most doctors do not go into abortion: very few young, intelligent and caring medical students go into the wonderful field of medicine to kill.
Has it all gone too far?
We see another pressing social need that rarely commands much media attention: the long, heartbreaking lineup of couples who want to adopt a newborn baby. When the adoption option is considered, there need be no such thing as an "unwanted" child, and therefore no need for abortion. That is a society we'd like to see, and care for.
Can Canada do better? Twenty years after Morgentaler, we think so.
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Ah civilization. It’s a wonderful thing, ain’t it?
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The US has a legal restriction? What is it?
It is true that Europeans even while they often support some abortion "rights", view our Roe v. Wade regime with disdain. They typically have both gestational age and purpose restrictions.
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Only CIVILIZED nation?
Excuse me, abortion is NOT civilized.
We theoretically have the ban on partial birth abortion, but it remains to be seen how firmly it’s enforced.
Great point! (unfortunately)
I question their “civilized” status.
And I question ours!
That stated, Europeans tend to view a lot of aspects of the United States with disdain....
That is a small difference, especially given that the baby is still considered killable under our law, so long as some other procedure is used.
If we count restrictions on methods of the killing, then probably the Canadians have some too; don’t they regulate abortuaries like we do?
“Canada: The Only Civilized Nation with No Legal Restriction on Abortion
The US has a legal restriction? What is it? “
Yeah, what’s the restriction? Isn’t it “death to the unborn” at ALL times! You can kill them AFTER they’re born and get away with it. Aren’t they frequently letting “botched abortion” babies die from exposure? And aren’t “mothers” throwing them in the garbage? Or dumping them in the toilet? And getting away with it?
Is this article’s title a joke?
How can a nation that allows abortions be CIVILIZED?
Do we have some oxy-morons here?
Canada is a picture of what The USA becomes if we turn things over to liberal democRATS.
"Civilised Nation" and "No Legal Restrictions on Abortion" area contradiction of terms.
They typically have both gestational age and purpose restrictions.
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Which are usually ignored... The crackdowns in Spain illustrated that. The pro-death camp is the same everywhere it shows up.
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