For a petition to be introduced and read in the House of Commons, it needs to be sponsored by an MP. Kitchener-Conestoga MP Harold Albrecht was found willing to sponsor this petition. When the petition recently came to the attention of pro-abortion groups, Albrecht was quickly attacked for the standard intellectually bankrupt or ad hominem arguments: not your body, not your choice; if you care about the pre-born children you somehow aren’t caring about women; caring about human rights is somehow backwards; and, of course, the fact that he’s a man who can’t bear children.
But Albrecht is a good example of playing offence, not defense. He knows he is in the right, and has never hidden his pro-life views. When approached by reporters with these critiques, he was clear and to the point. He pointed out that Canada is alone on the world stage in its lack of restrictions on abortion, and many democratic countries have successfully implemented abortion restrictions.
“I have worked to promote a culture of life, including improved palliative care, organ donation, suicide prevention, as well as protection for our pre-born,” Albrecht said. “There’s nothing new here.”
This is a good example of how we should all answer when challenged on our pro-life views, and a great opportunity to thank a politician for using his position to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. Take a moment to send a note of encouragement to Mr. Albrecht thanking him for his clear, unapologetic stance and willingness to support pro-life views being heard in Parliament. He can be reached at harold.albrecht@parl.gc.ca.
]]>(The following is a post from Mr. Albrecht’s Facebook page. It is published here with his permission)
Star Columnist Heather Mallick has a history of unfairly targeting individuals. This time she chose to direct her ignorance at the pre-born.
I wrote the attached letter in response. The Star has chosen not to publish it, or even acknowledge its receipt.
When Canada’s largest-circulation daily newspaper is willing to print these misfacts and to let them stand uncorrected, is it any wonder so many Canadians are misinformed on this issue?
Re: Trudeau gets abortion policy exactly right: Mallick
Columnist Heather Mallick gets it wrong when she states that “relationships that used to be massively unequal, with the powerful tormenting the weak, are no longer considered socially acceptable.” I wish she was correct, but the glaring exception remains the unborn.
I believe that if Heather Mallick was exposed to suction powerful enough to tear her body into pieces, she would consider it a form of torment. Similarly, if Mallick was cut into pieces without anesthetic, I’m pretty confident she’d be feeling tormented. Those are the typical procedures used during a first-trimester abortion.
Unborn children feel pain. Fetal anesthesia is routinely administered when surgery is required to ensure the health of unborn children; just not when they are killed. They have no voice; no input on whether or not they will be killed.
There is no equality there.
Harold Albrecht, MP
Kitchener-Conestoga
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