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by Mike Schouten<\/span> Canada\u2019s leading pro-choice advocates regularly argue that if the law recognizes the rights of pre-born children, even minutely, Canadians might develop alternative thoughts regarding abortion. Joyce Arthur, the executive director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada is quoted as saying, \u201cIf the fetuses are recognized in [law], …it could bleed into people\u2019s consciousness and make people change their minds about abortion.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n Unfortunately, rather than going down a \u201cpositive slippery slope\u201d leading towards a more inclusive human rights doctrine in Canada, Canadian jurisprudence tells a different story. While the promotion of infanticide by \u201cethicists\u201d such as Peter Singer and two philosophers in a recent issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics<\/em> is generally dismissed by the public as extreme, Canada\u2019s top legal experts are increasingly using our lack of legal protection for pre-born children as an excuse to enter the world wherein infanticide is an acceptable practice for women who have given birth and don\u2019t receive the support they require to take care of their newborn child. <\/span><\/p>\n Please email your MP today using this tool<\/a> and let them know that we need a law to stop the slide towards infanticide! Click Here<\/a> to send the email!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n First of all, there is the now infamous case in which Katrina Effert, an Alberta woman, strangled her newborn boy in 2005. After being found guilty of second degree murder by two juries, the ruling was overturned on appeal. In her ruling, Queen\u2019s Bench Justice Joanne Veit cited Canada\u2019s lack of an abortion law as a reason for lessening the charge to infanticide. Justice Veit wrote that, \u201cwhile many Canadians undoubtedly view abortion as a less than ideal solution to unprotected sex and unwanted pregnancy, they generally understand, accept and sympathize with the onerous demands pregnancy and childbirth exact from mothers, especially mothers without support.\u201d<\/em> Here we see Canada\u2019s uniquely preposterous lack of abortion legislation literally being used to, at least on some level, justify the killing of born humans. <\/span><\/p>\n
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