Thank you to Laura Klassen, founder of CHOICE42<\/a>, for writing this powerful guest post. CHOICE42\u00a0is pro-woman, pro-baby, and pro-life. They provide support to women who are facing unplanned pregnancy or dealing with post-abortion problems, and work to increase awareness and recognition of the humanity of pre-born children. This is her story of a time when all the support offered couldn’t make a difference. We need a law.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Working in the part of the pro-life movement that supports women facing a crisis pregnancy, I often receive comments like, \u201cThis is what the pro-life movement needs \u2013 people actually helping women instead of trying to make policies or laws about abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s why I think that\u2019s wrong.<\/p>\n

Though I (obviously) agree that helping women is vital, we do still need a law. You can offer a woman all the help and support in the world and she can still turn around and abort her baby at any stage, because abortion is always an option. We need actual legal protection for our tiniest members because that\u2019s what every human being deserves. A child\u2019s right to life shouldn\u2019t depend on the circumstances of his or her mother, or the amount of support and help she receives. A child\u2019s right to life should be protected by the law because babies in the womb are human beings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To be honest, I\u2019m writing angry. I\u2019m writing having just found out that a woman I\u2019ve been in contact with for many weeks decided to go and abort her baby at 16 weeks. I\u2019m angry because the abortion procedure of a second trimester fetus is gory and brutal and unfathomable and I\u2019m just heartbroken that this little baby met such a gruesome death. I\u2019m angry because this woman was offered all kinds of support to be able to parent her baby: housing needs, clothing, baby equipment, counselling\u2026the list goes on. We had also discussed adoption as an option. But despite all the help and support she was given, she still turned around and had her baby killed.<\/p>\n

This is why we need a law.<\/p>\n

The \u2018helping pregnant women\u2019 segment of the pro-life movement isn\u2019t going to close-up shop when Canada finally introduces an abortion law; we will be more necessary than ever. We will continue to help mothers and fathers and children during pregnancy, and for years after the baby is born. The only difference will be that killing babies won\u2019t be an option anymore.<\/p>\n

And so, as someone working on the front lines with women in crisis, I stand in full support of the work the political pro-life organizations are doing, because every life should be protected by law.<\/p>\n

To \u2018Baby E\u2019, I\u2019m sorry our legal system failed you.<\/p>\n

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