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“I don\u2019t think a late-term abortion law would prevent any abortions because abortionists would simply lie about the age of the pre-born child. And, aren\u2019t late-term abortion so rare anyway?”<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Such a statement is not uncommon to be heard from the mouths of those opposed to saving some when saving all is not achievable.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Granted, abortionists may employ deceptive techniques to find ways around such a law, but we can\u2019t be so presumptuous as to use this as a reason not to enact legislation. We do not abolish laws just because we can\u2019t guarantee they will always be successful in preventing certain actions from taking place. <\/span><\/p>\n

A late-term abortion law would in fact be a major deterrent, as abortionists who lied about the age of the pre-born child and committed illegal abortions would risk fines and\/or a prison sentence that would most likely be associated with such a piece of legislation.<\/span><\/p>\n

We have to be careful in dismissing laws just because they are more difficult to prosecute or the crimes they address are rarely committed.<\/span><\/p>\n

If it becomes problematic to prosecute certain crimes we don\u2019t decriminalize them. We work doubly hard to find ways to ensure they are prosecuted! <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As for rarely committed crimes, think of child labour laws. Imagine the outcry if there were a move to de-criminalize the practice of child labour simply because it rarely occurred? Regarding late-term abortions, the fact is they are common in Canada. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Canadian Institute for Health Information<\/a> statistics indicate that of all the abortions reported in Canada in 2010, only 22% of them included the gestational age of the fetus at the time of abortion. Even with such a small percentage reported, there were 537 abortions in Canada after 20 weeks gestation. Assuming we can project that ratio onto the 78% of abortions which did not record gestational ages, there may have been over 1,900 abortions after 20 weeks!<\/span><\/p>\n

A law that would introduce a new injustice is certainly not one that should receive support. On the contrary, everyone ought to be working towards the implementation of laws that limit an already occurring injustice. A law we should support then, is one that would limit abortion to a certain gestational age, thereby restricting the existing injustice and saving hundreds if not thousands of babies per year.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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