Immediately following the Supreme Court ruling there were several attempts to introduce a new abortion law. All of these failed, including a piece of legislation that would have criminalized abortion except in a case where the mother\u2019s health was at risk; it passed through the House of Commons, but was defeated in the Senate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since then, every government has vowed not to re-open the abortion debate, and each one has stayed true to their word.<\/span><\/p>\n

There have been individual members who have introduced private member\u2019s motions and private member’s bills dealing with abortion.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2007, Ken<\/strong> Epp<\/strong> introduced Bill C-484, the Unborn Victims of Crime Act<\/strong>, which would make it a separate crime to kill a child in the womb while committing a criminal act against the mother. The bill passed second reading, but died when parliament was dissolved due to an election call.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rod Bruinooge<\/strong> introduced Bill C-510, Roxanne\u2019s Law<\/strong>, which would have made it a criminal offence to coerce a women into proceeding with an abortion. This legislation was defeated on its first vote.<\/span><\/p>\n

In December 2011, Stephen Woodworth<\/strong> went public with his intentions of putting forward a motion that if passed would require an all-party parliamentary committee to investigate the definition of what is a human being. Motion 312 is making its way through the parliamentary process and the first hour of debate in the House of Commons was April 26, 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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