Stephen Woodworth of the Conservative party Of Canada filed a motion that would require re-defining human life. This motion is an attempt to underhandedly oppose the ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada, which states that criminalizing abortion would be unconstitutional. This motion was then challenged by stating that the Supreme Court did not consider whether the fetus was a person and as a result did not rule abortion as criminal activity.
Woodworth's pro-life movement argues that an unborn baby is human and deserves full rights. The pro-life argument mentions the development of a baby's organs, cardiovascular system, and much less scientifically its soul. The opposing argument is that the fetus is not considered a human being until birth and any law criminalizing abortion is an attack against women's rights.
Being a theist and scientist, I believe the development of a human life in the womb is not enough to call it a human being. The fetus is in fact alive but the termination of pregnancy should not be considered murder but a choice. If abortion is criminalized, then any military casualties should be considered war crimes; hunting should be prohibited; as well as any emergency contraceptive by that same right. The truth it is not clear if a fetus should be considered a human life or not. It is clear however, that if a fetus is given rights then the 17.4 million women in Canada must be stripped of theirs.
We live in a democratic country where gay marriage is legal and where we do not discriminate individuals' religion, ethnicity or personal beliefs. So how can we entertain the idea of sexual inequality? Taking away a female's right to choose motherhood and enforcing upon her the opinions and religious beliefs of others would affect her entire life. As Canadians, we would not want religious beliefs enforced upon us nor reflected in our government. As it should, our current abortion law does not reflect any religious beliefs but the rights of woman as individuals. So for those who think abortion is immoral, don't have one.
Monita Ranu
Prince George
