ROAR!: PEI’s anti-choice Liberals – Abortion in PEI

An editorial I wrote today in response to this article that ran in The Guardian today: ‘[Anti-choice] movement supporters restate their opposition to abortion’. Submitted it to the paper, maybe it will run on Monday, fingers crossed. ______________________________________________________________ PEI’s anti-choice Liberals In The Guardian on the 10th, was coverage describing the

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ROAR!: RU486 Ready Canada – Abortion in PEI

Saw this the other day over Twitter … Abortion pill now a reality. Australia sits poised to list RU486 as part of their Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, which will make the once very expensive drug, available to all Australian women at a hugely lower price. Medical abortion.Safe, effective and ACCESSIBLE. So I google RU486 and I see

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Canadian Soapbox: Pro-Life or Pro Choice? The abortion debate is back March 28

CBC is reporting that Conservative MP Mark Warawa’s motion, calling on Parliament to condemn the practice of abortion being used to select the sex of a child, is tentatively slated to be debated on March 28th.
Its a thorny issue, and it certainly stretches the definition of Pro-Choice in my opinion. 
Pro-Choice is…pro choice after all, you can’t have limits according to some.  In other words if the choice is made to terminate a pregnancy because the fetus is female, that’s the choice being made.  Don’t like it?  Well, some will tell you that if you’re really for choice, then too bad. 
Personally I think the debate would be better served if we got rid of the terms Pro-Life and Pro-Choice, because let’s face it, who is going to identify themselves as being anti life or anti choice.  Precious few people. 
Making it a battle between freedom to choose and life blurs the real issue.
And the debate coming up on March 28th (or close depending on how the Parliamentary calender plays out) is about the value Canada places on female children from where I sit.
If our Parliament makes the ‘CHOICE’ to value a female child the same as a male child, then condemning the use of abortion to terminate female pregnancies is a no brainer. 
As to where public opinion stands, I’m including an info graphic sent to me recently which shows the diversity in American opinion, and how much results can vary depending on the wording of the question. 

What We Think About Abortion
Source: What We Think About Abortion

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