Today is the day apparently. Canada’s parliament is set to debate the creation of a committee to determine at what point a fetus should be considered a human being. Extremists exist on both sides of this debate, and when extremists have the floor democracy often suffers. Into the fray stepped
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Impolitical: Against the Woodworth motion
Obviously, I am against the motion brought forth by Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth who is indeed reopening the abortion debate, despite Harper’s blather that his government would not do so. That was lip service and to be expected. If Mr. Harper didn’t want to reopen the debate and stir up
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Woodworth and the Abortion Debate
Oh. My. Gilead. When I saw those women in red on Parliament Hill today, I thought the Harper Cons were getting ready to re-enact their favourite scene from The Handmaid's Tale. When the women are brought before the men, told to be submissive as Lord Harper's missionary church commands them.
Continue readingcmkl: Same old debates over and over again. Why oh why?
Probably the biggest reason I left student politics when I was in my early 20s was the feeling of repeating myself over and over. I know I’d really only been involved for six or so years but still six or so years of repeating the same arguments over and over
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Wildrose defeat shows the limits of social conservatism in Canada
Alberta is Canada’s most right leaning province. The Wildrose party is a further right splitting of the long dominant right leaning party in Alberta. If there is anywhere that the most extreme socially conservative positions are going to be uttered, it is from the Wildrose party. However, if we look
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Progressive on Abortion?
There seems to be a lot of chatter in the blogosphere about abortion lately. I’m thinking it could possibly maybe be about CPC MP’s motion to discuss when life starts. This motion is, without a doubt, no matter what the detractors say, a backdoor attempt to try and take away
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Progressive Bloggers and the Abortion Battle
I must admit that when I first saw the battle over abortion raging at Progressive Bloggers, my first instinct was to duck and cover. Because I’ve seen it all before, and it always ends badly. It’s the kind of fight where the one who tries to break it up ends
Continue readingbastard.logic: Jacked from the 140 (Because sometimes that’s all you need)
Fox News North’s @kinsellawarren puts down his 30 pieces of silver to spank @fernhilldammit for consorting w/ teh enemy is.gd/zoW25t — Matthew Elliot (@matttbastard) April 9, 2012 Seriously, dub tee eff?
Continue readingThe Skinny: Progressive Bloggers: abortion-‘bortion, what’s that contortion?
I do enjoy reading the differerent blog posts on the Progessive Bloggers aggregate. There are a diversity of opinions expressed by bloggers who post under the progressive label. Bloggers include Liberals, NDPers, non-aligned social democrats, perhaps a socio-path or two, former Progressive Conservatives, current Greens, and the occasional Marxist-Leninist. I
Continue readingThe Skinny: Progressive Bloggers: abortion-‘bortion, what’s that contortion?
I do enjoy reading the differerent blog posts on the Progessive Bloggers aggregate. There are a diversity of opinions expressed by bloggers who post under the progressive label. Bloggers include Liberals, NDPers, non-aligned social democrat…
Continue readingThe Skinny: Progressive Bloggers: abortion-‘bortion, what’s that contortion?
I do enjoy reading the differerent blog posts on the Progessive Bloggers aggregate. There are a diversity of opinions expressed by bloggers who post under the progressive label. Bloggers include Liberals, NDPers, non-aligned social democrats, perhaps a socio-path or two, former Progressive Conservatives, current Greens, and the occasional Marxist-Leninist. I
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: I guess all of Europe is misogynist – Welcome to the new Canada
Demonizing those with whom one disagrees, that’s something we’re seeing more and more of in this country. We certainly heard it during our most recent federal election. Had Canadians elected a majority of NDP and Liberal MPs the country would have been utterly destroyed, or so it seemed based on the rhetoric
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Danielle Smith can’t toss the abortion furor under the bus along with Jeffrey Trynchy
The crew of the Wildrose lays smoke to obscure their exact position. Below: Jane Cawthorne (Writers Guild of Alberta photo). Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith can pass off reports of her party’s (half) hidden abortion agenda as scare mongering, and she can try to throw the party official who apparently accidentally
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: The progressive pissing contest and the abortion debate….
When is a human being a human being, and who exactly is progressive? These are two questions being raised in the wake of Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth’s motion to have Canada’s parliament establish a committee to study the question of when a human being is actually a human being. As things currently
Continue readingthe woodshed: Shooting down another trial ballon
Kitchener MP Stephen Woodworth’s attempt to reopen the abortion debate (not exactly as pictured above) will not end well for anyone. I dislike writing about abortion for a number of reasons. No matter what I write, someone is going to be furiously calling me a baby killer or a misogynst.
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: On abortion and absolute rights
With parliament preparing to discuss Canada’s position on abortion I wrote about the topic this past Monday, daring to express the opinion that I am not opposed to extending some rights to viable late term fetuses or pre-born babies, excepting cases where there’s a threat to maternal health. I’ve waded into
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Fasten your seat belts, here comes the abortion debate…
In just under three and a half years I have written or touched on the topic of abortion 21 times. In fact the most often read post on this blog is “Abortion in Canada Legal – Right Up Until Time of Birth“. Well, here goes number 22. Canada is about to
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Susan Delacourt notes that while the NDP’s leadership convention points out some of the risks of online voting, the real problem lies in the people working to block democracy through any available means: While those who use computers have become accustomed to the
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Why The Abortion Debate Is Polarized
The abortion debate will be polarized no matter what, and if the politicians like Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth don’t ensure that, the media will. On March 14 Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth talked with reporters about his private members’ motion asking for a public discussion on when life begins. Though his
Continue readingAbortion clinic’s landlord turns the tables on anti-abortion activists
This is the way you do it. But his tormentors crossed the line last fall when a big group showed up at his daughter’s middle school on the first day of classes and again at back-to-school night. They had signs displaying his name and contact information as well as those
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