House of Commons to hold abortion-related debate in April

[Lucy Goosey]

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/House+Commons+hold+abortion+related+debate+April/6296017/story.html

A controversial proposal from a Conservative backbencher to legally define fetuses as human beings — and reopen the abortion debate — will have its day in the House of Commons.

This might be my favourite part:

"If a child five minutes before birth can be defined as not a human being, then the question is who's next?" he argued.

Well, Steve, considering how long the law in question has been in place without there even being any attempts to define, say, women or black people or criminals as "not human beings," NOBODY'S NEXT. Douche. I learned in my first year Intro to Reasoning and Critical Thinking class that "slippery slope" is a logical fallacy. Also, I question your rather specious premise.

This is the sort of shit that leads to women being investigated for murder if they suffer a miscarriage.

And Harper? You weren't going to let this be reopened. I never trusted you anyway, but why should anyone believe anything you say? What about pro-choice women who are fiscal cons? They exist, you know.

I know that this debate doesn't mean that any new laws are imminent, but this is an incredibly sensitive topic. There is very little in this world that makes me angrier than when middle aged male strangers try to get their government up into my reproductive system.

[rationalcalgarian]

1. Hey Steve!

You gonna take this crap from this Woodsworth guy? Some teabagger-wannabe backbencher is making you look like a fool! Here you went through all the trouble of clearly explaining your party's position on abortion, and this goof opens his yap in defiance of you and your party.


"The Conservative government will not be bringing forward, will not be supporting and will not be debating the abortion laws in this country." - Stephen Harper, 2006

"Look I have been clear throughout my entire political career, I don't intend to open the abortion issue, I haven't in the past; I'm not going to in the future. And I simply have no intention of ever making the abortion question a focus of my political career." - Stephen Harper, 2008

"I think I've been very clear as party leader I think I've been clear as prime minister, and I think our government has been clear, notwithstanding people who may feel differently ... As long as I am prime minister we are not re-opening the abortion debate. Government will not bring forward any such legislation and any such legislation that is brought forward will be defeated as long as I am prime minister." - Stephen Harper, 2011

Whacha gonna do, Steve?