Andrew Scheer really doesn't want to talk about abortion. Neither did Stephen Harper.On Wednesday, Scheer was asked whether he would allow Conservative MPs to introduce legislation related to abortion and, if so, whether he would allow those MPs to vote freely on such proposals. Justin Trudeau's Liberals have leaned into the debate, publicly pressuring Scheer over the fact that a dozen Conservative MPs recently attended an anti-abortion rally on Parliament Hill. On Wednesday, Scheer accused the Liberals of "trying to import a divisive issue" from the United States to split Canadians and distract from the government's recent troubles. But he also stopped short of directly answering the questions he was asked. Stephen Harper came to office with a similar commitment to avoid reopening the debate. "A Conservative government will not be bringing forward, will not be supporting, and will not be debating the abortion laws in this country," he said in January 2006. But Conservative backbenchers — at least for the first seven years of the Harper government — were clearly not covered by the prime minister's campaign vow. Between 2006 and 2012, three Conservative proposals related to pregnancy and unborn children reached the floor of the House for a vote. In 2008, a bill that would have created a new penalty for injuring or causing the death of an unborn child while committing an offence against a pregnant woman was passed at second reading, but did not advance any further before Parliament was dissolved for an election. Scheer's government would not go out of its way to provoke questions. But if Scheer truly wants to avoid reopening some kind of debate on abortion, he might not find it easy. In my opinion I believe that abortion should be legal. There's many circumstances that abortions should be allowed, including rape. Or if the woman carrying the baby can not financially support the child. Then the counter argument to that is "there's always adoption." But there's a lot of adoption cases that don't go over well whatsoever and I shouldn't need to explain that. For example there was a 3 year old little girl named Aiman Zehra, and she was raped by a 27 year old man in Dubai. Protests are being held across the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India after news broke of the rape of a three-year-old girl. A three year old girl. A toddler. Raped by a grown man. She was coughing up blood and had bruised eyes, she experience will stay with her forever. "Girls are not toys. Hang the rapist." I also see the other side of the debate, the side that believes you're killing a life. I personally would never get an abortion. But I believe abortions should be legal because I advocate for a woman's choice. What I would personally do for my body, has nothing to do with what others should do with theirs. My choice should not dismiss others. I advocate for woman's choice.
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Kiera
6/6/2019 12:44:06 pm
I agree with being pro choice. If someone can't afford to support the baby or was rape she should be able to get an abortion. If the woman struggles to afford feeding herself the baby could be malnourished, etc.
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Emma
6/6/2019 12:44:38 pm
I definitely think this is an important issue. Abortion is such a controversial issue. Personally, I would not get an abortion but I also know how important it is to keep abortions legal. Whether legal or not, abortions do happen. Women need to be provided with sanitary, safe abortions (legal ones), not hide and potentially die of infections. For the arguments against abortion- I understand them, but how does a stranger getting an abortion affect you? Abortions are really hard emotionally and physically and I know that women do not decide on them lightly. Avoiding the issue is a bad idea- educate, don't breed ignorance (cough cough steven harper etc)
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