Under the Criminal Code of Canada, a child born alive is a legal person. It is the baseline upon which every other protection rests. And yet here we are.
It rings hollow when that celebration is selective, when we applaud some babies while quietly averting our eyes from others who are denied even the most basic care after birth.
Records state 28 infants were born alive after late-term abortions between 2023 and 2024 in Alberta, but no reason is given for the them, how long the babies lived, or what care they received.
Millions of Albertans quietly share the conviction that life deserves protection. It is time for this government – and for the many MLAs who call themselves pro-life – to prove it.
Danielle Smith has known about born-alive babies being abandoned in Alberta hospitals after abortions for 25 years. She has the power now to end it, but she isn’t.
While our provincial government castigates those who object to COVID related lockdown measures implemented to 'protect [the] lives and livelihoods' of those affected by COVID-19, they continue enforcing restrictions on those who seek the protection of Alberta’s preborn lives from abortion.