TORONTO, March 7, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his federal government can no longer refuse to re-open the abortion debate in the face of a “perfect storm” of events in the past six months, says Jim Hughes, president of Campaign Life Coalition.
“The abortion debate is coming. Society has moved past the Prime Minister. While he may be content to say, ‘Let the babies die!,’ Canadian society is not,” Hughes declares in a newly released video.
“While Harper may say, ‘It’s no concern of mine,’ Canadians are increasingly asking, ‘Don’t we have a duty to protect innocent lives?’”
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Hughes says that “rising attendance at the annual March For Life indicates that the tide is turning towards pro-life,” but also points to three recent events that “have created a perfect storm,” waking up many Canadians to the fact that abortion choice is about killing children.
The first was an Alberta judge’s September 2011 decision to hand down a lenient sentence in the case of a mother who killed her newborn child, citing society’s acceptance of abortion as the reason.
“The judge explained her reason for letting her go by arguing that since Canada accepts abortion, it shows Canadians sympathize with the mother. That raised many an eyebrow,” says Hughes.
The second event is a campaign begun in December 2011, by Conservative MP Steve Woodworth to bring awareness to Canadians that Canada has no laws whatsoever regulating abortion, and that the only Canadian statute on the books defining when human life begins is over 400 years old.
Woodworth filed an historic motion in February to establish a special committee to consider when human life begins.
“The campaign initiated by MP Stephen Woodworth in December focused attention on the fact that Canadian law defines some human beings as non-human,” Hughes states. “Specifically, he called out the absurdity of Section 223 of the Criminal Code, which is based on outdated science from the middle ages, essentially stating that a child in the womb ‘magically’ becomes a human being only once she has completely exited from the birth canal.”
“When he pointed out that the law considers the child non-human, if even her little toe still remains in the birth canal, it struck a chord with many Canadians,” said Hughes.
“The third event, and really the kicker,” Hughes states, “was a January editorial published in the Canadian Medical Association’s journal. It called for an end to the abhorrent practice of sex-selection abortion.
“The stark realization that baby girls were being targeted for destruction prior to birth, brought home the reality to many Canadians that we’re not talking about a blob of tissue. Indeed we’re talking about killing baby girls via lethal abortion, simply because they’re girls.”
Hughes observes that the three elements of this “perfect storm” reinforce one another, and have helped many Canadians realize that abortion should be re-examined.
In conclusion Hughes invites Prime Minister Harper to “have an adult conversation [about abortion] based on science” because “‘Let the babies die’ is no longer a response that will satisfy Canadians.”
The Campaign Life Coalition President’s Message video titled, “The perfect storm – changing abortion attitudes in Canada” is available on the CLC website.