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Wednesday December 15, 1999


REFORM MP INTRODUCES MOTION TO REDEFINE A “HUMAN BEING”

– Garry Breitkreuz demands protection for unborn children –

OTTAWA, Dec 15 (LSN.ca) – Reform MP Garry Breitkreuz introduced his long-awaited motion calling on the federal government to redefine a “human being” to include unborn children. “I still find it hard to believe that in Canadian law, babies don’t actually become human beings until they emerge alive from their mother’s womb,” said Breitkreuz, as he introduced M-360 in the House of Commons today.

Back in July, when the Supreme Court denied a severely disabled child the right to sue his Mother for injuries, Breitkreuz called this “the last straw”, and promised to “take up this challenge to improve protection of [unborn children’s] fundamental right to life and security of the person in Canadian law.”

Mr. Breitkreuz, a Saskatchewan MP and Evangelical Christian, has been one of the most outspoken Members of Parliament in defense of life and the traditional family since he came to the House of Commons in 1993.

M-360 reads: “That, in the opinion of this House, the government should bring in legislation defining a “human being” as a human foetus or embryo, from the moment of conception, whether in the womb of the mother or not and whether conceived naturally or otherwise and making any and all consequential amendments required.”

ACTION ITEM All pro-life Canadians should write to their Member of Parliament expressing their support for M-360. They should also write to Breitkreuz or send a copy of the letter to their MP to Breitkreuz for his files so that if the bill is drawn for debate, in the House, he will be able to point to the degree of support that exists from across the country.

Contact information for Garry Breitkreuz is: Yorkton: (306) 782-3309 Ottawa: (613) 992-4394 E-Mail: [email protected]


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