Bill C-225 should satisfy pro-life and pro-choice people

Regarding Mike Schouten: A new bill would make it a crime to harm a fetus against a woman’s will. What’s wrong with that?

My letter published in the National Post on October 4, 2016:

It seems to me that if pro-choice people like Joyce Arthur can’t support a sensible bill like C-225 (that protects a woman’s choice to carry her pre-born child to term), it confirms one thing and one thing only: that is that they are not pro-choice at all, but rather pro-abortion. Hopefully, MPs can see this and vote accordingly. Blind ideology without common sense isn’t useful or helpful. Especially for the women who would be protected by this bill.

Patricia Maloney, Ottawa.

Cassie and Molly's Law - write to your MP

Please write a letter to your MP about Cassie and Molly's law. weneedaLAW has some great sample letters to help you write your letter. Or after you look at weneedaLAW's sample letters, you can simply write your own letter, in your own words, as I did below. Hand written is best if you can.

I received a letter yesterday from the Clerk of the House of Commons informing me that MP Andrew Leslie will take over Mauril Belanger's riding until a by-election can be held in Ottawa Vanier. So that is who my letter is addressed to.

Letters can be sent postage free to:

House of Commons
Parliament Buildings
Ottawa, ON
Canada
K1A 0A6

Choice Joyce only supports abortion choice

Opponents of Bill C-225 are endangering women and choice

For Immediate Release Ottawa, September 28, 2016 – A private member’s bill put forward by Cathay Wagantall is receiving pushback from unlikely sources. Joyce Arthur, executive director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, has initiated a petition calling upon the House of Commons to oppose Bill C-225. The petition is sponsored by Sheila Malcolmson, MP for Nanaimo-Ladysmith. Bill C-225 ( Protection of Pregnant Women and Their Preborn Children Act or “Cassie and Molly’s Law") addresses gender-based violence – specifically protecting pregnant women who have chosen to carry their child to term. “It is shocking that Ms. Arthur is opposed to a bill that is designed to protect choice,” said Mike Schouten of WeNeedaLAW.ca. “Cassie, who the bill is named for, chose life for her daughter Molly, but Cassie was murdered before her baby could be born. Under our laws their killer will not be brought to justice for taking the life of her daughter without her consent.” Schouten challenged Ms. Arthur and other pro-choice activists by saying, “If they truly believed that a woman’s choice is paramount, then they would have no problem justifying a woman’s choice to have a legal abortion while also supporting a law against the violent crime of killing a fetus when the pregnant woman has not  chosen abortion. If they cannot do this, the only option they support is abortion, which is really no longer a choice at all. “If choice is removed from the equation, there is nothing left to distinguish a legal abortion from a violent attack on a pregnant woman that results in the death of her wanted child. In failing to consider what distinguishes the two scenarios, these supposedly strong defenders of “choice” instead draw attention to how the two scenarios are alike: the death of a preborn child occurs, the very thing they don’t want people to think about. “In opposing C-225 out of fear that it will endanger abortion, these “pro-choice” activists end up exposing their own inability to defend abortion using a choice-based narrative. Their lack of consistency as to what “choice” really means for a woman becomes clear and thus, paradoxically, compromises choice,” concluded Schouten.​ -30-​ For further comment or interview requests please contact  Cassy Knegt at 905-347-1393 or cassy@weneedalaw.ca

Cassie and Molly Matters - Petition

The OFFICIAL online government petition is now active.

Mar 22, 2016 — The OFFICIAL online government petition is now active. It stays open for 120 days. Please sign and ask others to do the same. The change.org petition was for awareness, this one is to get the lawmakers to hear our voice. #MOLLYMATTERS #CASSIEMATTERShttps://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-183Read more

Bill C225 - Cassie and Molly's law

Justice for Expecting Families Coalition of Canada