VIOLENCE AGAINST PREGNANT WOMEN:

 

QUIT SPECULATING AND LOOK AT THE VALUE OF BILL C-484

by Amy Good
St. Catherines Standard September 5, 2008

I would like to say that as a young woman (who is looking forward to being pregnant some day), I am so grateful for Ken Epp's Bill C-484.

Epp has collected countless stories of horrendous crimes that have been committed against pregnant women. Out of these atrocities, Epp has seen the need to table Bill C-484. If a crime was committed against a pregnant woman carrying a wanted child, there are no laws to protect this woman's choice to be pregnant. Instead of all of the speculation that is being made about Epp's or the Conservatives' ulterior motives to bringing this bill forward, why aren't we questioning the ulterior motives of the pro-choice organizations that are not getting behind this bill? If the motive is truly the political and ethical view that a woman should have complete control over her fertility and pregnancy, then what part of Epp's bill do they really have a problem with?

Amy Good, Jordan