OTTAWA - A Conservative MP wants to make it a crime to threaten or intimidate a woman into having an abortion.
Winnipeg MP Rod Bruinooge says his bill, "Roxanne's Law," is necessary to communicate to the public that coercing or attempting to coerce a female to have an abortion is unacceptable.
Bruinooge became interested in the issue after hearing about Roxanne Fernando, a young woman who was murdered by a friend of her partner after refusing to have an abortion in 2007.
Bruinooge said his bill does not re-open the abortion debate and abortions will still be legal. http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/04/15/13594941-qmi.html
http://roxanneslaw.ca/QuestionsandAnswers.html
The following is a message I sent to this MP.
I'm curious if it's too late to add to or amend this bill and if it is, would it not be worth proposing a similar law regarding coercing women into giving their child up for adoption, or perhaps even go as far as to make it illegal to pressure or coerce a women into keeping and raising an unwanted child. I believe all three scenarios exist and can have life long or, in Roxanne's case, life threatening consequences for all parties involved.
I guess it should be illegal to pressure a woman to do anything regarding her pregnancy, period.
Hmmm... I now don't know what to think of this idea. It's been presented by a pro-lifer.
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