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"Is
the current definition of a human being adequate or
does it need to be amended?
asks Breitkreuz."
Yorkton
- Today, Garry Breitkreuz, MP for Yorkton-Melville, appealed
to Canadians
to write their MPs in support of his Private Member's
Motion M-392 that
calls for the Standing Committee on Justice and Human
Rights to prepare a
report on the laws protecting unborn children. "I
understand that not all Canadians
hold opinions similar to mine that life begins at conception;
therefore,
I want to use the democratic process to determine what
the majority
of Canadians do think about this important issue,"
said Breitkreuz. The
Saskatchewan MP has raised this issue in Parliament on
a number of occasions
since being elected in 1993. His most recent motion is
tentatively scheduled
for debate on May 22nd.
M-392
states: That the Standing Committee on Justice and Human
Rights review the
current definition of "human being" in section
223(1) of the Criminal Code
of Canada and report (a) whether the law needs to be amended
to comply with
the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
so as to provide
appropriate legal protection for a child before as well
as after birth;
and (b) whether the law should be amended so that an unborn
child is considered
a human being at the point of conception, when the baby's
brain waves
can be detected, when the baby starts to move within the
womb, or when the
baby is able to survive outside the womb.
Breitkreuz
explained, "The purpose of my motion is to determine
the extent of
legal protection for an unborn child in Canadian law and
whether the law needs
to be amended. Before M-392 goes into debate, I need as
many Canadians as
possible to send me the answers to some key questions."
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Section
223 (1) Survey
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Are
you satisfied with the definition
of a human being as it is currently written?
(circle) YES
or NO
Section 223(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada
states: "A child becomes a human
being within the meaning of this Act when it
has completely proceeded, in a living state,
from the body of its mother whether or not (a)
it has breathed, (b) it has an independent circulation,
or (c) the navel string is severed."
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If
you think the definition of a human being needs
to be amended, when do you
think an unborn child should be considered a
human being or deserves legal
protection?
(a)
At the point of conception?
(b)
When the baby's brain waves can be detected?
(c)
When the baby starts to move within the womb?
(d)
When the baby is able to survive outside the
womb?
(e)
At some other point during the pregnancy? Please
explain:
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
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Your
information:
Name: _____________________________________________
Address: ___________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
Signature: __________________________________________
Date: ______________________________________________
Print,
complete and mail to:
Garry
Breitkreuz, MP
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
AND
To
your own MP
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After
14 years without any legal protection for unborn children,
it's time to find out if Canadians are
satisfied with the status quo," concluded Breitkreuz.
"Please
send a copy of your reply (postage free) directly to my
Ottawa office:
Garry
Breitkreuz, MP
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
and
a copy to your own Member of Parliament ( find at www.elections.ca).
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