Section 241 (b) is unjust because it not only leads to prosecution for acts of compassion; it is cruel because it presents a major social obstacle to allowing mercy to very ill and suffering people. The Harper government has argued that Criminal Code provisions prohibiting doctors, or anyone else, from assisting in suicide are “constitutionally valid.” However, Canada’s policy on euthanasia is beginning to change. Quebec passed Bill 52, which allows for euthanasia, in early June of this year, by a 94-22 vote. It doesn’t come into effect until 2015, to give the government and doctors time to get the required policies and infrastructure in place. The bill allows Quebecers to have medical help to die, as long as they have “an incurable serious illness” and an advanced, irreversible decline in their abilities, and are at the end of their life.
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If a woman chooses not to seek medical attention for her unborn child, is that not the same as a mother not seeking medical attention for her baby’s aliment? In fact I believe it is and we as a society consider that negligence. So we must decide that a fetus is not a part of the mother’s body but a person, and that her right to freedom of choice must be weighed against the fetus’s right to be born in a healthy state. Against: Are we as a society ready to demand more of an expectant mother than anyone else? If we are sincerely committed to equality then the answer must be no.
Web. 29 Apr. 2012. . This website mainly explains the differences between having the choice of an abortion, or the sin of murder from killing a "human" life. It gives you the many examples of why abortion would seem as a benificial choice.
Pro-life supporters, on the other hand, believe that the unborn child has the right to life, and that abortion unlawfully takes away that right. If we take away the woman’s right to chose, will we begin limiting her other rights also? Or, if we keep abortion legal, are we devaluing human life? There is no easy answer to these questions. Both sides present strong, logical arguments.
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Constitutionality of Pre-Abortion Procedures Few words can carry out the shivers and shakes that the word “abortion” can. It means to stop, to terminate. With this word comes judgment regardless of the situation. In the conservative political realm, it translates to murder. Abortions are performed for many reasons, varying from rape and incest to teenage and fatalistic pregnancies.