morning my name is Mike shooting and I'm the director for we need a long dot ca
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we are a public awareness campaign with a mission to build support for laws that
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protect pre-born children in the womb this is Michelle Myers she'll be
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offering it for you
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few remarks when I conclude mine good morning today canada is one of only
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three countries in the world with no legal protection for children in the
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womb we initiated life to her during the current election campaign because Canada
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needs to begin taking steps to protect the smallest members of the human family
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with 20 events from Halifax to Vancouver life to her seeks to ensure that
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Canada's leaders face the injustice being committed against 100,000 of our
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pre-born neighbors every single year we are proposing three sensible laws that
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would begin to regulate abortion the first is a late term abortion law which
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would prohibit abortions in the latter stages of pregnancy and after the point
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in which a pre-born child can survive outside of the womb when the Supreme
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Court of Canada struck down Canada's existing abortion regulations in 1988
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they did not envision a legal void surrounding pre-born human rights has
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lasted now for almost three decades one of the primary reasons for this extended
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legal void is that shrill voices from a minority of Canadians have paralyzed
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political leaders to the point where Canada is completely out of step with
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every other democracy that abortions are legal even after a fetus has become
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viable and can survive outside of the womb a majority of Canadians are not
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comfortable with this status quo and support measures that would restrict
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abortion and protect children in the world after a certain stage of gestation
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the 2nd law that we are calling upon a newly constructed government to pass
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concerns the very serious issue of sex-selective abortion
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Canadian Medical Association Journal study published in 2012 concluded that
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and I quote after reviewing all registered singleton live births in
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Ontario between 2002 and 2007 we found a significantly higher male to female
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ratio among infants of multiparous women originally born in India then among
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infants of multiparous women born in Canada in other words female babies are
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aborted at a much higher rate than male babies in fact in June 2012 CBC reported
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that these very things are happening in Canada and it is our hope that a new
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Parliament will take a bold stand by acting swiftly to address this serious
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injustice in our country the third provision we are calling upon our
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elected lawmakers to pass does not even concern the issue of abortion rather if
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passed it would see justice for pre-born victims of crime Michelle Meyer will now
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offer some remarks on white Canada needs to pass a law that recognizes the
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preborn child as a second victim when a crime is committed against a pregnant
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woman
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good morning my name is Michelle in here i've lived in Ottawa for the past four
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years now is born and raised in Windsor Ontario I'm here on behalf of my friend
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Cassie cake and her family on December 11 2014 my life changed forever
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received a phone call informing me of informing me that my best friend of 26
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years had died I was paralyzed with emotion I felt any pain and confusion at
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that moment I was barely able to ask what about the baby we were both gone
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and I completely lost she was seven months pregnant at the time of her death
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at this news wasn't horrible enough a few days later we found out the reality
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of the situation they had been murdered kathy was deserving grateful and
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grateful to be having a baby she was confident thoughtful and caring and
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above all she loved to laugh attribute she would have passed along to her
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daughter Molly it was apparent and Cassie anomalies funeral that their
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death a great loss on so many people how could this have happened to them when
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they're in the surrounding area have been deeply affected by this tragedy a
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permanent scar has been left on her place of work or community family and
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friends when kathy was murdered her daughter was not recognized as a human
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being under Canadian criminal law only because she had not yet
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exited her mother's womb as a result of this legal shortcoming no murder charge
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will ever be laid against the person who viciously took mollys life
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unfortunately Cassie and Molly story is one of many something needs to change
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Molly matters campaign was created to bring awareness to this injustice to
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different prints petitions were created under the same name and signatures are
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being collected in communities across Canada we're very optimistic such a lot
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could be passed in fact some years ago it nearly did in 2007 and Minton
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you can introduce bill the 8448 for the bill was called the unborn victims of
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crime act mister passed second reading and parliament but failed to become law
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because election was called in the fall of 2008 however his bill had cross-party
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support and they're still majority support for it today the reality is when
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a pregnant woman is attacked and her silent killed or causes harm to her
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pre-born child no charge can ever be laid in that child this is fundamentally
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wrong this legislative Boyd allows further victimization of women and their
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children
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allow me to be very clear abortion is legal in Canada through the entire nine
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months of pregnancy for any reason
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pre-born victims law does nothing to change this
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pre-born victims bill modeled after the OC 4841 not criminalize abortion and
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cannot be interpreted as Parliament restricting a woman's right to choose to
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have an abortion
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a lot of protecting pre-born victims of crime it's sensible this is a step in
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the right direction and supported by the majority of Canadians from across the
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political spectrum in a few weeks Canada will have a new government we are
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calling upon all members of parliament to do everything they can to act quickly
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in implementing protections for children in the womb and we respectfully mr.
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Harper mister moakley more care and mr. Trudeau to start treating pre-born
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children as if they are just a political liability
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thank you
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my life to her is sponsored by we need a la nazione that is the group name we
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need a lot so I am I the director of that campaign of this it's i mean NDP
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and Liberals will it be indicated that it don't want to restrict abortion like
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you and you ring a bell to hear you're just hoping to conservative our mission
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is to build support amongst Canadians so that there is such a groundswell that
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any government will need to act on this issue
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historically governments have always taken positions on things and when
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support bills for a change in law and public policy is strong enough for a
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change public opinion is stronger for a change in public policy and then
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governments for the most part are obliged to act so we are simply building
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support and we are conducting life to her during this election campaign
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because we want candidates who are running for any party to be on notice
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that they will be called upon to act quickly when elected choose a min
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between the three party line might be a little more suitable to be clear our
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campaign is strictly non partisan there's people who are projecting any
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government we don't know at this point but we had no specific reference our
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goal is to build support amongst Canadians and it doesn't matter who is
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in power at the time when there is enough of a call to action from Canadian
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people the government will act like you
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As
politicians campaign for votes, a group of young Canadians is
travelling the country attempting to build support for legal protections
for children in the womb. And they are attracting support from
Canadians across the political spectrum.
With over twenty events from Halifax to Vancouver, lifeTOUR seeks to ensure that Canada’s leaders face the injustice committed against 100,000 Canadians every single year.
Michelle Lemire, a pro-choice spokesperson for the Molly Matters campaign spoke at a press conference with LifeTOUR this morning in Ottawa. Her best friend, Cassandra Kaake, was seven months pregnant with her daughter Molly when she was brutally murdered in Windsor Ontario, last December.
“On December 11th, 2014 my life changed forever. I received a phone call informing me that my best friend of 26 years, Cassie Kaake, had died. I was paralyzed with emotion,” said Ms. Lemire.
“Windsor and the surrounding area have been deeply affected by this tragedy.
A permanent scar has been left on her place of work, community and her family and friends,” continued Lemire.
This is not the first time there have been calls for a pre-born victims of crime law. In 2007 Edmonton MP Ken Epp introduced Bill C-484. The bill was called the Unborn Victims of Crime Act.
Mr. Epp’s bill passed Second Reading in Parliament but it failed to become law because an election was called in the fall of 2008.
Lemire concluded her remarks by saying, “Allow me to be very clear. Abortion is legal in Canada throughout the entire nine months of pregnancy for any reason. A pre-born victim’s law does nothing to change this.
A pre-born victim’s bill modeled after Bill C-484 would not criminalize abortion and could not be interpreted as Parliament restricting a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion.”
Mike Schouten of WeNeedaLAW.ca also spoke at the press conference. “Canada desperately needs a late-term abortion law which would prohibit abortion in the latter stages of pregnancy, and after the point in which the pre-born child can survive outside of the womb," Schouten said.
The issue of sex-selective abortion is also being raised at each lifeTOUR presentation.
“The reality that Canada is one of only a handful of countries that allows such violent discrimination against pre-born females – simply because they are girls – is deplorable,” Schouten said. “A new government needs to take immediate steps to address this serious injustice.”
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Family of murdered pregnant woman from Windsor, ON joins call for protection for pre-born human rights.
As
politicians campaign for votes, a group of young Canadians is
travelling the country attempting to build support for legal protections
for children in the womb. And they are attracting support from
Canadians across the political spectrum. With over twenty events from Halifax to Vancouver, lifeTOUR seeks to ensure that Canada’s leaders face the injustice committed against 100,000 Canadians every single year.
Michelle Lemire, a pro-choice spokesperson for the Molly Matters campaign spoke at a press conference with LifeTOUR this morning in Ottawa. Her best friend, Cassandra Kaake, was seven months pregnant with her daughter Molly when she was brutally murdered in Windsor Ontario, last December.
“On December 11th, 2014 my life changed forever. I received a phone call informing me that my best friend of 26 years, Cassie Kaake, had died. I was paralyzed with emotion,” said Ms. Lemire.
“Windsor and the surrounding area have been deeply affected by this tragedy.
A permanent scar has been left on her place of work, community and her family and friends,” continued Lemire.
This is not the first time there have been calls for a pre-born victims of crime law. In 2007 Edmonton MP Ken Epp introduced Bill C-484. The bill was called the Unborn Victims of Crime Act.
Mr. Epp’s bill passed Second Reading in Parliament but it failed to become law because an election was called in the fall of 2008.
Lemire concluded her remarks by saying, “Allow me to be very clear. Abortion is legal in Canada throughout the entire nine months of pregnancy for any reason. A pre-born victim’s law does nothing to change this.
A pre-born victim’s bill modeled after Bill C-484 would not criminalize abortion and could not be interpreted as Parliament restricting a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion.”
Mike Schouten of WeNeedaLAW.ca also spoke at the press conference. “Canada desperately needs a late-term abortion law which would prohibit abortion in the latter stages of pregnancy, and after the point in which the pre-born child can survive outside of the womb," Schouten said.
The issue of sex-selective abortion is also being raised at each lifeTOUR presentation.
“The reality that Canada is one of only a handful of countries that allows such violent discrimination against pre-born females – simply because they are girls – is deplorable,” Schouten said. “A new government needs to take immediate steps to address this serious injustice.”
