Fri Feb 3, 2023 – 7:35 pm EST
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – A new bill that would amend Canada’s criminal code to specifically protect pregnant women from violence passed its first reading in the House of Commons on Tuesday.
The Private Members bill was introduced by Cathay Wagantall, a pro-life Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) Member of Parliament whose riding is in Saskatchewan.
Titled An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (violence against pregnant women) Bill, C-311 reads: “Paragraph 718.2(a) of the Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after subparagraph (ii.1).”
“(ii.2) evidence that the offender, in committing the offence, abused a person whom the offender knew to be pregnant,” and “(ii.3) evidence that the offence caused physical or emotional harm to a pregnant victim.”
On Tuesday in the House of Commons, Wagantall introduced her bill and said that it “would go a long way to addressing violence against some of the most vulnerable people in our society, pregnant women.”
“The violence against pregnant women act seeks to amend the Criminal Code to ensure that the acts of knowingly assaulting a pregnant woman and causing physical or emotional harm to a pregnant woman are factored in
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