Thu May 18, 2023 – 3:19 pm EDT
OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) –– A bill that would amend Canada’s criminal code to specifically protect pregnant women from violent “killers” who “intentionally sought to do harm,” as the bill sponsor puts it, had a successful first debate in the House of Commons last week.
“I stand this evening on behalf of pregnant women who have been and are facing violence while living in fear of injury or loss of their child. I stand humbly advocating on behalf of those who no longer breathe or have their voice and on behalf of their families, who have lost loved ones whose lives were taken in targeted violent crimes,” said Conservative MP Cathay Wagantall about her private members bill, Violence Against Pregnant Women Act, in the House of Commons last week.
“There are more than 80 cases in recent Canadian history of women who have been killed while pregnant. Each of these women was killed by men who knew they were pregnant,” added the conservative politician.
The Violence Against Pregnant Women Act , also called Bill C-311, was introduced by Wagantall, a pro-life MP representing the Saskatchewan riding of Yorkton-Melville, in
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