Parliament Supports Women’s Right To Choose

A private member’s bill aimed at creating a new offence around abortion (the crime of “coercion”) was defeated at second reading on December 15, 2010.  The Bill was defeated by a vote of 178 against to 97 in favour.  The Bill would have criminalized the act of “coercing” or attempting to “coerce” a female person into getting an abortion.   
For more details and CCLA’s concerns with the Bill, see our December 14th post