The Huron Expositor, 1981-06-24, Page 14at Eve:
Know About Abortion!
No. Under the Criminal Code a father does not have the right to protect the life of
•his Unborn child if the mother decides to have an abortion.
Canadian law has consistently given rights to the unborn child.such as the right to
inherit property under a will. and the Tight to compensation for Injuries while still
7. What rightti does the unborn
child have in Canadian law? . .
law protect
es who do not
to in the abor-
reasons of
Mal Code for such medical
vincial Huinan Rights Code, which
tire, this recourse has not proven
^ As a, Physician and Degreed gynaecologist I witnessed
at first hand the horrors of abortiton that since 196a have
been legalized in Canada. Recdgnizing that there are
o'ow no medical indications for abortion, it became in-
reasingly obvious to me that we are all being deceived
by a huge lie, and the numbers of abortions are escalat-
ing yearly for purely social convenience.
Society seems to be becoming inured to the tragedy
of abortion around us in most cities on most days of the
year, and in my opinion this devaluation o pre-born
Human Life. will inevitably lead to other evil such as
the elimination of the mentally and physical y handi-
capped and Euthanasia.
Brian Frazer
M.B. B.Ch.. L.M.C.C., C.O.G.
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• Abortion is tI'e 14114ng of a human, being. It stops a Pregnancy and
ends the life of an innocent member (if thehuman
2. Does a permissive law reduce
the number of illegal abortions?
No. A British study. "Illegal Abortions and the Abortion Act of 1967",
(British Journal of Criminology 1976) concluded illegal abortions
did not decrease after the widening of the British abortion law.
Other studies done in Japan. Hungary. Switzerland. Poland.
U.S.S.R. and Scandinavia (countries which permit legal abortions)
indicate NQ decrease in criminal abortions. In fact as legal abort-
ions have escalated in Yugoslavia. for example, illegal abortions
have also increased.
3. Does abortion reduce child
abuse? • • .
No, According to an exhaustive 7 year study of 764 battered child-
ren, by Dr. E. Lenowski, at the University of Southern California.
90% of those battered children were wanted by their parents at
the tithe of conception. It was other than "unwantedness"
(such as unrealistic expectations for the child and inadequate par-
enting skills), which accounted for the battering. Abortion is "bat-
tering" in the womb. -the earliest and most violent form of child
abuse.
4. Is rape a reason for abortion?...
Rape is a crime of violence; so is abortion. For physiological rea-
sons. pregnancy resulting from rape is extremely rare. However.
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in the rare everAt .cnakapreguahci shouldocPur, society' should of,
fer laving,aring support for the . two ,victirris. mother and
Having suffered the trauma of rape the mother shoUld not be
further traumatized by an. abortion . To use abortiOn' as an after-
the-fact solution is comp6unding the problem and punishing the
innocent child for the' rime of the father. sr
5. Are abortions ever necessary
for medical reasons? . . .
Even pro-abortionist doctors agree that pregnancy rarely threatens
the life of the mother. If a pregnant woman suffers a fatal disease,
abortions will not stop the disease process. Mothers have borne.
healthy babies after kidney transplants and major heart surgery.
Pregnancy is medically safer today than ever before. PREGNANCY.
IS A NORMAL BODILY- PROCESS - NOT A DISEASE.
6. Do pro-life people impose their
morality on others? . . .
It is not a question of imposing morality on others, ,but rather a
question of defending the rights of those who cannot dc) so for them-
selves. Abortion is a civil rights issue. involving the unborn child's
right to life: The slogan, "Freedom of Choice" is not applicable to
the abortion issue. FREEDOM OF CHOICE STOPS WHERE THE
RIGHTS OF OTHERS BEGIN.
7. What about test -tube babies and
early abortions? . . .
Fetilized embryos are used for genetic research, and for human ex-
fie 146i. broys an<t: selected ,the lab•gcloii
tatiOn into a` wornAh.,s won Defective and utiwarged .ex {m
bryos ate discarded anti left,to. Mit Is the willful deatruction
and abuse of early fetal life. England Dr. P. StePtc•e, whofinariced
his e.xperiments through a lucrative abortion practice, admitted he
rejected 200 fertilized ova (human beings) during 'his research for .
the first Test Tube baby.
8. What about the medical conse-
quences of abortion? . . .
The British commissioned Wynn Report indicated the possible
IMMEDIATE COMPLICATIONS of abortion to the mother are:
Hemorrhage. infection and perforation of the uterus. The possible
LATER COMPLICATIONS. usually ignored by hospital statistics
and by abortion counsellorS, include an increase in tubal pregnancy,
sterility and incompetent cervix, causing miscarriages in subse-
quent pregnancies and deep-seated depression. The LONG TERM
CONSEQUENCES to offspring are premature births, leading to an
increased incidence of brain damage, cerebral palsy. mental re-
tardation. learning disabilities. repiraloryproblems. etc.
9. Does a woman who gets preg-
nant and gives up her baby for
adoption suffer more than if
she had an abortion? . • .
There is no doubt that giving up a child for adoption can be difficult
and painful. However, the greatest gift a mother gives her child is
the gift of life, so the decision to let a child be a part of another fam-
ily to live and be loved is a gift of love This knowledge can ease
the pain. A mother who aborts her baby has no such comfort.
How Abortion$ are Done
Saline • •
In this procedui e. done after 16 weeks, a long need--
le is inserted through the mother's abdomen into •
the baby's sac and a .solution-of concentrated salt
is injected. into the womb. The -baby breathes in
the salt and is poisoned by it: The Outer layer -of
the skin is also burned off. It takes the baby over
an hour to slowly die. About a day later the mot-
her delivers the dead baby. In many instances,
instead of Salt. horinonal substances called prosta-
glandins are injected into the amniotic fluid which
surrounds the baby to produce early labour. To
ensure that the baby won't be born alive a sub-
stance poisonous to the baby (urea) is also inject-
ed.
Suction
In this procedure a powerful suction tube is in-
seted into the mother's womb. This tears apart
the body of the developing baby. sucking the parts
into a container.
D &.0 AbOrtion
lift tills procedure. with a sharp, loopshaped steel
„knife the surgeon cuts the tiny body of the_deve-
loping baby to pieces and cuts and slices the pla-
Cents from the inside walls of the uterus. One of
the jobs ofAhe operating nurse is to reassemble
the parts to be sure the uterus, is empty; other-
wige-fhe mother will bleed- or become infected. •
Hysterotomy
This is exactly like a Caearean Sectionand is per-
formed when the baby 'nay be too developed for
other methods. After tit baby is delivered the
umbilical cord is cut ant it is left to die. At this
age. while waiting to die. he babies move. breathe
and some will even cry. •
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Abortion- in Canada
1. Why is a law needed to protect 4. Who pays for abortions in
the unboni? .Canada?.
in the womb. (For example cotripnsa tion was pad for the damage done to unborn
children in the 1960's by the drug thalidomte. which was taken by mothers
early in pregnancy). Sadly: the most basic righOf all, the right to life, is not given
to all, unborn children.
The law is an educator: what becomes legal becomes permissible. Thus when a
society permits abortion the lives of thousands of children are unprotected and
May be destroyed. Unborn children. as members of the human family. need and
must have protection of the law.
2. What is the present abortion
law in Canada?
In 1969 an amendment was added to the abortion section (251) of the Criminal
Code. "to decriminalize" the crime of abortion in Canada. under certain restricted
conditions: 1) if the life if health of the mother is endangered by the continuation
of the pregnancy. 2) if the abortion is done by a medical practitioner. 3)11 the abor-
tion is approved by a therapeutic abortion committee in afirapprOVed hospital. Since
this amendinent the lives of almost, HALF MILLION Canadian babies have been
willfully destroyed. This is a tofu of life many tlineiCgreater than the number of
Canadian soldiers killed in action in both world wars (about 106.000).
3. What are the most common
reasons-for performing abort-
tions in Canada? . .
Most abortion are performed for social or economic convenience- According to the
government commissioned Badgely Report, many doctors admitted that a diagnosis
of "mental health" is given to get around the law.
Taxpayers do. Health insurance plans. cover the cost for abortions, although pro-
vincial goverrunents are under no legal or moral requirement to do so. Thus, millions
of dollars of taxpayers' money is spent every year in Canada . • • not to help dis-
tressed pregnant women and their unborn children, but rather to destroy over
SIXTY THOUSAND unborn Canadian children a year.
5.. How late in pregnancy can
abortion be performed in
Canada? . . .
Under preSent law there ism) legal cut ot"f date for perfoinfing abortions in Canada.
6. Does a father have any rights
under Canadian law? . . .
8. Does Canadi
doctors and nu
wish to particip
tion procedure
conscience? . . .
There' is NO protection under the Federal C
There LS however some recourse through the
prohibits`discrirninatinn. Unfortunately. in
effective.
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9. What about ba es who are
aborted alive left to die? . . .
since hospital staff are reluctant to initiate
The Criminal Code at present DOES NOT s
babies. However (under Section 202 of the
negligence could be laid against the doe "This is diffietilt to prove, however,
iiminal. Code) a charge of criminal
'Really provide protection for such
to disclose evidence. The result is
that aborted babies born alive are left to die no charges laid.
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