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Is 4thortionever Jusr;fied?
1. What is abortion? . e .
Abortion is the killing of a human being. It stops a pregnancy and
ends the life of an innocent member of the human family.
2J.- Does a per simA law reduce
the number o illegal abortions?
No. A British sturdy, "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 NO decrease in criminal abortions. In fact as legal 'abort-
ions have escalated '1iii 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 time of conception. It was factors 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,
in the rare everii. mat a pregnancy should occur, society should of-
fer loving, caring support for the two victims, mother and child..
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 compounding the problem and punishing the
innocent child for the crime of the father.
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 do 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 -
u,
perirnentation. Ernbroys are screened and selected;;in the lab before
impiantation into a woman's womb. Defective and unwanted em-
bryos are discarded and left to die. This is the willful destruction
and abuse of early fetal life. England's Dr. P. Steptoe, who financed
his experiments 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, repiratory problems, 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.
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How Abortions are Done
Saline
In this procedure, 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, hormonal substances called prosta-
glandins are injected into the amniotic fluid which
surrounds the baby to produce early labour./To-c-
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 & C Abortion
In this procedure, with a sharp, loop -shaped steel.
knife the surgeon cuts the tiny body of the deve-
loping baby to pieces and cuts and slices the pla-
centa from the inside walls of the uterus. One of
the jobs of the operating nurse is to reassemble
the parts to be sure the uterus is empty, other-
wise
the mother, will bleed or become infected.
Hysterotomy
This is exactly like a Caesarean Section and is per-
formed when the baby may be too developed for
other methods. After the baby is delivered the
umbilical cord is cut and it is left to die. At, this
age, while -waiting to die, the babies move, breathe
and some will even cry.
Ab
1. Why is a law needed to protect
the unborn? .. .
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 or health of the mother is endangered by the continuation
of the pregnancy, 2) if the abortion .18 done by a medical practitioner, 3) if the abor-
tion is approved by a therapeutic abortion committee in an approved hospital. Since
this amendment the lives of almost HALF MILLION Canadian babies have been
willfully destroyed. This is a loss of life many times greater than the number of
Canadian soldiers killed to 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.
As a Physician and Degreed gynaecologist I witnessed
at first hand the horrors of abortion that since 1969 have
been legalized in Canada. Recognizing that there are
now no medical indications for abortion, it became in-
creasingly 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 of pre -born
Human Life, will inevitably lead to other evils such as
the elimination of the mentally and physically handi-
capped and Euthanasia.
Brian Frazer
M.B. B.Ch., L.M.C.C., M.R.C.O.G.
rtionin Canada
4. Who pays for abortions in
Canada? .. .
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Taxpayers. do. Healthinsurance plans cover the cost for abortions, although pro-
vincial governments are under no legal or moral requirement to do so. Thus. millions
of dollars of taxpayers' rrioney 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 is no legal cut-off date for performing abortions in Canada.
6. Does a father have any rights -A
under Canadian law? .. .
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.
? . What rights does the unborn
child have in Canadian law? .. .
Canadian law has consistently given rights to the unborn child such as the right to
Jnherit property under a will. and the right to compensation for injuries while still
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in the womb. (For example compensation was paid for the damage done to unborn
children in the 1960's by the drug thalidomide, which was taken by mothers
early in pregnancy). Sadly, the most basic right of all, the right to life, is not given
to all unborn children.
8. Does Canadian law protect
doctors and nurses who do not
wish to participate in the abor-
tion procedure for reasons of
conscience? .. .
There is 'NO protection under the Federal Criminal Code for such medical staff.
There is however some recourse through the PrOvincial Human Rights Code, which
prohibits discrimination. Unfortunately, in practice, this recourse has not proven
effective.
9. What about babies who are
aborted alive and left to die? ..
The Criminal Code at present DOES NOT specifically provide protection for such
babies. However (under Section 202 of the Criminal Code) a charge of criminal
negligence could be laic) against the doctors. This is difficult to prove, however,
since hospital staff are reluctant to initiate or to disclose evidence. The result is
that aborted babies born alive are left to die with no charges laid.
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