Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry Lime
It's easy to make this a stand alone rule. It doesn't have to go anywhere else.
|
It really isn't that simple. The problem is policy-based. If you have no restrictions on access to abortion, that's a clear-cut policy that leaves no room for exceptions. The minute you introduce one restriction based on the argument "it's wrong to have an abortion because of the gender of the baby", that opens a whole can of worms. E.g., if a fetus isn't something that we need to afford rights or legal protections to, why is it wrong to do this? If the fetus should get some rights or legal protections, then are there other cases where those protections should override the mother's wishes? How about where the fetus is viable but shows signs of some non-life-threatening health problem or disability?
It's a freaking minefield.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry Lime
Or we can make the issue higher levels of education on Canadian mores and ethics before immigration is allowed to take place.
|
Oh? Who's coming up with the curriculum on Canadian mores and ethics? We have a wide variety of same. I mean, if you stick to Charter values you're on pretty solid footing... but Charter values don't say anything about restricting access to abortion in any way. Just the opposite in fact.