Bill C-537 may be even more of a sneak attack on choice than the odious Bill C-484. And no, I am not being alarmist.
This so-called "conscience" bill that would allow health care personnel to opt out of medical procedures they consider "against their faith" is bad enough -- but it also contains a amendment that would redefine the legal definition of "human life". From the bill (emphasis mine):
Go read Alison and be amazed and outraged at the implications of this foul piece of prospective legislation. Then, well, you know the drill.
This so-called "conscience" bill that would allow health care personnel to opt out of medical procedures they consider "against their faith" is bad enough -- but it also contains a amendment that would redefine the legal definition of "human life". From the bill (emphasis mine):
SUMMARYThis enactment protects the right of health care practitioners and other persons to refuse, without fear of reprisal or other discriminatory coercion, to participate in medical procedures that offend a tenet of their religion, or their belief that human life is inviolable.
"'human life' means the human organism at any stage of development, beginning at fertilization or creation."
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