I'm becoming more and more embarrassed to live in a country whose government concerns itself with the private choices many young women are forced to make, in the face of accidental pregnancies. Abortion, at the centre of so many debates, has absolutely no bearing on our Prime Minister's personal life or how he runs this country. So why do we let him cut funding to organizations like Planned Parenthood?
In fact, the very idea that a government, in a democratic country, implements policies that restrict a persons right to abortion just goes to show that 'freedom of speech' is, unfortunately, limited to those who march to the loudest drum. In our case, PM Harper refuses to 'reopen the abortion debate', a debate that quite frankly has no personal implications for him.
According to Stats Canada, in 2004 there were 16.1 million females in Canada (a 50.4% representation of the total population) so when Harper says that 'reopening the abortion debate' is not the primary concern of the Canadian people, one has to stop and think.
"So although 27% of the Canadian population was 'personally against abortion' (in 2010), that does not detract from the 50% who were 'pro-choice', nor does it detract from the 46% who believe abortion should be legal under all circumstances." So why has it come down to whether or not Harper thinks abortion is right?
If it's a question of morality let it be on the conscience of the person who chooses the abortion.
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