Bill C-510 (Historical)

An Act to Prevent Coercion of Pregnant Women to Abort (Roxanne's Law)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (coercion)

This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in March 2011.

Sponsor

Rod Bruinooge  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Defeated, as of Dec. 15, 2010
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to make it an offence for someone to coerce or attempt to coerce a female person to have an abortion.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-510s:

C-510 (2013) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mischief)
C-510 (2013) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mischief)
C-510 (2008) Food Products Labelling Act
C-510 (2004) An Act to amend the Public Service Employment Act and the Public Service Employment Act, enacted by section 12 of chapter 22 of the Statutes of Canada, 2003 (area of selection)

Votes

Dec. 15, 2010 Failed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

The House resumed from December 13 consideration of the motion that Bill C-510, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (coercion), be read the second time and referred to a committee.

Criminal CodePrivate Members' Business

December 15th, 2010 / 3:10 p.m.

The Speaker Peter Milliken

It being 3:15 p.m. pursuant to order made on Tuesday, December 14, the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-510 under private members' business.

Call in the members.

(The House divided on the motion, which was negatived on the following division:)

Vote #151

Criminal CodePrivate Members' Business

December 15th, 2010 / 3:20 p.m.

The Speaker Peter Milliken

I declare the motion lost.