Mr. Speaker, I commend to the House private member's Bill C-235, an act to amend the Criminal Code relevant to the issue of abortion introduced by the hon. member for Glengarry-Prescott-Russell.
The purpose of the bill is to make it a criminal offence to require a physician, nurse, staff member or employee of a hospital or health facility to perform or participate in an abortion procedure.
The bill would also make it a criminal offence to discriminate against any of these persons for refusing to perform or participate in an abortion procedure.
It is time Parliament exercised its jurisdiction to enact legislation to protect and safeguard the rights and life of a child ventre sa mere, the child within the womb.
Enact legislation now to guarantee the right to life at all stages from the moment of conception until natural death.