Mr. Speaker, today on the front steps of Parliament citizens peacefully demonstrated to show their desire for new laws to protect our unborn children. Without an abortion law on the books, every year in Canada we permit more than 100,000 innocent lives to be terminated without any consideration for the lost human potential.
I applaud the people outside who are taking the time to remind Parliament that it is our duty to protect those who are not able to protect themselves. I offer my support for the belief that all life is a sacred gift from the moment of conception to the point of natural death.
Most important, I would urge my colleagues to keep this philosophy in mind as Parliament considers issues involving embryonic stem cells and human reproductive technologies. In short, just because science says that we can do something does not mean that we should.