When The Legal Right To An Abortion Is Not Enough
The Globe has an interesting article on the taboo subject of abortion in polite society, whatever and wherever that is, and the fact that this is really just because women are made to feel they should be ashamed as opposed to relieved for having had one.
Well, choice doesn't mean easy, but it does mean a lot of other good things, so - such is life. Speak up, ladies. Get it done and let 'em howl. Which brings me to P.E.I. where there is no choice and New Brunswick where choice is dependent on the approval of TWO doctors. Gee, why two? Why not twenty? I mean, you're as likely to have TWO doctors at your disposal as you are to get a free trip to the moon, so I'd say that is a denial of choice to the women of New Brunswick and a violation of their legal and civil rights as Canadian citizens.
Meanwhile, in Ottawa, the Premier's home town, there is a six week wait time for an abortion. That's a problem and the province should be doing something to address it. Otherwise, women in Ottawa will also have to conclude that male dominated religious politics is strategically being allowed to trump their legal and civil rights, too.
Don't make us start demonstrating in the streets again, fellas - especially during election campaigns. Because if we have to make the next federal election ALL about abortion - we will.
