Stand Up Against Coerced Abortion - Support Roxanne's Law

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On a cold Manitoba night in February 2007, a pregnant Roxanne Fernando was lured outside and brutally beaten at the hands of her boyfriend and the father of her unborn child. Roxanne had refused her boyfriend's demand that she terminate her pregnancy. Alone and viciously assaulted, mother and unborn baby died in a snowy ditch.

In April 2010, Member of Parliament Rod Bruinooge introduced Bill C-510, also known as Roxanne's Law. This bill is designed to protect the right of women to safely carry their child or children to term, should they choose to do so. This bill would make it a criminal offence to coerce or attempt to coerce a woman into having an abortion.

The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada supports this bill because it protects women and the children they want to give birth to. It is a simple and very specific bill that is clear in language and in purpose. Bill C-510 communicates that we as a society expect that pregnant women may live out their pregnancy in safety and in peace. It is a bill that seeks to protect some of Canada's most vulnerable citizens.

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Thank you for posting this. I am a woman who was forced into an unwanted abortion 28 years ago. I hope one day to get a law like this passed in my country, the US. I pray that Roxanne's law will be passed. Pregnant girls & women have the right to REFUSE to get an abortion. NO ONE (not a parent, husband or boyfriend) has the right to pressure, coerce or force any girl/woman to have an abortion against her will. When a girl/woman says NO to abortion, HERS must be the FINAL word!