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House Hansard - 194

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 10, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 194 - May/10/23
Ms. Soraya Martinez Ferrada (Hochelaga, Lib.)
Mr. Speaker, I was supposed to talk about Mother's Day today, but my mother and all the women who fought for a woman's right to choose expect every woman in the House to speak out against any attempts to turn back the clock on that right. I would like to echo the great speech that the member for Outremont gave yesterday. The bill proposed by the Conservative Party member is designed to create a loophole in abortion access in Canada. The Conservatives are using a bill ostensibly intended to confer rights on fetuses in the event of a crime as a smokescreen for infringing women's freedom of choice. If passed, this bill would help reopen arguments in favour of abortion restrictions. This new attempt by the Conservatives is unacceptable. We in the Liberal Party will always stand with women and protect the right to choose. The question now is whether the leader of the Conservative Party is truly pro-choice. To abstain or to vote in favour of this bill is to vote in favour of rolling back women's—
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