Wed Aug 2, 2023 – 11:39 am EDTWed Aug 2, 2023 – 1:34 pm EDT
EDMONTON, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) — Three weeks after the release of Sound of Freedom, a film that tells the incredible true story of a former government agent who embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue hundreds of children from sex traffickers, Premier Danielle Smith announced a $4-million investment to tackle the scourge of human trafficking in the province of Alberta.
Typically, human trafficking takes the form of sexual exploitation or forced labour. The vast majority of trafficked victims (96%) are women and girls.
Smith’s announcement represents a hopeful development in the fight against sexual exploitation, for which she and her government should be commended.
Unfortunately, forcing or coercing women to have abortions is just another method that traffickers, like pimps, use to wield their power over women and girls. So the fact that an almost complete legislative vacuum exists when it comes to abortion in Alberta is baffling.
Abortion providers have been left unaccountable in the trafficking, exploitation, and abuse of Alberta’s women and girls. If Premier Smith is serious about putting an end to trafficking, she should put an end to the
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