Wed May 17, 2023 – 1:30 pm EDTWed May 17, 2023 – 1:42 pm EDT
WINKLER, Manitoba (LifeSiteNews) –– People’s Party of Canada (PPC) leader Maxime Bernier announced today that if elected as an MP in an upcoming June byelection in Manitoba, he will introduce a private member’s bill to try and ban late-term abortion.
“Our governments regulate almost everything in our lives, including such ridiculous things like plastic straws. But there is a complete legal void when it comes to killing unborn human beings,” said Bernier at a press conference today.
Max Bernier’s Abortion Policy Announcement https://t.co/V7GGFsi751
— PPC HQ – People’s Party of Canada (@peoplespca) May 17, 2023
“Today I am announcing that if elected MP for Portage-Lisgar, I will table at the first available opportunity the Protection of Preborn Children Act, a private member’s bill to amend Section 287 of the Criminal Code.”
Bernier noted that his bill would limit the legal availability of abortion to “24 weeks maximum, and outlaw late-term abortions” unless the mother’s “life or health are at risk, there has been rape or abuse, or if the baby has a lethal abnormality or no brain function.”
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