Showing posts with label Roxanne's Law. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roxanne's Law. Show all posts

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Roxanne's Law: How our MPs voted

The Vote for Roxanne's Law Bill C510

http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=3&DocId=4896153#Int-3688545




YEAS

Members

Abbott

Albrecht

Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac)

Allison

Anders

Anderson

Ashfield

Benoit

Bezan

Block

Boughen

Breitkreuz

Brown (Leeds—Grenville)

Brown (Newmarket—Aurora)

Brown (Barrie)

Bruinooge

Calandra

Calkins

Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country)

Carrie

Casson

Clarke

Cummins

Davidson

Day

Del Mastro

Devolin

Dhalla

Fast

Galipeau

Gallant

Glover

Goldring

Grewal

Guarnieri

Harris (Cariboo—Prince George)

Hiebert

Hoback

Hoeppner

Jean

Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission)

Karygiannis

Kenney (Calgary Southeast)

Komarnicki

Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings)

Lake

Lamoureux

Lauzon

Lemieux

Lobb

Lukiwski

Lunney

MacAulay

Malhi

Mayes

McColeman

McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood)

McTeague

Merrifield

Miller

Moore (Fundy Royal)

Norlock

O'Neill-Gordon

Payne

Poilievre

Preston

Rajotte

Reid

Richards

Ritz

Scheer

Shea

Shipley

Shory

Smith

Sorenson

Storseth

Strahl

Sweet

Szabo

Toews

Tonks

Trost

Tweed

Uppal

Van Kesteren

Van Loan

Vellacott

Warawa

Warkentin

Watson

Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country)

Weston (Saint John)

Wong

Woodworth

Yelich

Young

Total: -- 97

NAYS

Members

Ablonczy

Allen (Welland)

André

Andrews

Angus

Armstrong

Arthur

Ashton

Asselin

Atamanenko

Bachand

Bagnell

Bains

Baird

Beaudin

Bélanger

Bellavance

Bennett

Bernier

Bevington

Bigras

Blackburn

Blais

Blaney

Bonsant

Bouchard

Boucher

Bourgeois

Braid

Brison

Brunelle

Byrne

Cadman

Cannon (Pontiac)

Carrier

Chong

Chow

Christopherson

Clement

Coady

Coderre

Comartin

Cotler

Crombie

Crowder

Cullen

Cuzner

D'Amours

Davies (Vancouver Kingsway)

Davies (Vancouver East)

DeBellefeuille

Dechert

Demers

Deschamps

Desnoyers

Dewar

Dhaliwal

Dion

Donnelly

Dorion

Dosanjh

Dreeshen

Dryden

Duceppe

Duncan (Etobicoke North)

Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona)

Dykstra

Easter

Eyking

Faille

Fantino

Finley

Flaherty

Fletcher

Foote

Fry

Gagnon

Garneau

Gaudet

Généreux

Godin

Goodale

Goodyear

Gourde

Gravelle

Guay

Guimond (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques)

Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord)

Hall Findlay

Harper

Harris (St. John's East)

Hawn

Holder

Holland

Hughes

Julian

Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's)

Kennedy

Kent

Kerr

Laforest

Laframboise

Lavallée

Layton

Lebel

LeBlanc

Lee

Lemay

Leslie

Lessard

Lévesque

MacKay (Central Nova)

MacKenzie

Malo

Maloway

Marston

Martin (Sault Ste. Marie)

Mathyssen

McCallum

McGuinty

McLeod

Ménard

Mendes

Menzies

Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam)

Mourani

Mulcair

Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe)

Murphy (Charlottetown)

Murray

Nadeau

Neville

Nicholson

O'Connor

Obhrai

Oda

Oliphant

Ouellet

Pacetti

Paillé (Hochelaga)

Paquette

Paradis

Patry

Pearson

Petit

Plamondon

Pomerleau

Proulx

Rae

Rafferty

Ratansi

Rathgeber

Regan

Richardson

Rickford

Rodriguez

Rota

Russell

Savage

Savoie

Scarpaleggia

Schellenberger

Sgro

Siksay

Silva

Simson

Sopuck

St-Cyr

Stanton

Stoffer

Thi Lac

Thibeault

Tilson

Trudeau

Valeriote

Verner

Wallace

Zarac

Total: -- 178

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Let us pray that our Members of Parliament vote in favour of Roxanne's Law on December 15, 2010

Let us pray that on Dec. 15, our Members of Parliament will act with justice and compassion and vote in favour of Roxanne’s Law, a bill that would help to protect vulnerable pregnant women so that they can safely choose life for their unborn children…..we pray to the Lord

Roxanne's Law: There is still time to contact your MP

If you have not yet contacted your MP it is not too late to do so.
If you go to this link http://www.4mycanada.ca/ParliamentaryContacts.html  you will find the e-mail addresses of all Canadian MP’s. You can easily Copy and paste all of them into your bcc and in an instant send e-mails to all of them asking them to support Roxanne’s Law. The vote is tomorrow, December 15th.
This is the first abortion-related bill to be voted on in Parliament in 20 years. And it would protect pregnant women who don't want abortions, thereby saving some unborn babies' lives! Catholics must become engaged in this! See Priests for Life ringing endorsement of Bill C-510  at their website p://www.priestsforlifecanada.com/English/index.php

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Pro Life Mass December 11, 2010, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish

Fourth in a series of Pro Life Masses
( the Pilgrimage of Masses)
to pray for the opening of a Pro Life Medical Centre in Ottawa Ontario Canada. The proposed Centre would be staffed with pro life medical professionals. The main celebrant was His Grace Archbishop Terrence Prendergast



The Mount Carmel Choir directed by organist Irene Dooling led the music. And it was fabulous!

There was a beautiful reception following the mass which was held in the Parish Hall and was hosted by the Sisters of the Queenship of Mary.

During the reception Jennifer and Anastasia gave a wonderful presentation of the Adoption in Canada Campaign. For More Information on the adoption campaign please go to this link
http://adoptionincanada.ca/

As well, approximately another 30 people signed the Roxanne's Law Petition which was made available.
There has been a strong endorsement of Roxanne's law, from Catholic Church leaders
Fr. Tom Lynch and Fr. John Lemire of Priests for Life Canada (PFLC), conducted a one-hour interview with Rod Bruinooge about Roxanne's Law, which aired on Tuesday, Dec. 7. PFLC gave a ringing endorsement of Roxanne's Law (Bill C-510) and referenced Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins' strong support for the bill. They urged all Catholics to support this bill. Priests for Life Canada is calling upon all Catholics to encourage MPs to vote in favour of the bill on Dec. 15. Roxanne's Law is the first bill related to abortion that has come to a vote in our Canadian Parliament in two decades and is probably the biggest pro Life News Story of the Year.


For more on the Pilgrimage of Masses go to this link on my website
http://sites.google.com/site/faithfulcatholics/Home/monthly-pro-life-mass-in-ottawa

Friday, December 10, 2010

Urgent: Priests for Life Canada urges all Catholics to contact MPs to vote for Roxanne's law

 Please contact your MP and ask them to vote for Roxanne's Law. The vote will take place on December 15, 2010. Find your MP here.

From LifeNews.com - Canadian Pro-Lifers: Prime Minister Should OK Free Vote on Abortion Bill

by Steven Ertelt
from http://www.lifenews.com/


In advance of a debate in parliament over a bill that would stop coerced and forced abortions on women, a pro-life group says Prime Minister Stephen Harper should reconsider his position.

Harper has said he will never reopen the abortion debate nor will he support this bill, but Peter Ryan, Executive Director of New Brunswick Right to Life, hopes he will change his mind as he did before.

“Right now the Prime Minister is saying his government – all the cabinet members, around 40 MPs I think – will oppose Roxanne’s Law even though many of them are pro-life, even though the prime minister should know better,” he said. “Why does he oppose it? Because he’s said he does not want the abortion issue to come up in Parliament.”

Ryan says he hopes Harper “has a change of heart as he did last April when he voted against a pro-abortion motion after initially indicating to his caucus that he would support it.”

The pro-life advocate says Harper doesn’t necessarily need to mount a public campaign for the bill.

“All he has to do is allow all his MPs – including cabinet members – a free vote, i.e. to vote according to their conscience. Is that too much to ask?” he said in an email. “Otherwise the bill will likely be defeated.”

Pat Maloney, writing  at the National Post, agreed.
“In 1988, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the country’s abortion law. But the court did say that Parliament has the right to legislate protection of the unborn,” Maloney writes. “Even though Mr. Harper would not support such a bill, he doesn’t have to. Bill C-510 is a private member’s bill, not a government bill. The purpose of such bills is to give backbench MPs from all parties the opportunity to bring forward legislation they believe in, independent of what’s on the government’s agenda.”

“Mr. Harper would get one vote — just like any MP — and he could vote as his conscience dictates,” Maloney added. for more on this article from LifeNews click here

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Strong Endorsement of Roxanne's Law from Catholic Church Leaders

Fr. Tom Lynch and Fr. John Lemire of Priests for Life Canada (PFLC), conducted a one-hour interview with Rod Bruinooge about Roxanne's Law, which aired on Tuesday, Dec. 7. You can listen to the full interview online at this link:

http://www.priestsforlifecanada.com/Media/Pro_Life_Hour/the_prolife_hour_dec7_2010.mp3

PFLC gave a ringing endorsement of Roxanne's Law (Bill C-510) and referenced Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins' strong support for the bill. They urged all Catholics to support this bill. Attached is a transcript of that portion of the interview, which is towards the end of the hour (around 44 minutes into the interview).

This is great news but I am baffled why I haven't seen anything on LifeSiteNews about this yet.


Excerpts from Priests for Life Canada radio interview with MP Rod Bruinooge on Roxanne’s Law


Aired December 7, 2010

……
44:18 Fr. Tom Lynch - One of the things we need to look at is, there has been some controversy within some of the prolife movement in terms of whether pro-lifers, and in terms of our own audience today, Catholics, can be able to support this bill. Speaking as a moral theologian, I would say that this bill makes very good sense. We have the situation where de facto there is a law that allows abortion in Canada even though of course there is no law, but that’s what’s happened with the Supreme Court again and again restricting any possibility of bringing in a law to directly and counter and criminalize abortion.

44:57 And so I would say categorically, as a professor of moral theology, that it is a good and right thing to be able to support this proposal, Roxanne’s Law, because it seeks to be able, in a small way, to restrict the evil that is being done in our society by allowing the killing of the preborn. We are not able at this juncture to be having a law that would criminalize abortion. And so therefore, as John Paul II said in 1995, in the Gospel of Life, it is not only legitimate, and prudent, but it is a necessary and good thing to restrict abortion or any laws that would allow abortion in any way we can, to try to be able to restrict that evil.

45:42 And he especially and particularly commended legislators to be able to try to put forward initiatives that would in any way try to restrict abortion. I think there are some mistaken commentators that have said about this, and other private members bills in the past, that because they didn’t tackle abortion head-on, they were illegitimate. And I would say categorically that’s wrong. I can’t find any, any Catholic theologian that would back up that view.

46:13 And I’m happy to be able to tell our listeners that the Archbishop of Toronto, Archbishop Tom Collins, spoke to the Parliamentary Pro-Life Caucus I think just last night or the night before and categorically said that Catholics could support this bill. And as a major teacher of the Church, and as I think an incredibly articulate and informed spokesperson for the Catholic Church, I think we would be wise to follow that direction and to say that this is something that we can prudently, morally, and conscientiously support and encourage. And I think that’s important to put out there because sometimes there is confusion in that regard. But we have to be very clear about it and very direct and say that anything that can work to be able to bring about a discussion on behalf of the preborn, to bring about a discussion on the situation of abortion in our country, and hopefully, God willing, to be able to bring about even a limited protection for the preborn, and especially, in this instance, particular instance, for mothers who are facing distressed pregnancies, is a good and laudable initiative.

47:22 So I think we need to be very clear on that, and it’s good to see that the key spokesperson for the English Church, the English Canadian Church, has said that pretty loud and clearly. So I think that is a very necessary thing to be able to lay there.

47:38 Fr. John Lemire - And I think in addition to that, Fr. Tom, I certainly agree with everything that you say about the understanding of Evangelium Vitae and how our late Holy Father Pope John Paul the Great certainly has given us great wisdom and guidance in this. And not only do we see support in Catholic circles for this bill with the support of Priests for Life Canada who came on very early on, the Archbishop as you said recently to the pro-life caucus. But we’ve also seen support that’s been coming from the Catholic Organization for Life and the Family (the arm of the Bishops), as well as even outside of Catholic circles from the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. So there certainly is very strong support and recognition that this is an important piece of pro-life legislation that all pro-lifers need to support and to work to see that it gets enacted into law.

….

49:03 Rod Bruinooge - I just really appreciate all of the voices in the Roman Catholic Church of Canada that have been supportive of Roxanne’s Law. It was a real pleasure not only meeting yourself, Fr. Tom, but also just meeting with Archbishop Tom Collins over the years, but more recently this week and having him say that not only can Catholics support this bill but that they should. It’s just a really nice support that we received from him. And I’m hoping that people from all viewpoints, all political backgrounds in Canada can begin to understand how important it is to empower pregnant women in our country because our mothers are really the key to our future in Canada. And being a parent I know that it’s just such an important thing to be able to not only love your children, but see them grow up. And I know that the mothers that want to see through their pregnancy deserve to have this additional protection.

50:16 Fr. Tom – Now I’d like to thank you very much, Rod, for taking this initiative, to be able to put forward this bill. Having worked with Parliamentarians and having actually worked in Parliament for a short time many years ago, I’d like to impress upon our listeners what it means to be able to take this opportunity, as you said early on in the program, to put forward a private members bill.

50:40 - And we want you to know that we stand squarely behind you in this effort, and we’ll do whatever we can in the short time that’s left to encourage not just our listeners, but everyone we can to contact their MP and to ask where their MP stands on this bill, and to ask that they support it. We see no reason for anyone to oppose this bill which has as its only and definite intention to empower women against being coerced into having an abortion.

51:06 As Catholics we feel that we can support it in good conscience, and to echo Archbishop Collins which is always a good thing, that we have a moral imperative to support it as well. We’d like to encourage all pastors across Canada to speak to their congregations in the weekend that’s left to encourage them to contact their MP. We can’t express how important this legislation is. I know we are only dealing in a small way with the issue of abortion, but it is one more way that we can be able to bring about that culture of life, and it’s incredibly important to take those opportunities as they are brought before us. It’s not often we have them. So you know, carpe diem, you know. Let us seize the day.

51:45 Thank you very much for that Rod. I know you’re busy and I appreciate very much that you’ve taken the time to speak to our listeners today to really explain to them why it is so important it is that Roxanne’s Law be able to be supported. And you know, we hope and pray, God, that it will be put into legislative action as well.

52:05 Rod – thank you so much Fr. Tom for giving me this opportunity to speak to your listeners.

52:08 Fr. Tom – God bless.

…..

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Why Catholics can, in good conscience, support Roxanne's Law

Please see important letter below from Priests for Life Canada (PFLC).

Especially note that PFLC's one-hour radio and internet program this month features Rod Bruinooge discussing Roxanne's Law, his private members bill C-510 which will be voted on in our House of Commons on Dec. 15.

The show is entitled: "Why Catholics can, in good conscience, support Roxanne's Law".

The program will air in the Toronto area on AM530 Multicultural Radio and on the Priests for Life Canada website on Tuesday, December 7th at 1 p.m. The program will also be available on PFLC's website following the initial broadcast, http://www.priestsforlifecanada.com/

Priests for Life Canada is strongly endorsing this bill.  As PFLC said in a November 1 letter to supporters, "By obtaining the full cooperation of Catholics across Canada, we can ensure that this bill will pass."

So please, contact your MP this week and urge them to vote in favour of Roxanne's Law on Wednesday, Dec. 15!

Thanks for your support of this very important piece of legislation to protect pregnant women from being coerced into having unwanted abortions.

For more information on Bill C-510, visit http://www.roxanneslaw.ca/

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Proposals on how you can promote passage of Roxanne's Law (Bill C-510)

The second reading of Roxanne's Law (Bill C-510) has been moved to Monday, December 13th with the crucial vote to take place on Wednesday, December 15th. Here are some proposals on how you can promote passage of the Bill:

4mycanada http://www.4mycanada.ca/Emails/20101203.html
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada http://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/Roxanne
From Priests for Life Canada http://www.priestsforlifecanada.com/English/News_Events/Roxannes_Law/index.php

Friday, December 3, 2010

EFC has released a second video of Canadian women who support Roxanne's Law!

 Text of Roxanne's Law

EFC has released a second video of Canadian women who support Roxanne's Law!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2lX4D7k2IE

If you are a Canadian woman, or a man who cares about Canadian women, please submit your own video in support of Roxanne's Law. Full instructions on how to do this are posted on EFC's website: http://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/Roxanne Just scroll down the page and you'll find everything you need.

And check out some of the men who care about Canadian women:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuTs9vsUdx4&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbeb4-xCN1U&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egWb2wbyZXk&NR=1

....and some Canadian women:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsKzIViAqT8&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo6fPTFOLZo&feature=related

....and last but not least, some of the honourable men and women who sit in our House of Commons who care about Canadian women (Is your MP shown here?):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ83yRRO14E&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL



What triggered this campaign? As Faye Sonier says on EFC's blog, it is " partly in response to female Members of Parliament having suggested in the House of Commons that the bill lacked support from Canadian women.....While some may argue the contrary, many Canadian women do support Roxanne’s Law, and one of the main purposes of this campaign is to draw attention to the voices of women who want to see the bill passed.

"MP Nicole Demers (Laval, BQ) is one female MP who expressed in the House that the women of Quebec and Canada “are not fools” and that through this bill, “men are trying to decide what is good for us.”

"I sincerely hope that Ms. Demers didn’t believe that her position reflected that of all Canadian women. She didn’t speak for all Canadian women that morning, and she certainly did not speak for me."

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

First Hour of Debate on "Roxanne's Law" Takes Place in Canadian Parliament

40th PARLIAMENT, 3rd SESSION
EDITED HANSARD • NUMBER 091
Monday, November 1, 2010
See full debate at http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=3&DocId=4746353

During the parliamentary debate yesterday on Bill C-510, Conservative MP Kelly Block was the only Member to support Rod Bruinooge's attempt to bring about legal protection for those women who don't want the abortions others are trying to impose on them.
As someone correctly pointed out, Conservative MP David Anderson also supported Bill C-510 during debate (he asked a question after Rod's speech, just before Nicole Demers' speech). He is to be commended as well
from Priests for Life Canada
"By obtaining the full cooperation of Catholics across Canada, we can ensure that this bill will pass." "This is a bill we can all support in good conscience." Fr. Tom Lynch, National Director, Priests for Life Canada


(Note that the vote at Second Reading is expected to take place on December 8. If it passes, then Bill C-510 will be referred to the Justice Committee to be studied. If it fails, then C-510--the only abortion-related bill that has come to a vote in Parliament in 20 years, as far as I know--will die. )

See an Abortion Bill we can all support by Andrea Mrozek http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/abortion+choose+support/3762270/story.html

See Story from Lifesite news below
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/nov/10110113.html


Roxanne’s law — first hour of debate

Published: Tuesday, November 2, 2010, 1:00 pm
Author: Paul Tuns
http://www.theinterim.com/soconvivium/roxannes-law-first-hour-of-debate/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheInterim+%28The+Interim%29

From the IMFC: 10 Questions about Bill C-510

National Campus ...

By admin

The Institute of Marriage and Family Canada has put out the below Q & A sheet to help people understand Roxanne's Law, or Bill C-510. Ten questions about Bill C-510. Life is busy. A cheat sheet to understand the basics about one bill ... This bill was brought forward by Conservative Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South, Rod Bruinooge. He is also chair of the parliamentary pro-life caucus. Mr. Bruinooge does not have the support of Prime Minister Stephen Harper for Bill ...

http://www.ncln.ca/blog/from-the-imfc-10-questions-about-bill-c-510/



National Campus Life Network...

Monday, November 1, 2010

Roxanne's Law Debated Today

On Monday November 1st at 11:00 AM Roxannes Law, Bill C-510, will go through its first hour of debate in the in House of Commons
PLease Pray and Fast
http://www.roxanneslaw.ca/ 

Monday, October 18, 2010

Roxanne's Law Aims To Protect Pregnant Women In Crisis

This video is very well done. Faye Sonier, legal counsel of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, does a great job answering some of the legal questions surrounding Rod Bruinooge's private members bill C-510 on abortion coercion. I posted it last week but decided to post it again for visitors who haven't seen it.  Please take a few minutes to check it out.

Friday, October 15, 2010

100huntley.com - Roxanne's Law Aims To Protect Pregnant Women In Crisis

This video  is very well done. Faye Sonier, legal counsel of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, does a great job answering some of the legal questions surrounding Rod Bruinooge's private members bill C-510 on abortion coercion. Please take a few minutes to check it out.



100huntley.com - Roxanne's Law Aims To Protect Pregnant Women In Crisis

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Press Release-Chair of pro-life caucus introduces bill to protect women from abortion coercion

Release Date: April 15, 2010
News Release
Chair of pro-life caucus introduces bill to protect women from abortion coercion
(Ottawa) - Chair of the multi-party Parliamentary Pro-Life Caucus, Rod Bruinooge, introduced “Roxanne’s Law” in the House of Commons yesterday. The Private Members Bill would make it a criminal offence to coerce a woman into having an abortion.
“There are many stories of women being threatened and coerced into having abortions against their will,” said Bruinooge, the Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South. “If a woman resists, such coercion may escalate into violence, and even murder. That‟s what happened to Roxanne Fernando, in whose memory I have named this bill.”
Roxanne Fernando was a young woman from Winnipeg who was murdered by Nathanael Plourde (the father of her unborn child) after he failed to convince her to end her pregnancy. In February 2007, Plourde and two friends beat Roxanne brutally and dumped her in a snow bank to die.
“This bill would help protect a pregnant woman who does not want to terminate her pregnancy,” said Bruinooge. “No woman should ever feel intimidated to have an unwanted abortion. Anyone who attempts to force a woman to abort her wanted fetus should face consequences.”
This legislation would not affect abortion access in Canada. Abortion would still be legal throughout a woman‟s entire pregnancy.
The Supreme Court of Canada has recognized, „Pregnancy represents not only the hope of future generations but also the continuation of the species. It is difficult to imagine a human condition that is more important to society.‟ Canadian law, however, provides no specific protection for pregnant women.
“A compassionate society like Canada cannot ignore the dangerous situations many pregnant women find themselves in when they choose to continue a pregnancy,” said Bruinooge.

Private Members' Bill introduced to protect women coerced to have an abortion

Conservative Member of Parliament Rod Bruinooge tabled a bill yesterday called “Roxanne’s Law.” This bill would amend the Criminal Code to make it an offense for someone to coerce or attempt to coerce a female person to have an abortion.The bill is named in memory of Roxanne Fernando a pregnant Winnipeg woman who was murdered by her partner after she refused to have an abortion,