Personhood

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We, the undersigned residents of Canada, draw the attention of the House to the following:

WHEREAS, Section 223 (1) of the Canadian Criminal Code definition of when child becomes human being remains identical to Section 195 (1) Statutes of Canada, 1953-1954;

AND WHEREAS, the phrase after becoming a human being was added to Section 223 (2) in 1968;

AND WHEREAS, the science of embryology, ultra-sound, intra-uterine photography, micro-surgery and fetal health interventions have confirmed that a pre-born child is a distinct, developing, fully alive human being, regardless of the means of procreation, age, race, sex, gender, condition of physical or mental dependency and/or disability;

THEREFORE, your petitioners call upon Parliament to strike down Section 223 (1) and Section 223 (2) of the Canadian Criminal Code and replace it with a definition that reflects current embryological knowledge; recognizes the humanity and dignity of the child before birth; and extends full legal protection to every human being from their biological beginnings to natural death.

762 Signatures

  • Camilla Gunnarson
  • kristin Swaving
  • Duane Swaving
  • Jane Richard
  • Michael Vande Wiel
  • Jean Hedley
  • Shaila Muse
    • Comments
    • Respect ALL human life from it's conception!
  • Debbie Franklin
    • Comments
    • believe that life begins at conception
  • Martin Charbonneau
  • Christine McCabe
    • Comments
    • Those who deny that the unborn are human beings from the moment of conception either don't know their science or are "deniers" for the sake of their own evil agenda.
  • Maaike Rosendal
  • Madeleine Maria Visser
  • Marsha Claridad
  • Jack Konings
  • Brendan McCabe
  • Emily Mott
  • Heather White
  • Real Meilleur
  • Dureen Coade
  • Meghan Baxter
  • Michelle Bergsma
  • Brendan Bergsma
  • Bruce Ray
  • Mrs Pat Gallop
  • Oleh Gulay
  • Sharon Teitsma
  • Debbie Dangerfield
  • Christine Harrington
  • jim l. sekerak
    • Comments
    • The personhood position is and has been supported by logic, science, morality,economics and now the population decline. What more does this country need to finally make the right decision? Even the polls are showing a movement in this same direction!
  • Monique Rainville
    • Comments
    • (from a grateful person; born to a young, unprepared birthmother)
  • Geraldine Kennedy
    • Comments
    • We need MPs who will stand up for life.
  • diane davis
  • Elisheba Weathers
    • Comments
    • God bless you oh so much
  • ellen chesal
  • Mary and Richard MacDonald
  • Dennis Gairdner
  • Daniel Bauche
  • Brigitte Tanghe
  • Darien Muse-Charbonneau
  • Jaiden Muse-Charbonneau
  • Theresa Gilbert
  • Berthe Robert
  • Fernando Freitas
  • Eric Kubica
  • Eliot GLick
  • Barb Sciberras
  • Julie Culshaw
  • Lorraine and Murray McCrae
    • Comments
    • Human life is sacred.
  • Cyril D. Winter
    • Comments
    • good work; some sanity for a change
  • Andrea Black