e-183 (Unborn children)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-5-10 Government Response to petitions concerning unborn children
- Fetus and embryo
- Victims of crime
- Violence against women
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled
- In current federal law, a pre-born child is not recognized as a victim with respect to violent crimes;
- When a pregnant woman in Canada is assaulted or killed, because we offer no legal protection for pre-born children today, no charges can be laid in the death of the pre-born child;
- Forcing upon a pregnant woman the death/injury of her pre-born child is a violation of a woman's right to protect and give life to her child; and
- The Kaake and Durham families of Windsor, Ontario are grieving the loss of Cassandra and her daughter Molly, who she was thirty-one weeks pregnant with when they were brutally murdered in December 2014.
- Open for signature
- March 22, 2016, at 3:42 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- July 20, 2016, at 3:42 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
-
Cathay Wagantall
(Yorkton—Melville)
September 19, 2016 (Petition No. 421-00554) - Government response tabled
- November 2, 2016
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
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Alberta | 842 |
British Columbia | 756 |
Manitoba | 253 |
New Brunswick | 68 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 29 |
Northwest Territories | 4 |
Nova Scotia | 58 |
Ontario | 3200 |
Prince Edward Island | 76 |
Quebec | 142 |
Saskatchewan | 691 |
Yukon | 1 |