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List of bills brought forward by the CPC to ban or restrict Abortion rights for women in Canada the list is long:

M-37 June 2, 1987
Gus Mitges, PC MP Motion to amend Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to include “unborn persons.” Defeated 89-62. /1

/2 M-268 Nov. 20, 1997 Garry Breitkreuz, Reform MP Reintroduction of Motion calling for binding national referendum on government funding for “medically unnecessary” abortions. (M-91)

/3 C-461 Dec. 2, 1998 Maurice Vellacott, Reform MP Bill to prohibit healthcare providers from being forced to participate against their will in procedures such as abortion or euthanasia. (Similar to Haidasz’s conscience clause Bill S-7, 1997).

/4 M-360 1999 Garry Breitkreuz, Reform MP Motion to enact law to define a human being as a “human fetus or embryo from the moment of conception, whether in the womb of the mother or not and whether conceived naturally or otherwise.”

/5 C-515 June 2, 1999 Jim Pankiw,
Reform MP Bill to “provide for a referendum to determine whether Canadians wish medically unnecessary abortions to be insured services under the Canada Health Act and to amend the Referendum Act.” If a majority said No to funding, government

/6 would have to financially penalize provinces that continued to pay for abortion.

C-207 Oct. 1999 Maurice Vellacott, Reform MP Re-introduction of conscience clause
Bill C-461 (Dec 1998) and Bill S-7 (Nov 1997).

/7 C-422 Dec. 1999 Maurice Vellacott, Reform MP Re-introduction of conscience clause Bill C-461 (Dec 1998) and Bill S-7 (Nov 1997).

M-228 Feb. 2, 2001 Garry Breitkreuz, Reform MP Reintroduction of Motion to enact law to define a human being as fetus or embryo from the

/8 moment of conception (C-360).

C-246 Feb. 2, 2001 Maurice Vellacott, Reform MP Re-introduction of conscience clause Bill C-461 (Dec 1998) and Bill S-7 (Nov 1997).

/9 M-392 April 18, 2002 Garry Breitkreuz, Alliance MP Motion asking Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights to examine current definition of “human being” in the Criminal Code to see if law needs to be amended to provide protection to fetuses and to designate

/10 a fetus/embryo as a human being.

M-523 June 17, 2002 Garry Breitkreuz, Alliance MP Motion asking Standing Committee on Health to evaluate whether abortions are “medically necessary,” and to compare health risks for women undergoing abortions

/11 to women carrying their babies to full term.

C-246 Oct. 30, 2002 Maurice Vellacott, Reform MP Re-introduction of conscience clause Bill C-461 (Dec 1998) and Bill S-7 (Nov 1997).

/12 C-452 May 1, 2002 Jim Pankiw,
Reform MP Reintroduction of bill (C-515) to allow a referendum on tax funding of “medically unnecessary” abortions.

/13 M-83 March, 2003 Garry Breitkreuz, Alliance MP Motion asking Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights to examine whether abortions are “medically necessary,” and to compare health risks for women undergoing abortions compared to women carrying

/14 their babies to full term. Voted on Oct 1, 2003, defeated 139-66.

C-510 April 16, 2010 Rod Bruinooge, CPC MP Bill to make it a crime to coerce or attempt to coerce a woman to have an abortion, also called “Roxanne’s law”. Defeated Dec 15, 2010, by a vote of 178 to 97.

/15 C-537 April 16, 2008 Maurice Vellacott, Conservative MP Bill to prevent coercion of medical personnel. Conscience clause protection similar to his previous bills C-246, C-422, C-207, and C-461.
(ARCC response)

/16 M-312 March 13, 2012 Stephen Woodworth, Conservative MP Motion to have Parliamentary committee examine if Criminal Code definition of “human beings” should include fetuses, and to look at medical evidence, legal impact and consequences.  (ARCC response)

/17 Motion 312 was defeated Sep 26, 2012, by a vote of 203-91.

M-408 Sept. 27, 2012 Mark Warawa, Conservative MP Motion to “condemn discrimination against females occurring through sex-selective pregnancy termination.” (Response by ARCC’s ED)

/18 C-225 Feb. 23, 2016 Cathay Wagantall, Conservative MP Bill to protect fetuses from third-party attacks: “Protection of Pregnant Women and Their Preborn Children Act (Cassie and Molly’s Law).” (similar to C-484 of Nov 2007, M-560 of March 2004, and C-291 of May 2004).

/19 Contains an “aggravating circumstances” clause. (ARCC response). Bill C-225 was defeated Oct 19, 2016, by a vote of 209-76.

/20 C-233 Feb 26, 2020 Cathay Wagantall, Conservative MP Bill to amend the Criminal Code (sex-selective abortion), to criminalize sex selective abortion if that is the only reason for an abortion, and sentence providers to up to five years in jail. ARCC’s response.

/21 Bill C-233 was defeated on June 2, 2021 by a vote of 248 to 82.

/22 C-311 Jan 31, 2023 Cathay Wagantall, Conservative MP Bill to amend the Criminal Code (Paragraph 718.2(a)) to create an “aggravating circumstance” clause to allow for greater penalties when a pregnant person is attacked. ARCC’s response. Second reading scheduled for May 2023.

/23 There were many other Conscience law bills by the Reform/Alliance/CPC Parties they brought forward, to state that at the moment of conception an embryo or fetus should be protected, they were all rejected in Parliament as they would restrict a women's right to choose.

/24 The CPC is not pro choice, they would restrict a woman's right to choose if they had the chance. #NeverVoteConservative

/25 CPC brought Bill C-311 back again to the HOC

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