POLS 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Indictable Offence, Fetus, Therapeutic Abortion Committee
17 Dec 2017
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New supreme court justice sheilah martin o o o o o o o. After three judicial decisions: no law parliament has free reign. Context: majority pc government, 25% of mps are explicitly pro-life: goal: compromise legislation: Between morgentaler and daigle: may 1988: government resolutions. Compromises resolution: no tac, 1 doctor two doctors in later stages o. Woman"s life or health seriously and substantially endangered, excludes stress and anxiety o o o. Pro-choice amendment: woman"s choice (in consultation with doctor) Distinction between early and later stages of pregnancy (easier and harder) Closest to passing: the pro-life amendment: government says wait until after borowski (1989) Caucus committee: pro-choice and pro-life: november 1989: bill c-43 o. Medical professional (undefined) opinion that health or life of the female threatened. Influence of morgentaler (1988): no therapeutic abortion committee. Critiqued by dickson, beetz, wilson: health = broad. Wilson had broad definition: not just hospitals.
