Argument Against Abortion In Canada

Abortion is a topic that to this day remains as controversial as it was in 1869 for many Canadians. It still makes headlines when new movements arise, it still is common to hear people trying to persuade others to become pro-choice or pro-life, and it still is something that supposedly needs debated about in Canada’s House of Parliament. Simply put, the importance of having a choice has affected a majority of women throughout Canada as whether one chose to continue with their pregnancy or not, they still had the choice. When it comes to abortion it should be about understanding the needs of an induvial versus the wants of the opposition party; it is the importance of choice that has carried society to where it stands today regarding the viewpoint …show more content…
People who are deeply religious often practice the belief of being pro-life because it is what their religion teaches them. A vast majority of Catholics, Christians, Buddhists, among a variety of other religions all teach that abortion to some degree is wrong. Christianity teaches that abortion is wrong under all circumstances as in Jeremiah 1:4-5 it is read,” Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you…”5 It is verses like this that make some people have misconceptions about what happens in the womb versus the facts that medicine and science give society. Well what ever happened to freedom of religion which is guaranteed in section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms? Nothing happened to it, it still exists to this day and it still guarantees every Canadian citizen the right to choose his or her religion. So if the illegalization of abortion is based on religion then what good would this law be if it infringes against the beliefs of others. This is a reason why religion and politics are not meant to be mixed, especially in a country such as Canada with such a variety of religions to be