#50 - Abortion and the Conservative Party
#51 - Free
Votes, Private Members' Bills, and Abortion
#54 - Abortion Law and Policy:
U.S./Canadian Comparisons
#56
- Fetal
Insurance Law
Based on a specific case, the Alberta government passed a law enabling
lawsuits to be filed against insurance companies for injuries suffered
by a fetus in a car accident. But hard cases make bad law, and this law
sets a dangerous precedent that makes a pregnant woman liiable for harm
caused to her fetus.
#57 - The
Case Against a "Fetal Homicide" Law
Five recent murder cases in have involved a pregnant woman being murdered by a male partner or boyfriend, and some have urged that the perpetrator be charged with two homicides – of both the woman and her fetus. This article explains why creating such a law would be an unconsti-tutional infringement on women’s rights, and would likely result in harms against pregnant women.