Dear Trudeau, please protect children in the womb: Jeff Gunnarson

Canadian pro-life leader Jeff Gunnarson called on Liberal leader Justin Trudeau to take up the Supreme Court’s 1988 invitation that Parliament pass a law protecting humans in the womb.

Gunnarson, President of Campaign Life Coalition, made his request at a rally and press conference on January 26, 2023, on the eve of the 35th anniversary of the Morgentaler decision where the Supreme Court, siding with abortionist Henry Morgentaler, struck down Canada’s law governing abortion.

“The Supreme Court justices did not want the Canada we live in today when it comes to abortion. In fact, the court was unanimous in finding that the state has an interest in protecting the lives of humans in the womb,” wrote Gunnarson in his letter to the Prime Minister. Gunnarson, flanked by pro-life advocates, read his letter publicly this morning in front of the Supreme Court building in Ottawa before walking over to Parliament and delivering it by hand.

“Prime Minister, Parliament has yet to honour the Supreme Court’s invitation that it pass legislation protecting life in the womb, though some flawed attempts have been made. Science has now irrefutably proven that human life begins at fertilization. Medical technology has opened a window to the womb, showing beyond a shadow of a doubt that the new life in the womb is a human life with a body different from the mother’s body, a tiny person, with unique DNA and fingerprints, a someone whom all of us have a responsibility to care for,” he wrote.

“Prime Minister, I call upon you and upon Parliament to follow the invitation of the Supreme Court and pass legislation protecting children in the womb. Such legislation must reflect what science and medical advancements reveal to us about life in the womb, namely, that it is a fully human life. Such legislation, if it is to truly remedy the current wrongs suffered by preborn humans, must restore their legal protection from the first moment of their existence,” he added.

Gunnarson concluded his letter with a plea to the Prime Minister to stand up for preborn children targeted for abortion.

“It has been said that a nation will be judged by how it treats its most vulnerable members. Prime Minister, I present to you the preborn human child, the most vulnerable among us. These smallest members of the human family are waiting on you and on Parliament to act on their behalf. I ask you, please, stand up for them.”

Read more about this event here: https://www.campaignlifecoalition.com/clc-blog/id/246/title/pro-life-leader-calls-on-trudeau-to-protect-preborn-children-35-years-after-flawed-morgentaler-decision

Campaign Life Coalition is a national, pro-life organization working at all levels of government to secure full legal protection for all human beings from the time of conception (fertilization) to natural death. It is non-partisan and encourages voting based on principles, not party. For more information visit www.campaignlifecoalition.com

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