A Person?

The Abortion "issue" in Canada (presently no rules governing) is entirely about whether or not a foetus (child in utero) is distinctly a human being - a Person - as defined by the UN Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.

If the foetus is determined to be a Person, then it becomes a Human Rights issue, not just a Women's Rights issue. The Canadian Charter, and any associated laws, would then need to be amended (with reference to a woman's "security of person"), which is one of the central legal issues that has created the legal "limbo" we are presently experiencing.

In other words ... every Canadian deserves, as a guaranteed right, "security of person". I don't think that it would be outrageous to presume that the threat of death would effect a person's "security of person".

Most of the arguments regarding the right of a woman to her own body would be moot in relationship to the human being she is carrying in her womb, and interestingly enough, providing "life support" to.

I think the fact that there is no real challenge to "put things right" by the government and related legal bodies is purely a political issue (with moral implications).

Fear is a powerful weapon with unreasonable results.

See "Few Canadians know the Rules on Abortion, Poll finds" http://www.nationalpost.com/Canadians%20know%20rules%20abortion%20poll%20finds

ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Canada