Abortion

I’m becoming certain that we’ll make a much bigger impact on the abortion front by letting people know what we think without being asked. So here’s a belated Canadian election complaint: Of all the issues Mr. Harper could have promised to leave alone if his party were elected, why abortion? Has legalized abortion become a defining fact of our country’s identity? We’re always letting ourselves go off on the good things that make us Canadian: we didn’t go to Iraq, we love peacekeeping, we think everyone should have access to excellent medical care, there’s no death penalty, we don’t have racial segregation, women can vote. But right up there, in some people’s minds, is the fact that if we really think it’ll be good for her, we’re willing to kill a woman’s child. Mr. Harper and Mr. Martin might disagree on a lot of things, but it must be an indication of some kind of national unity that they agree on the fundamentals.