Protecting the unborn child.

(This letter was sent to all Members of Parliament of the Conservative Party of Canada; and to all pro-life Members of the Liberal Party of Canada.)

I feel that with the Conservative Party in power, we have a better chance to save the life of the unborn child. God gave a woman the gift to bring his image and likeness into this world; He formed the child in the mother's womb, and we have no right to destroy that life. Abortion is not a medical necessity: therefore, why are we paying for it?

The final decision as to whether an abortion is medically necessary for a particular patient is generally made by the attending physician in consultation with the patient. Does the physician advise the patient of the lingering damage, not only physical but also mental? If a young girl gets pregnant because she has not been taught the benefits of good morals or because of incest or rape, what happens then? The child in her womb is not at fault for her pregnancy. That child is a human being and we have no right to kill him. To use the taxpayer's money to pay for an abortionist to kill a child in the womb makes the Canadian public an accessory to murder.

Part of the Hippocratic Oath is: "I swear by Apollo the physician, by Aesculapius, Hygeia, and Panacea, and I take to witness all the gods, all the goddesses, to keep according to my ability and my judgment. To please no one will I prescribe a deadly drug. Or give advice which may cause his death. Nor will I give a woman a pessary to procure abortion. But I will preserve the purity of my life and my art."

People can have the most diverse notions about what is right and wrong. But they should find some common ground as to the unconditional value of human life. This is the foundation of civilization and is an idea common to all mankind. In a given society, the degree to which one maintains the principle of "thou shalt not kill" is the primary indicator of the level of maturity of that society. Orillia, ON