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Canada Needs a Pre-Born Victims of Crime Law
Studies show that pregnant women are more likely than anyone else to be victims of intimate partner violence.
Studies show that pregnant women are more likely than anyone else to be victims of intimate partner violence.
A crime against a pregnant woman has two victims. Our law needs to see them both.
A Pre-born Victims of Crime Law would require a judge to take into consideration the vulnerability of the mother and the harm done to her pre-born child as victims of violent crime.
A violent crime against a pregnant woman needs to be treated as the serious crime it is. Right now, criminal sentences in Canada do not take into account harm done to a pre-born child when a crime is committed, since pre-born children are not recognized as human beings under Canadian law.
We call on MPs to support Bill C-311, the Violence Against Pregnant Women Act, to improve justice for pregnant women and their pre-born children.
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The following women were murdered along with their pre-born children. Click any image to read more of their story.
Canada is failing its pregnant women.
Canada needs a pre-born victims of crime law so that criminals who attack a pregnant woman can be sentenced appropriately.
Canada needs a pre-born victims of crime law so that criminals who attack a pregnant woman can be sentenced appropriately.