Stephen Woodworth: Conservative MP

Woodworth Dept: Stephen Woodworth, a Conservative MP from Kitchener, Ont., introduced a private member's motion calling for the committee. Woodworth says current Canadian law says human life begins when a child has fully emerged from the mother's birth canal, which is based on a 400-year-old definition imported from Britain, according to CBC. When he announced the motion, Woodworth had argued he was simply interested in updating the law to agree with 21st-century medicine. But speaking to Radio-Canada on Monday, he admitted his motion is linked to abortion and abortion rights are at the centre of a debate set for this afternoon as MPs consider whether to hold a special committee to look at when human life begins. The motion isn't binding, but allows MPs to spend two hours discussing the need or lack thereof for a committee to examine the question of when life begins. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.