House Of Commons Committee: Motion

Rona Ambrose Dept: On Sept. 26, MPs were free to vote their conscience on M-312, a private member's motion that called for a House of Commons committee to study the Criminal Code and its definition of when a fetus becomes a legal person, according to CBC. Despite the fact Prime Minister Stephen Harper voted against the motion, some members of his cabinet, including Ambrose and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, voted for it and as soon as the minister responsible for the status of women rose from her seat to support a motion that would have opened up a debate on the rights of the unborn, Rona Ambrose began hearing from women who opposed her gesture. The bill's sponsor, Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth, denied critics' charges that his motion was a back-door attempt to re-open the abortion debate. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.