Canadian Women Support Roxanne’s Law

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On a cold Manitoba night in February 2007, a pregnant Roxanne Fernando was lured outside and brutally beaten at the hands of her boyfriend and the father of her unborn child. Roxanne had refused her boyfriend’s demand that she terminate her pregnancy. Alone and viciously assaulted, mother and unborn baby died in a snowy ditch.

In April 2010, Member of Parliament Rod Bruinooge introduced Bill C-510, also known as Roxanne’s Law. This bill is designed to protect the right of women to safely carry their child or children to term, should they choose to do so. This bill would make it a criminal offence to coerce or attempt to coerce a woman into having an abortion.

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