Bill C-543 a welcome alternative to Unborn Victims of Crime Act (C-484)

ARCC has just posted this brief explaining why the newly proposed members Bill C-543, “an Act to amend the Criminal Code (abuse of pregnant women) is a much better option than the existing Unborn Victims of Crime Bill, which opens legal pathways to affirm the personhood of a fetus (against the Supreme Court ruling that woman and fetus are one person) and punishing women/doctors who seek/perform abortions. I've already written about this problematic anti-choice bill here.

The last paragraph of the brief compares the goals of the two bills perfectly:
"Bill C-543 protects women, which was the stated goal of C-484, but it does not grant personhood to fetuses, which was the true goal of C-484. Anyone [who continues to] support C-484 instead of C-543 needs to acknowledge that they are not, and have never been, primarily interested in protecting pregnant women from abuse."

season of glass

Spring passes
and one remembers one's innocence
Summer passes
and one remembers one's exuberance
Autumn passes
and one remembers one's reverence
Winter passes
and one remembers one's perseverance.

There is the season that never passes,
And that is the season of glass.

- Yoko Ono, Season of Glass 1981