I really dislike the arguments with this bill. The idea that it’s a slippery slope and this is the top of the slope is just mind numbing.

Conservatives want to show they support pregnancies, they don’t want to outlaw abortion, so they are going write bills that support what they want: pregnancies. That’s what this bill does, it signals they want more people to have children and to punish those who willfully attack those who’re pregnant.

The stretch that this is anti-abortion to me is non-constructive. Just because one group says it is, doesn’t make it so. Sure, it comes from some of the same camp, but it has nothing to do directly with abortion in Canada. The arguments against it look like fishing for outrage, and really makes these people look ridiculous when you read the text of the bill.

But I get it, fear the potential stretch, if abortion becomes illegal they could use this bill to say doctors willfully causes harm to a pregnant woman. But lots of laws can be stretched by the same reach.

All of this is unconstructive and a waste of time. We already have laws that protect against assault, this is just a virtue signal to begin with. And the argument against it is just a signal too. All just so tiring and wasteful.

Yep. Sounds about right, polls I’ve seen on mastodon also shows this: https://mastodon.art/@jsstaedtler/110668308409683502

Then wouldn’t we also need to hold ourselves accountable for our own exports of right wing nut jobs? 🙄