PHI 2396 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Therapeutic Abortion, Henry Morgentaler, Conceptus

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 2396
• Professor: Dean Lauer

Document Summary

Ch 8: conceptual matters in abortion and reproductive technology. Whether abortion is the taking of human life depends on what is meant by human life. 1967, abortion decriminalized in canada: testified before in the house of commons. Case based on harm resulting from botched illegal abortion and self-induced abortion, less harm would come about, because there was already a lot of harm from self-induced abortion. Must be approved by hostial committee: 1969 opens abortion clinics in blatant violation of the law, 1973 tried again, admit to performing over 5000 abortions, 1980s opens clinic in winnipeg and toronto. 1988 supreme court hears appeals to the legal contests from the do(cid:272)tor"s (cid:272)li(cid:374)i(cid:272)s a(cid:374)d strike down canadas abortion laws: law violated the charter of rights and freedoms. Profou(cid:374)d i(cid:374)terfere(cid:374)(cid:272)es (cid:449)ith a (cid:449)o(cid:373)a(cid:374)"s (cid:271)ody a(cid:374)d thus a (cid:448)iolatio(cid:374) of se(cid:272)urity of the person. The high court asked parliament to fashion a new law that would meet the standards of the charter.