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What is your stance on abortion?

Abortion is a medical procedure resulting in the termination of a human pregnancy and death of a fetus. Abortion in Canada is legal at any point in a woman's pregnancy for any reason, and is governed by the Canada Health Act. Canada is one of only a few nations in the world with no legal restrictions on abortion.

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 @B2LZCJTfrom Ontario  answered…3mos3MO

Pro-choice. Provide better sex education, birth control, and tack down the social services to actually help the people. Abortion past 4 months is a bit odd to me, only if medically needed/birth would cause death to mother or baby.

 @9H6NRNHfrom Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

Abortion shoudn't be an option the fetus is still a person or someone who will be and if they don't want the child they could give the baby to someone who is willing to care for them

 @9DDB3M2from Ontario  answered…2yrs2Y

I think the mother has the choice to abort or keep. Its their body. As long its not 3 months or more already into pregnancy

 @964XZRFConservativefrom Ontario  answered…3yrs3Y

able to abort until the baby takes its first breath

 @939BLHSfrom Ontario  answered…3yrs3Y

What a woman decides to do with her body is her choice, but me personally I would never get an abortion.

 @9347NJ5Liberalfrom Ontario  answered…3yrs3Y

They should be allowed to

 @92YRW8Kfrom Ontario  answered…3yrs3Y

everyone is allowed to make their own decisions

 @8ZKFXL4Liberalfrom Ontario  answered…3yrs3Y

Pro-Choice, I feel it is not up to the government to tell someone what they can and can't do to their body.

 @8YCRSB9from Ontario  answered…3yrs3Y

only if your raped abortion is aloud

 @8WV5GLWConservativefrom Ontario  answered…3yrs3Y

I disagree and think you should always keep it but if you have to, abort it within a month at most

 @8W6P2PDfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

I believe, that in the case of rape the victim should be allowed to abort the child. However in the case where the mother intentionally did the act they should not be allowed.

 @8VLK7DMfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Pro life, and providing birth control, sex education, and more social services will help reduce the number of abortions. Criminalizing it will do more harm.

 @8VJPXSTfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Am I father

 @8V6TL7Dfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Pro-life, would never remove the right to choose.

 @8TMLTY3from Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

i think it should be about if the person wants it or not and their body their choice

 @8T8WZXZfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

pro choice for both parents

 @8SVCL2YLiberalfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

just depends on the person

 @8SCRV97from Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

I am sorry but this is too much of a controversial question for me to answer and have yet done enough research to do so. That applies for the other but i find this one to be more personal.

 @8S5J295from Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Pro-choice, but choosing to have an abortion because you can't afford a child is not a real choice

 @8PJTG4Jfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Pro-Choice, in cases of rape, poor financial unable to give the ideal life for a child

 @8GWT9KLfrom Ontario  answered…5yrs5Y

pro choice, but shouldnt be child sex based abortions

 @8F4W8DCNew Democraticfrom Ontario  answered…5yrs5Y

Pro-choice everyone has a right to there own health

 @97NRTW8from Ontario  answered…2yrs2Y

Moral reasons, the answers vary to such a degree it's not definitive. Medical reasons are very circumstantial dependent.

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