Beginning in 1960 Québec underwent its Révolution tranquille or Quiet Revolution, in which a traditional Catholic people threw off the "oppressive" influence of Christianity, embracing in its place the jealous gods of nationalism and personal autonomy. Although there were many after-effects of this watershed movement, the following certainly has to qualify as an especially significant one: "Quebec hopes to offer late-term abortions."
The government's decision on late-term abortion was defended by Quebec Health Minister Philippe who said, "In Quebec, our doctors at the present time don't feel comfortable doing abortions later than 22 weeks. . . ."
"It is extremely hard for a woman to have a late abortion and also hard for the doctor that performs it, both psychologically and other ways," Couillard told CBC radio.
Perhaps as the doctors become progressively more liberated from the remnants of their former faith, their comfort level will rise to match the new provincially-correct ethical standards.
No comments:
Post a Comment