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There Were Two
One crime, two victims: justice for pregnant women and their pre-born children.
Action plan
There Were Two is an initiative started by We Need A Law. The goal is to acknowledge BOTH victims in crimes against expectant women, in hopes the courts will punish the offenders for crimes against TWO victims.
Right now, criminal sentences in Canada do not consider these factors, meaning pregnant women and their children are denied justice. While abortion politics have prevented Parliament from addressing this concern in the past, we call on MPs to not allow Canada’s lack of abortion law to stand in the way of justice.
A Pre-born Victims of Crime Law would require a judge to take into consideration the vulnerability of the mother and the harm done to her pre-born child as victims of violent crime.
In Southern Alberta
- Southern Alberta ARPA added There Were Two to its fundraising efforts in 2023.
- There Were Two ads have run on Lethbridge buses.
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