Abortion Crowd Alarmed

I’d been busy working away on Thursday, not following the news in detail, when I logged on to social media and the first thing that comes up is a clip of the media hounding Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Sam Oosterhoff down a hallway of the provincial legislature and into an elevator.

Like something out of the Kavanaugh hearings, a throng of reporters surrounded the young rookie politician and shouted questions over each other at him. Oosterhoff stood in the elevator pressing buttons to make the door close but cameramen got in the way.

“What did you say?” “Why did you say it?” “Why won’t you answer our questions?”

It was hard to fathom what would justify such a frenzied scene. Had Oosterhoff just accused a fellow legislator of murder or something of similar gravity?

Then the MPP steps out of the elevator and says, “To quote Dr. Seuss: ‘A person’s a person, no matter how small.’ I’ve always said I’m pro-life. I’ll always speak for children who are too young to speak for themselves.”

Huh. Okay. So what preceded that scene? Perhaps he just introduced a private member’s bill to criminalize abortion (not that you can do that at the provincial level). Or maybe he proposed defunding related services. Or maybe Premier Doug Ford himself just announced something along those lines. If so, the frenzy still would have been a bit much but at least there’d be something real that justified the excitement.

Nope. Not at all. Thursday was the annual March For Life day, where those who are heavily invested in the pro-life movement show up on Parliament Hill in Ottawa and political offices cross the country to voice their passion for the issue.

It’s nothing new. It’s been happening for years. And in Ontario, Oosterhoff decided to join them and give them the nod of approval.

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