Cristina Alarcon
Anti-abortion Vancouver pharmacist

“The debate should not be relegated to a rights debate. We should be talking about other issues. Why women are having abortions, and what can be done. Most are not taking it lightly, and they’re suffering as a consequence [of having one]. The debate should be what do women really need?”

Ujjal Dosanjh
Vancouver South Liberal MP

“The debate is settled as far as I’m concerned.…There’s no question that the gap between rich and poor has increased, and we’re not making a dent in poverty generally.…I think that’s an issue that’s important in itself. [However] I have not looked at the repercussions of that issue vis-à-vis abortion.”

Stephanie Gray
Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform

“I think it makes sense to talk about who the unborn child is, and what it does. This should be a space to think about the effects abortion have on women and on society. Fundamentally, it’s wrong because it kills a human being.…It’s not good for society to kill one of its own.”

Joyce Arthur
Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada

“We don’t need a debate. If we’re forced into one again, we’ll just be repeating ourselves. If we have one, it needs to centre around Bill C-484 and whether a fetus as a legal person can seriously impact a woman’s rights and abortion rights…Women are still at large disadvantages in [Canadian] society.”