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{
"time": "2008-06-03 10:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Leon Benoit (Vegreville\u2014Wainwright, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1132175\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present a petition in which the petitioners note that in federal criminal law an unborn child is not recognized as a victim with respect to violent crimes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1132176\" data-originallang=\"en\">They also note that the vast majority of the public supports laws to protect unborn children from acts of violence against their mothers that also injure or kill a child in the womb.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1132177\" data-originallang=\"en\">The petitioners call upon Parliament to enact legislation that would recognize unborn children as separate victims when they are injured or killed during the commission of an offence against their mothers.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1132175\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'ai l'honneur de pr\u00e9senter une p\u00e9tition sign\u00e9e par des personnes qui signalent que le droit p\u00e9nal canadien ne reconna\u00eet pas l'enfant \u00e0 na\u00eetre comme une victime dans le cas de crimes violents. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1132176\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les p\u00e9titionnaires font \u00e9galement remarquer que la vaste majorit\u00e9 des Canadiens sont en faveur de l'adoption de lois qui prot\u00e9geraient les enfants \u00e0 na\u00eetre contre les actes de violence perp\u00e9tr\u00e9s contre leur m\u00e8re qui ont pour effet de blesser ou de tuer l'enfant dans l'ut\u00e9rus. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1132177\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les p\u00e9titionnaires demandent au Parlement d'adopter une loi qui reconna\u00eetrait les enfants \u00e0 na\u00eetre comme des victimes distinctes lorsqu'ils sont bless\u00e9s ou tu\u00e9s lors de la perp\u00e9tration d'un crime contre leur m\u00e8re. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2008/6/3/leon-benoit-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/leon-benoit/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1258/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2503793",
"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Petitions",
"fr": ""
},
"h3": {
"en": "Unborn Victims of Crime",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2008/6/3/",
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"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2008%2F6%2F3%2F"
}
}