Bruinooge still has hopes for Roxanne's Law

From the Catholic Register:

OTTAWA - Roxanne’s Law may have gone down to defeat, but Conservative MP Rod Bruinooge sees signs a version of his anti-abortion coercion bill might succeed some day.

“I was not too disappointed,” said Bruinooge, who chairs the Parliamentary Pro-life Caucus, after the 178-97 defeat Dec. 15 of Bill C-510.

Roxanne’s Law would make it a crime to coerce a woman into having an abortion. It was named for a constituent in Bruinooge's Winnipeg riding who was beaten with a hockey stick by three men and left to die in a snow bank because she refused to have an abortion. Bruinooge said he “learned a lot about Canada” in telling her story, which also attracted international interest.

He had predicted on a national radio program prior to the vote that 75 MPs would support the bill, so he was gratified to see an additional 22 MPs voting in favour of his bill. He said he believes another 40 could be persuaded to support similar legislation to protect women from being coerced to have abortions.

“It was nice to see good representation in cabinet that supported the bill as well as the majority of the Conservative women Members of Parliament,” Bruinooge said. “That’s a real positive indication that Roxanne’s Law was hitting the mark and was a good piece of legislation.