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Pro-life letters seek to open dialogue with provincial gov't

Gilles L’Heureux, member of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church social justice committee and membership and marketing co-ordinator for the Saskatchewan Pro-Life Association, hands Moose Jaw North MLA Warren Michelson the letters gathered supporting pro-life at Michelson's constituency office on Thursday. Vanier students Emma L'Heureux (left) and Chelsea Lattle stand by. Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

Gilles L’Heureux, member of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church social justice committee and membership and marketing co-ordinator for the Saskatchewan Pro-Life Association, hands Moose Jaw North MLA Warren Michelson the letters gathered supporting...

Published on March 7, 2013
Published on March 7, 2013
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A total of 444 red letters supporting pro-life were collected in a letter-writing campaign.

“People have come to the conclusion that the whole pro-life issue has been set on the back burner for too long,” said Gilles L’Heureux, a member of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church social justice committee and membership and marketing co-ordinator for the Saskatchewan Pro-Life Association. “We are just saying enough is enough. This has to stop because it’s just not a good thing.”

On Thursday supporters advocating pro-life policy for provincial governments handed the letters to Moose Jaw North MLA Warren Michelson at his constituency office, with the majority of the letters addressed to Premier Brad Wall.

“I guess I’m surprised a little bit at the response that it got and I do appreciate them talking to me on this in this fashion,” said Michelson. “Rather than other means to try and embarrass us, I think this starts a good dialogue even between the pro-life movement and my office and I’ll take it to the provincial legislature and the government as well.”

The letters were red to symbolize the blood of thousands of unborn babies aborted in the province. L’Heureux said 2,000 abortions are carried out per year in Saskatchewan using tax dollars.

“(The letters are) outlining what the expectations are from the provincial government and encouraging them to funnel money into helping women instead ... (and) encouraging them to make adoption easier,” said L’Heureux. “(It’s) to also encourage the men who fathered the children to be more accountable in terms of helping the individual out because usually they’re off scot-free.”

For more information, see Friday's edition of the Times-Herald.

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    Shirley Baender
    - March 8, 2013 at 14:39:47

    Turning the clock back 30 years would be terrible for women's health, no matter what window dressing the pro-lifers want to put on it! Only the older ones of us remember what danger was inflicted to women in backdoor situations of home-done, unsafe abortions..lacking sanitation and intelligent health providers! One only has to look at what is starting to happen in Texas, where they revolked services. I firmly believe in our present status of provision!

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