Empowering women through unexpected pregnancy means supporting them beyond the birth

This column is an opinion by Tia Gerwatoski, a volunteer with the group 40 Days for Life in Calgary. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ.

One of the unfortunate misconceptions surrounding the abortion debate is that what we call pro-life advocacy ends with the child’s birth — abandoning the mother, her newborn, and any sort of responsibility after that act. This couldn’t be further from the truth. 

With the subject of abortion access in the news, following last month’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the abortion protections in Roe v. Wade, I think it’s important for you to know that