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Politics : Canadian Political Free-for-All -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (9332)	6/4/2006 10:26:58 AM
From: gg cox	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37265

<<IMO if we have laws that are to liberal....change them just like we enacted them in the first place>> You will have to change the makeup of the supreme court.How do you propose to do that lorne?Look south of the border where it is a continuing struggle betwen sides like yours and mine.Which is a better system?? i don't know..but at least both countries are not ruled by the AK47.

To: lorne who wrote (9332)	6/4/2006 10:53:57 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37265

lorne, when my wife and I had our last child, I felt it practical to find out the sex of the child so that we could plan accordingly. I was informed by the doctor that he could not tell us because certain racial beliefs and stereotypes do not appreciate the birth of females and use that type of information with extreme prejudice against the unfortunate carrier of the X chromosome. I asked to look at the medical file of my child to be, thinking that if they wouldn't tell me I could disern the sex myself from notes the doctor made. NOPE. Even as a parent of the fetus I was not permitted access to the file. I was astounded. I escalated this to the Council of College of Physicians and Surgeons to no avail. They reiterated to me what the doctor stated adding that even though it is a very small percentage of the parents who commit such acts it is the policy of the province that no one is permitted to know the sex of their unborn children. Eventually we had to bribe a nurse. It cost $500.00 but was worth it. The point here is that was something very important to me. I consider knowing the sex of ones child (if the information is available and in the medical file) a basic right. I consider it a parents right and responsibility to peruse the medical files of their children or future children if one is so inclined. I believe that if one can prepare in advance it makes the whole experience more comfortable for the mother and the infant. This was denied me; I am still bitter. Like a third world country, I had to bribe someone to get a service or information. The result being, this basic human right was denied to me because of the actions of certain immigrants from third world countries.