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Bill C-243

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SUMMARY

This enactment will make it an offence for a woman who is pregnant to consume a substance harmful to her foetus unless she definitely intends to abort the foetus.

In addition, it will authorize a court to make orders confining the mother to an appropriate facility during the pregnancy and directing treatment if the court considers such orders necessary to protect the foetus from further similar harm.