Commentary
Last month, the jury of a special coroner’s inquest into three women’s deaths in 2015, all related to intimate partner violence (IPV), made a recommendation that “femicide” be added to the Criminal Code as a distinct offence. The justice system already differentiates between the killing of an adult and infanticide, so the idea is worthy of discussion.
Men are far more likely to be killed by other men for a variety of reasons. And yet, while most IPV violence is bilateral, at its extreme end, women are disproportionately the victims. So yes, I think there is a case to be made for adding femicide to the Criminal Code. But only if sex-selection abortion (SSA) is included in its remit. Women seek abortions for many reasons. Only one of them is based in hatred of women….