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OTTAWA — If you thought the abortion debate was over in Canada — think again.

On Thursday, MPs will get a chance to debate pro-life backbench Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth’s private member’s motion calling on Parliament to examine whether a fetus is in fact a human being.

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“The abortion debate has actually never been closed,” Woodworth said Wednesday after a caucus meeting.

“My motion is designed specifically to look at the question of how we decide what is a human being and who we decide is a human being. That debate has been left hanging by almost every court that has adjudicated on the subject.”

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A vote on his motion is expected in June or September. If it passes, it will be up to a Commons committee to hear from experts on the definition of a human being.

While he’s had a few “private” conversations with other MPs, including some Liberals, he could not gauge exactly how much support he might get.