G8 maternal health plan: Is the abortion debate erupting again?
- April 26, 2010 6:18 PM |
- By POV
International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda makes announcements on Canada's G8 maternal health plan. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)
The federal government has declared that Canada will not fund abortions in its G8 child and maternal health initiative for developing countries.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced late last year that Canada, as host of the upcoming G8 meeting in June, would champion maternal and child health in poor countries. On Monday, after months without clarity on specifics of the government's position, International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda said Ottawa would consider funding contraception, but not abortion under any circumstances. "We're not debating abortion; we're clarifying family planning," Oda said outside a meeting in Halifax with her G8 counterparts.
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