Minister of International Cooperation Bev Oda told reporters, according to the Vancouver Sun, that Canada does not expect the other G8 countries to follow Canada's approach to promoting maternal health. "I've just told my colleagues that every country has experience, and we're asking them all to focus within a framework," she said. "However, they will be free and flexible to choose the best way that they will contribute to the effort."
So, in the end, both access to safe abortions and access to contraceptive measures will be in the G-8 plan; Canada will be allowed to direct its particular funds towards some other part of the "framework". This is the political equivalent of a fig-leaf. I've explained how little it actually means here.
Two posts using LifeSite as a source, including this one, which is more straight-up news?
ReplyDeleteAnd with Mark Steyn's gloriously hysterical rants in Maclean's going unexamined?
Yer phoning it in, BCL. Not that blame you...
Nothing particularly interesting (to me) happening in the past couple of days.
ReplyDeleteSame here, actually.
ReplyDeleteWhile it may be true it has no effect on maternal health in other countries, we remain with a government I'm ashamed to have representing me.
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