Parliamentary Motion To Demand Support For Abortion Set For Tuesday

The opposition parties already succeeded in pressuring the Prime Minister into promising "not to close the door" on contraception in the G8 maternal health plan. But that's not enough for them. They want nothing less than clear commitment to keep sponsoring abortion and contraception worldwide - at taxpayers' expense, of course:

According to a Friday afternoon report from the Globe and Mail, “Liberals are hoping to pin down Prime Minister Stephen Harper over where he stands on abortion in his G8 maternal-health initiative for the Third World.”

There are plans underway for the Opposition parties to introduce a motion in the House of Commons on Tuesday that would demand that Canada’s maternal-health plan support all “family-planning” options, including abortion.

This matter has been a political hot potato since Stephen Harper first announced the maternal-health initiative. Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon explained the motivating factor for this plan. “Each year, nearly 9 million children die before they turn five, and half a million women die in pregnancy and child birth. Many of these deaths can be prevented with improved access to health care, better nutrition, and scaling up proven interventions such as immunization. So this is a key Muskoka priority.”

Unfortunately, pro-abortion politicians, media, and activists are using this as a wedge to promote abortion overseas and to politicize the abortion debate here in Canada. They have been relentlessly demanding that the maternal-health initiative include abortion.

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Apparently, the motion itself is non-binding (otherwise, it would be an appropriation vote and therefore - a matter of confidence). But the government is still likely to end up in a "lose-lose" situation: If they ignore the motion, the opposition will have yet another opportunity to accuse them of showing contempt to the Parliament. If the government caves in - they'll be wasting our tax dollars promoting wholesale slaughter of unborn babies along with failed methods of avoiding pregnancy - under the guise of "maternal health".

Take action. The No Apologies news release has all the instructions provided and you can check the ARPA Canada website as well. Sure, if it's a whipped vote, then our letters to MPs won't change its outcome; still - it's worth letting them know what we think about their intent to use our tax dollars to fund abortion and contraception.