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OTTAWA – Three years’ worth of vastly improved health facilities for women and children in developing countries; $1,000 tuition cuts for every student in Canada; 11,000 new construction jobs.
These are among the suggestions being offered to Prime Minister Stephen Harper on better ways to spend the...
The coat hanger was its graphic symbol of death, outrage and ultimately, a woman’s right to control her own body.
The “Abortion Caravan” rolled into Ottawa on Mother’s Day weekend in 1970, a convoy of young women — coat hangers and a black coffin in tow — who drew hundreds of supporters during...
The federal government is telling other G8 countries that Canada is willing to put about $1-billion toward maternal and child health – as long as other countries ante up too.
The Canadian cash will likely target poor countries with the worst records of maternal and child mortality and malnutrition...
Québec — À défaut de limiter le droit des femmes de se faire avorter, les gouvernements doivent mieux financer les groupes d'aide aux femmes qui sont d'allégeance pro-vie, plaide maintenant le cardinal Marc Ouellet.
Québec et Ottawa devraient mieux soutenir les organisations religieuses ou...
While the G8 is putting maternal health at the top of its agenda for next month’s summit, fears are growing that the club of wealthy nations is neglecting one of the biggest killers of women: AIDS.
Many of the biggest Western donors are freezing or reducing their budgets for AIDS treatment, leaving...
The alarm being expressed around the world about Canada’s stunning decision to exclude abortion from its global maternal health commitment is totally appropriate. It represents a return – however symbolic in Canada – to barbarism. The whole notion that women, who fought for basic human rights for...
According to a newspaper report on the weekend, there was an intense meeting in the Prime Minister's Office early last week as Stephen Harper tried to figure out how to extricate himself from the mess he created with his too-clever-by-half tactic on abortion.
"Stephen Harper was furious," a "well-...
C'est le bureau du premier ministre qui a décidé d'exclure l'avortement du plan sur la santé maternelle qui sera mis de l'avant par le Canada au Sommet du G8, en juin prochain, estime l'opposition.
Si la ministre de la Coopération internationale, Bev Oda, a ignoré l'avis de ses propres...
News that the federal government ignored advice from domestic and international experts when it excluded abortion funding in its G8 maternal-and-child-health initiative confirms what most people suspected all along: This decision is all about ideology.
The idea that Canada -- or the G8 -- can put...
Canada’s controversy over funding abortion appears to be slowing work on an initiative to improve maternal and child health in poor countries, the aid network ONE says.
“I know it feels like a stumbling block right now,” said David Lane, chief executive officer of ONE, the development organization...
Call to Action: Maternal and Child Health at The G8 Summit -- please download the attached the complete official (Hansard) records of the entire debate and vote.
Sign Petition: Include funding for family planning and safe abortion in Canada’s G8 Maternal/Child Health Initiative
