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Marci McDonald should count her blessings.
The timing of her potentially bound-to-be-explosive book, The Armageddon Factor: the Rise of Christian Nationalism in Canada, which hits bookstore today, might be is, if not sublime, downright divine.
That’s because, Tuesday morning on Parliament Hill,...
Abortion is strictly outlawed in Tanzania in virtually all circumstances. The word itself is taboo, rarely spoken in polite society. Yet it takes only a few minutes to find a man in the backroom of a slum neighbourhood pharmacy who is quite willing to perform an illegal abortion.
His shabby...
What the heck? That's my response to advice given by Conservative Senator Nancy Ruth to women's groups to shut the f*** up.
Her telling women to shut up because the backlash from Prime Minister Stephen Harper could mean their funding might be cut, is akin to telling an abused woman to be quiet...
So, the Harper Government decided not to open up the abortion issue and allow debate. How surprising.
It didn’t want to open up a can of worms and embarrass its members. Refusing to fund international programs that fund abortions puts women’s lives at risk and is fundamental to the issue of...
Eight University of Calgary students engaged in non-academic misconduct when they refused to turn their graphic anti-abortion signs away from passersby on campus, the school's vice-provost has ruled.
The students, who are members of the Campus Pro-Life Club, were accused of failing to comply with...
Abortion is back. Or so Canadian liberals hope.
For the last two weeks or so, they've been trying to kick Stephen Harper around over his abortion-free G8 aid plan, in many cases returning to dusty talking points about secret agendas and GOP ideology. "Why is the Prime Minister denying the fact that...
When the world talks about matters that affect Africa, too often Africans aren’t part of the conversation. But Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s invitation to Ethiopia and Malawi to join the G20 talks in Toronto on June 26 and 27 ensures that the continent will have a voice in economic discussions...
I met Lightness in Tanzania about a year ago. She was sitting on the side of a road, just 16 years old and pregnant with her first child. Her mother, who had flagged us down for a ride to the clinic, estimated she was three weeks past her due date. When we arrived at the clinic, Lightness wept...
If Canadians of all political persuasions really want to help women in Africa, they should abandon posturing over funding abortion overseas, and instead lobby G8 countries to fund a new facility, focused on maternal and child health, at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
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MONTREAL (AFP) - Canadian women's groups say they feel threatened by abortion policies advocated at home and abroad by the Conservative government.
"It's a threat we've been feeling for months," said Patricia LaRue, executive director for Canadians for Choice, a pro-choice group based in Ottawa.
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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
