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Friday January 11, 2002
ALLIANCE CANDIDATE GRANT HILL RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS ON LIFE AND FAMILY
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OTTAWA, January 11, 2002 (LSN.ca) - Canadian Alliance MP Grant Hill, who is vying for the leadership of the Party was interviewed by the National Post and responded to questions on abortion and homosexuality. The pro-life MP seems to have handled himself well under the media spotlight.
The following Questions and Answers are from the interview:
Q: As prime minister, would you permit or propose a national referendum on abortion?
A: I would not. As a pro-life guy myself, a guy who dealt with abortion as a physician all my life, 25 years, I'm really compassionate toward the woman who has to make that tough decision. Because terminating a pregnancy is not a casual decision for anybody. It's a gut-wrenching decision. I've dealt with the after-effects, the depression, the awful feelings that come.
Q: While we're on touchy medical subjects, do you doubt the Liberals' ability to run an entire national campaign on your statements about the health effects of homosexual sex?
A: Well, you see, let's go to the reason I made those comments. I fear that because of the way they've attacked me and called me a homophobe, that a doctor warning a patient about unhealthy activities -- now that sexual orientation is in the Human Rights Act -- will be called a homophobe, rather than being called a loving physician, trying to do the best for his patient. That's the reason I made those comments and, in fact, the coverage it's received tells me that I was right. And I ask every Canadian, do you want your doctor to be blunted in his warnings or her warnings about lifestyle issues?
Call me a homophobe because I say doing what you're doing, having anonymous sex with a bunch of partners at a bath house, stoned, is bad for your health -- you turn around and say 'you're a homophobe.' That's what including a behaviour in the Human Rights Act has allowed.
Anti-gay? Come on. I've treated gays all my life. Why did I treat them? For the same reason I treated everyone else, because I love humanity. It's not anti-gay, that's just a straight medical fact.
For the complete interview see the National Post at:
http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20020111/1098992.html
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