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Friday February 1, 2008
Maternity Benefits Available for Women Who Abort after 20 Weeks
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By Hilary White
OTTAWA, February 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Under Canadian regulations on employment insurance (EI), abortion is considered an "illness" which makes a woman eligible for tax-funded benefits, says the Canadian Taxpayers' Federation. Even more strangely, a woman who aborts her child after 20 weeks can claim maternity benefits.
The Federation points out that although the Canadian government spends only about $50-million a year directly to pay for abortions, the Canadian taxpayer is also subsidizing abortion in a number of less obvious ways.
Under current EI guidelines, abortion within the first 19 weeks of pregnancy is regarded as the same as a spontaneous miscarriage. If the abortion is committed after 20 weeks, however, EI allows benefits to be paid under the maternity programme. Illness and maternity benefits are paid for up to three-and-a-half months.
The federation also points to the funding - $18 million over four years - sent by the Canadian government to the abortion organization, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). IPPF has been implicated in forced abortion and sterilization programmes in some developing countries.
John Williamson, federal director of the Taxpayers' Federation says, "The Canadian government should not be sending tax dollars to advocacy groups that engage in political activism in Canada or elsewhere". But Canadian tax dollars are spent on a dizzying number of projects and organizations that directly and indirectly support and lobby for abortion around the world.
The Canadian delegation to the United Nations has been known for years among UN lobbyists as being the leading voice pushing for abortion in developing countries.
Last year, the Canadian Taxpayers' Federation revealed that the Conservative government paid $44,050,000 to the United Nations Population Fund. $18 million each went to Planned Parenthood and UNICEF. Other organizations providing abortions and lobbying for increased abortion around the world funded by the Canadian government include the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the World Bank.
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