VANCOUVER, June 28, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - “At least 86% of all Conservative Party incumbents are publicly anti-choice on abortion, while only about 12% of Liberal Party incumbents are anti-choice,” says a well known pro-abortion activist group in Vancouver. “We checked the voting records of all MP’s who voted in favour of last October’s private member’s motion M-83, which was an attempt to define abortions as not medically necessary,” said Joyce Arthur, spokesperson for the Pro-Choice Action Network. The group also claims to have reviewed pro-life websites to determine which MP’s attended pro-life rallies or conferences, publicly spoke out in favour of pro-life measures, or gave pro-life answers to past election questionnaires put out by the pro-life movement. Arthur was incensed that Russ Hiebert, the Conservative candidate for South Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale ousted ‘pro-choice’ Conservative incumbent Val Meredith. According to Arthur the coup was accomplished by “an organized group of Christian fundamentalists, who helped Hiebert win the nomination.” jh