Prime Minister Stephen Harper votes against bill banning coerced abortion
The bill failed 97-178 in a second reading vote this afternoon.
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Recent Canadian News
Quebec parent furious over explicit oral sex info given to 8th graders
The pamphlet provided detailed explanations about how to perform “safe” oral sex.
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Canada’s abortion numbers cut in half?
New statistics appear at first glance to indicate there were only 44,416 abortions in 2008, down from the reported 91,377 abortions in 2006.
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Linda Gibbons to remain in jail over Christmas
Gibbons refuses to sign bail conditions requiring she stay away from abortion sites.
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Canada boots Christian show off TV for homosexuality remarks
Word TV, a Christian TV show run by prominent evangelical pastor Charles McVety, has been shut down temporarily.
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Quebec’s new sex ed program threatens parental rights: pro-family leader
The proposed program "is profoundly anti-family since it usurps the authority of the parents," said Georges Buscemi of Campaigne Quebec-Vie.
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Abortion coercion law debated in Parliament – vote on Wed.
“Mothers should never have to make a choice between protecting themselves or the child they love,” said Conservative MP Rod Bruinooge.
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Canadian parents sentenced to jail, fined for spanking daughter
The spanking was the result of a confrontation between the parents and the 14-year-old girl, over her admission that she was having sex with her boyfriend.
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64% of Canadian abortion facilities have pro-life presence: study
The study notes that while pro-life activity outside abortion facilities had been low since the mid-1990s, the 40 Days for Life campaigns have strengthened the pro-life effort.
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Conservative Minister Bev Oda Reopens G8 Abortion Debate
Conservative Minister Bev Oda Reopens G8 Abortion Debate
by LifeSiteNews.com
By Patrick B. Craine
OTTAWA, Ontario, September 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a shocking about-face, pro-abortion activist and Minister of International Cooperation Bev Oda has said that the Canadian government is now open to funding abortion under its G8 maternal health plan. The announcement comes despite a previous vote in Parliament not to fund abortion as part of the Harper government’s $1.1 billion health initiative.
The surprise announcement was made in an interview today with the Ottawa Citizen’s Elizabeth Payne. “As long as it is legal within the country and it’s a legal […]
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