Canada Pro-Abortionists Lamely Attempt to Strike Back

By Dave Andrusko

Canadian Premier Stephen Harper

As we've discussed numerous times in the past couple of weeks, Canadian pro-lifers are making some headway in a culture whose dominate elites are pro-abortion to the bone. And no matter what, it's important that the Premier, who says he is not trying to "reopen" the "settled" abortion debate, refuses to allow Canadian foreign aid money to pour into the coffers of the International Abortion Cartel.

So, naturally, pro-abortionists are trying to make life as uncomfortable as possible for Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper. But they risk overshooting, to the point where the editorial boards of prominent newspapers are annoyed by their dogmatism and grandstanding.

Which is how I read an editorial in Canada's National Post. The headline on the editorial says it all: "Charest's deplorable abortion stunt."

We read that The Premier of Quebec Jean Charest "ushered in the unanimous passage of a motion by the Quebec legislature supporting 'the right of women to free choice and free and accessible abortion,' and calling for the federal government to end its 'ambiguity' on the issue." The editorial goes on to make a couple of very interesting points.

"For him to declare today that there is no discussion to be had on the issue -- and that the attendant bioethics may be reduced to a bumper-sticker slogan -- is nothing short of a disgrace. Politicians are supposed to lead debate, not quash it.

We expect this sort of behaviour from the radical pro-choice activists who staff university student councils, but not from purportedly serious provincial legislators."

Wow! The editorial then takes direct aim on something you read all the time in Canadian pro-abortion circles, which is eerily similar to the nonsense we hear in the states:

"Mr. Charest is also wrong when he says that the debate is settled in Quebec. In an Angus Reid poll conducted in January, 31% of Quebec respondents thought abortion should remain legal but subject to greater restrictions than currently exist; 17% thought abortion should only be permitted in the case of rape or incest, or to save a woman's life; while 3% thought abortion should be outlawed completely."

The only thing "settled" is that a little more than half of the population, at least as indicated by this one poll, is uncomfortable with Canada's laissez faire abortion policy.

Again, I claim no expertise, but think of Harper's actions in this context. He is in the middle of a one-year presidency of G-8 (comprised of eight industrial nations). According to the Canwest News Service, the "centerpiece" of Harper's presidency is a "maternal and child-health initiative." Even at the risk of stirring up a hornet's nest, Harper refused to accept the nonsense that killing more babies improves maternal health.

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