IPPF
‘Misrepresent the government’s position’
The Prime Minister’s Office tells CP the government will not be funding abortion overseas as part of its maternal health plan and a spokeswoman for International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda says Ms. Oda’s comments to the Ottawa Citizen were “taken out of context and misrepresent the government’s position.” (Though a LifeSiteNews report had Ms. Oda’s office not taking issue with how the comments were rendered.)
‘CIDA does not and has not itemized the spectrum of medical interventions performed by every one of these organizations’
Further to comments made by the minister yesterday, here is an email exchange with Bev Oda’s office last evening. Make of it what you will.
The Commons: What we’re not talking about
And how it somehow came to involve George W. Bush
What we’re talking about when we talk about maternal health (II)
Included in CIDA’s explanation of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals and what Canada is doing to help meet those goals is this section on maternal health. Included in that is a three-year commitment to the International Planned Parenthood Federation.