Not up to male MPs to take away women’s abortion rights: Trudeau
Posted June 11, 2014 10:53 am.
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OTTAWA (NEWS1130) – Justin Trudeau says he trusts doctors to deal with the practice of gender selective abortion that is thought to be common among some ethnic communities.
But the Liberal leader says the issue doesn’t change his position that women, in consultation with their doctors, should have the right to decide for themselves whether to have an abortion.
He says it’s not up to primarily male legislators to take that freedom of choice away from women.
Trudeau has been assailed by the Roman Catholic Church and anti-abortion advocates for his announcement last month that anyone who wants to run for the Liberal party in the next election must agree to support women’s right to choose abortion in any vote on the issue.
The Ottawa archdiocese has said Trudeau should meet Archbishop Terrence Prendergast to discuss his views on abortion and determine whether, as a practising Catholic, the Liberal leader should continue receiving communion.
Trudeau says his office has told the archdiocese he’d be happy to meet Prendergast but nothing has been set up as yet.
