(Photo: Reuters)Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Ontario in this undated photo.Posted on 07/13/2017 11:07:49 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
An official representing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau argued that abortion and contraception are a means to ending poverty.
Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau told CTVNews.ca in an interview Tuesday that the Canadian government rejected the protests of a group of Catholic bishops regarding their reproductive healthcare policies.
"Contraception and even abortion is only a tool to end poverty," argued Bibeau, adding that the Trudeau administration wants "to give [women] the control over their lives." (Photo: Reuters)Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Ontario in this undated photo.
"This is only a tool to reduce poverty and inequality and to make an impact in terms of development and peace and security in the world."
Speaking to CTV at the Family Planning Summit in London, England, Bibeau also said that despite disagreement they still value the perspective of the Catholic Church on the matter.
"It's important to have the conversation with the religious leaders so we can understand each other," continued Bibeau.
"We have to have honest conversations with our religious leaders and I'm more than happy to have this discussion in Canada."
Bibeau was partly responding to concerns raised in a letter from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, which criticized the government for its staunch pro-choice policies.
Authored by CCCB President Douglas Crosby, the letter was sent out in late June and took issue with how the administration was spending more on foreign funding of abortion than on famine relief.
"The idea that everyone can somehow just agree that abortion and contraception are universal human rights is neither convincing nor credible," wrote Crosby.
"Indeed, even here at home, where we live side by side with peoples of so many different backgrounds, moral and religious traditions, the belief that there is universal agreement on a single set of Canadian values is itself contrived."
A self-identified Catholic, Trudeau announced in March that he was pledging approximately $650 million to fund abortions overseas.
"For far too many women and girls, unsafe abortions and lack of choices in reproductive health mean that they are either at risk, and at risk of death, or simply cannot contribute or achieve their potential through education, through involvement in their community, through a broad range of opportunities," stated Trudeau, as reported by the CBC.
"It is important that as a world we recognize that empowering women, that respecting their rights, is fundamental to building a world in which everyone has a real and fair chance to succeed."
It is hard to be poor if you are dead.
But if you kill all the poor people, who’s going to work in the factories to keep the rich people rich?
If they were serious about it, they’d allow abortions up to kindergarten age.
They really have no clue how debased and seared their conscience has become.
Wait.
I thought it was about womens health and choice?
How about just shooting poor people to eliminate poverty? The only moral difference is that abortion is worse because the unborn child hasn’t had a chance yet, while her parents have.
EVIL.
Ahhhh.....
The mask gets lifted.
Abortion is about liberal’s pocketbooks.
How noble they are.
How about automatic sterilization after second pregnancy?
No people, no poverty. E-Z! said the idiot.
Some of us are old enough to remember the old tagline “Abort, don’t support!” Generally you heard it coming from Liberal Republicans in the late 60’s/early 70’s.
The evil spirit of Margaret Sanger still haunts us. The wealthy use abortion to kill off the inferior classes. Problem is, when she spouted her eugenic views the middle and upper classes still had large families. Now it’s the poor and immigrants who have all the kids. I suspect their strategy is to have the white poor in Canada kill themselves off more quickly, so that they have an excuse to push for even more immigration. Sanger targeted poor blacks. Trudeau targets what he views as “white trash”. Same song, slightly different audience.
I guess they think their sharia voter base will let them live if they get to kill off all the Canadians with abortion?
Liberals claim they can abort poverty, do they?
That is more than G*d could do - “the poor Ye have with you always”.
Tell ‘em to work us a miracle and we will pay more attention.
Imports from 1300 Million Indians and 1400 Million Chinese. Unless you actually visit India, it is hard to fathom the overcrowding. The population density is 12 times more dense than USA. Can you imagine 4000 Million living in USA? That would equal density of population.
This is like Baal or Moloch worship.
The pagans "worshiped" these filthy idols by sacrificing their children to become wealthy and avoid defeat in war.
Memo to liberal-progessives: you worship false gods, and your idols will catastrophically fail and destroy you.
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This guy is taking Canada down fast.
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