Had I not been watching the CBC today, I would not have learned that abortion saves the lives of babies in the third world (thank you Rosemary Barton and Carole McNeil). I am pro choice, and I think that statement is ridiculous. Why is the opposition bringing this up on an almost daily basis? Other than their motive of reducing the world's population of poor people (neo lib social engineering), they are relentlessly trying to ignite a divisive debate in Canada because they believe that they can emerge victorious from this scorched earth strategy.
Where this strategy is failing is that they are trying to ignite a debate on abortions in Canada by demanding the tax payer funding of abortions outside Canada. You don't have to be pro life to disagree with funding foreign abortions, and I have yet to meet a Canadian who wanted their tax dollars spent for that purpose. And yet every day it seems that I turn on my television, some CBC journalist or opposition politician is demanding that the Canadian tax payer fund foreign abortions. Then the pundits on that side of the aisle use the fact that the opposition chose to introduce this debate as evidence that Canadian people are actually talking about this!
When these insane demands were first made by Ignatieff a month ago, I ran a poll on this issue.
WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR TAX DOLLARS SPENT ON FOREIGN ABORTIONS IN AN ECONOMIC RECESSION?
No (98%)
Yes (2%)
That's gotta be the most backwards thing I've ever heard. Thanks for watching the CBC for me, so I don't have to... fact checking aside, of course!
ReplyDeleteEvan Soloman led his show calling this an "explosive issue", and E-Solo is really worked up.
ReplyDeleteIn the 5 minutes that Evan talked to Lawrence Canon about foreign abortions, he used the expression "saving lives" about a dozen times.
ReplyDeleteIf abortions save lives, let's re-institute capital punishment, as hanging must save lives also.
ReplyDeleteI am completely in favour of Liberals and other progressives having abortions.
DMorris
Perhaps Barton and McNeil could set up their own charity specializing in birth control for those countries.
ReplyDeletePut their name to it, so they get all the credit. There. problem solved.
By the way, on another point, Don Newman is still being paid by Canadians through the CBC.
What is with him using the term `Man In Motion`in connection with his name and column on the CBC site!
That clearly is a term aligned with Rick Hansen.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/03/18/f-vp-newman.html#socialcomments