by David Akin and Meagan Fitzpatrick, Canwest News Service
April 26, 2010
OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives say they will not provide funding for abortions as part of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's centrepiece initiative for the G8 this year to improve maternal and child health in developing countries around the world.
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At a recent meeting of G8 foreign ministers in Gatineau, Que., British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton both said the G8 must include abortions in any initiative aimed at improving maternal health.
Harper, in response, told the House of Commons that Canada would reserve the right to set its own policy on the issue.
"Of course G8 countries will have different priorities in terms of the specific things they fund," Harper said. "Particularly on the issue of abortion, a number of G8 countries have a different position. (But) whether it comes to our role in Afghanistan, our sovereignty over our Arctic or ultimately our foreign-aid priorities, it is Canada and Canadians who will make Canadian decisions."
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