Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Abortion Debate

Stephen Harper Dept: The motion was defeated 203 to 91 but the amount of support it garnered from the Conservatives including eight cabinet ministers surprised many, given that Prime Minister Stephen Harper had voiced his own opposition to the move, according to The Star. Stephen Harper said that he wasn t interested in re-opening this debate. You would expect that people in his party would respect his position, Ashton said and oTTAWA A controversial motion to study when human life begins, which some saw as re-opening Canada s abortion debate, was defeated Wednesday despite strong support from Conservative MPs, including the minister for the status of women. NDP MP Niki Ashton said the results of the vote about half of the Conservative caucus backed the motion lays bare the strong support among the government to revisit the debate over abortion. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.