Thu May 5, 2022 – 5:17 pm EDTThu May 5, 2022 – 5:17 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – Interim Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) leader Candice Bergen said yesterday the party will not “re-open” the abortion debate via legislation, and reportedly told her MPs – unsuccessfully – to stay quiet about U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s leaked draft opinion stating the court would overturn the pro-abortion Roe v. Wade decision.
Bergen said in her statement, “It would be inappropriate to comment on matters before the US Courts. That is why Conservatives will not be commenting on the leaked opinions from the Supreme Court of the United States.”
“When it comes to the debate in Canada, Conservatives’ position remains what it has been since the Harper government. Access to abortion was not restricted under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and the Conservative Party will not introduce legislation or reopen the abortion debate. The only ones reopening this debate are the Liberals, and Justin Trudeau is once again using women’s reproductive rights to wedge and divide Canadians.”
Bergen’s statement and muzzling of her MPs came a day after the leaked draft opinion from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Alito went
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