From here:
Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak appeared to shy away from his previous anti-abortion position Monday, saying he doesn’t plan to re-open the issue if he wins the Oct. 6 provincial election.
When he was running for the PC leadership in 2009, Hudak’s representatives told the Association for Reformed Political Action he is pro-life and had signed a petition calling for the defunding of abortions and to support doctors who don’t want to perform the procedures.
But Hudak seemed reluctant to confirm he had signed a petition when asked about it by reporters Monday.
“I may have signed a petition from my riding in that respect, but listen, let me be clear: we are not reopening this debate,” said Hudak. “Just like the federal Parliament, we would not be reopening that issue.”
By not reopening that issue, Hudak has placed political expediency – the will to power – above confronting the greatest evil present today in Canadian society.
In the struggle to preserve civilisation, that puts Canada somewhere behind Russia.
Pathetic.
I have been making the point for years that the Tories aren’t really pro life! Voting from a “right to life” perspective is pointless, because None of the major political parties are going to do anything about it.
Politically reality is that it is easier to loose votes than it is to gain them. Also, right now there are far more people “ok” with our current abortion laws than there are people who are not. Thus, no political party will openly talk about changing these laws. Not until we convince many more people that abortion is murder, and that the laws must be changed.
It starts with us. Not the politicians.