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House Hansard - 315

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 22, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 315 - May/22/24
Ms. Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre, NDP)
Mr. Speaker, abortion rights are human rights, but the Liberals continue to deny equal access to that right. In New Brunswick, the Prime Minister has done nothing to address the total absence of abortion clinics throughout the province, and in Manitoba, we are at risk of losing our only abortion clinic. A right is only as good as the ability to access it, but this is merely a dream in many rural and remote areas. Meanwhile, Conservatives, including the Conservative leader, voted in favour of backdoor legislation to threaten abortion rights, while other Conservatives have tabled anti-choice petitions and have spoken at anti-choice rallies. The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada has listed every Conservative MP as anti-choice after they unanimously supported Bill C-311. When abortion rights are under attack, words are not enough. The government must act to ensure everyone who needs a safe, trauma-informed abortion has access to receive one.
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Context: House Hansard - 315 - May/22/24
Hon. Hedy Fry (Vancouver Centre, Lib.)
  • May/22/24 2:56:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as a family doctor who delivered close to 500 babies, I am concerned about access to reproductive choice. Claiming to support reproductive choice is not enough. We must pass legislation that makes it fully accessible to all. The pharmacare act is a start. It would provide free contraception to over nine million patients. Unfortunately, our Conservative colleagues oppose it. They also oppose access to safe abortion. Will the Prime Minister reaffirm his government's promise to defend a woman's reproductive rights in spite of the opposition's efforts to deny it?
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Context: House Hansard - 315 - May/22/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • May/22/24 2:57:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Vancouver Centre for her decades of leadership. We will always support a woman's right to access reproductive health care, both in our words and in our policy. The Leader of the Opposition pretends to be pro-choice, but supports his Conservative caucus members tabling anti-abortion legislation. He cannot have it both ways. If the opposition leader truly believed in the right to choose, he would condemn any effort to restrict reproductive choice and freedom, including from within his own caucus.
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Context: House Hansard - 315 - May/22/24
Hon. Mona Fortier (Ottawa—Vanier, Lib.)
  • May/22/24 3:10:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, for many, cost is a barrier to accessing health care, particularly reproductive health care. The right to access abortion is under threat in Canada. An anti-abortion march made its way through the streets of Ottawa, encouraged and followed by Conservative MPs who promise to further restrict access to health care. Young people in Ottawa—Vanier are concerned and want to know what the government is doing to combat these threats to women's rights.
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Context: House Hansard - 315 - May/22/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • May/22/24 3:11:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I first want to thank the member for Ottawa—Vanier for her hard work and leadership. On the other side of the House, Conservative MPs are proposing anti-choice laws and attending anti-abortion rallies. Not only does the Conservative leader refuse to challenge his caucus, he even voted with it in support of a bill that would have classified a fetus as a person. Women in this country have the right to decide their own future. That is why we are making prescription contraceptives free, and that is why we will always defend the right to choose.
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Context: House Hansard - 315 - May/22/24
Ms. Julie Dzerowicz (Davenport, Lib.)
  • May/22/24 3:16:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, while our government works to provide pharmacare, expand child care, introduce a national school food program and build housing, Conservative MPs are giving speeches at anti-abortion rallies. Reproductive health is health. Women have the right to choose when and if they start a family. With members of the House threatening to take this right away from Canadians, what is the government doing to strengthen reproductive rights?
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Context: House Hansard - 315 - May/22/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • May/22/24 3:16:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the hon. member for Davenport is right. Reproductive health is health. Abortion is health care. The Leader of the Opposition pretends to care about freedom, but whose freedom was he defending by threatening to suspend Canadians' charter rights, by voting to restrict abortion or by removing the right to vote from thousands of Canadians when he was minister of democratic institutions? That is the very opposite of freedom. We will never back down from defending all Canadians' fundamental rights and freedoms.
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