Clinton Blasted for Pushing Abortion in Canada’s G8 Maternal Health Plan

Clinton Blasted for Pushing Abortion in Canada...

OTTAWA, Ontario, March 31, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian and U.S. pro-life leaders are denouncing U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after she weighed in Tuesday on the debate over the Canadian government's G8 maternal and child health initiative, insisting plainly that abortion is necessary for maternal health.

"You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion," she told reporters when asked about Canada's G8 initiative.

Reacting to Clinton's comments, Mary Ellen Douglas, national organizer for Campaign Life Coalition (CLC), told LifeSiteNews (LSN), “How dare she stick her pro-abortion nose into Canadian politics.  Hasn't she done enough damage to the unborn in the U.S.?”

Clinton made the comments at a news conference following a G8 foreign ministers meeting in Gatineau, Quebec.  She began her visit in Ottawa on Monday.