HANSARD: Oval Question on Abortion Health Care

Debates of Oct. 28th, 2024
House of Commons Hansard #360 of the 44th Parliament, 1st Session
Health
Oral Questions

2:25 p.m.

 

Jenny Kwan Vancouver East, BC
NDP

Mr. Speaker, abortion care is under threat in Canada. Women do not want more Liberal talking points. They want protection. Women and gender-diverse people are seeing hateful anti-choice rhetoric creep into Parliament, spread by the Conservatives under their leader's watch. Clinic 554 closed in New Brunswick and abortion care across Canada has been chipped away at.

While the Liberals' words are nice, their lack of action is dangerous. Will the Liberals stop their grandstanding, and start making sure every person in Canada has equal access to abortion care?

 

Mark Holland Minister of Health
Liberal

Mr. Speaker, absolutely, that is exactly what we are doing in working with provinces and territories to make sure that the investments that we have in sexual health are there to make sure that women have access to an abortion. That is why we are advancing the work we are doing on pharmacare, to make sure that women have both the contraception and access that they need.

Regarding the member's point, and this is an extremely important point, when the Conservatives have such a huge number of people in their caucus who are anti-choice who are standing up against women's rights, we have to call that out. A woman has full autonomy and right over her body. There is no member of this legislature or anybody who should claim to have authority over a woman's body.

 

https://openparliament.ca/debates/2024/10/28/jenny-kwan-1/

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