Pro-life candidates gain ground in Canada despite pro-abortion prime minister’s victory

In a quiet but significant shift, Canada’s pro-life movement is celebrating gains in Parliament after the recent election, even as the country reaffirmed leadership under a prime minister openly committed to expanding abortion services.

Liberal Party leader Mark Carney, a Catholic who publicly dissents from Church teaching on abortion, secured a minority government in the April 29 federal election. Carney made headlines during the campaign by declaring his “absolute” and “unreserved” support for abortion rights, promising continued federal funding for abortion services and subsidies for in vitro fertilization, The B.C. Catholic reported. ---More...