OK. We at Birth Pangs have said some shirty things about the Catlick Church. But we’re willing to eat crow if this pans out.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s disturbing statements to the media that he will undemocratically not permit anyone to reopen the debate on abortion are a stark betrayal of conservative principles and should prompt [...]
BP Will Eat Crow
October 2, 2008 2 Comments
Listening for Dog-Whistles
September 29, 2008 Leave a Comment
So, here’s a round-up on the various parties’ stands on abortion. (Note: EMay has yet to clarify yet again the nuanceeeees of her position.)
Much as Steve the Sweater Guy protests that he has no intention of reopening the abortion so-called debate, Impolitical points out that he managed to vote for his fellow Reforma-Tory’s private member’s [...]
From the Archives: Elizabeth May
September 24, 2008 Leave a Comment
We at Birth Pangs have been getting hits on search strings like ‘Elizabeth May choice’. So, as a public service, we’ve gathered past BP posts on EMay for your information.
Here’s one on EMay’s favourite word.
Here’s another on the Green Party’s promise to increase prison sentences for abortion providers. OK, it’s the Mexican Green Party, but [...]
The Conservative Conspiracy
September 19, 2008 1 Comment
We at Birth Pangs had not read this blogger before. He’s a card-carrying Conservative, he says. This week he took a look at Ken Epp’s now defunct private member’s bill, C-484, or The Kicking Abortion’s Ass Bill.
And by gadfry, he gets it.
Let Them All Debate
September 8, 2008 3 Comments
Now that the election is on, let us return to that dandy idea that a poster over at Freak Dominion had — if having one sitting member allows a party leader into the debate, the fundy nutbars Christian Heritage Party should work to get Ken Epp, or some other fetus fetishizing MP, to cross the [...]
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