BP Will Eat Crow

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 [...]

Listening for Dog-Whistles

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 [...]

Bring Chris Reid Back!

In another coup for the blogosphere, a Conservative candidate who was outed as a right-wing. gun-totin’, fetish fetishizing nutbar by Big City Lib has withdrawn from the campaign.
But that’s not the end of the story.
Blob Blogging Wingnut and her unsavory pals want him back.
Chris Reid is pro-life.Proudly pro-life. I’ve seen him publicly defend unborn [...]

Choice and the Election

Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada has swiped borrowed a list of anti-choice MPs from Campaign Life Coalition.
Courtesy of a survey of MPs by Campaign Life Coalition (CLC), the ranks of known anti-choice MP’s in the current Parliament have just swelled. In 2006, we estimated that 32% of all MPs were anti-choice based on their [...]