Tory anti-contraception policy sparks uproar from opposition

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Tory anti-contraception policy sparks uproar from opposition

Harper government bending to religious right by not funding pregnancy prevention abroad, opposition charges
John Ibbitson

Ottawa — From Thursday's Globe and Mail Published on Wednesday, Mar. 17, 2010 11:01PM EDT Last updated on Wednesday, Mar. 17, 2010 11:05PM EDT

Furious opposition critics are accusing the Conservative government of infecting Canadian foreign policy with right-wing religious conservatism.

They are infuriated by the Harper government's decision to not fund contraception as part of its initiative to improve Third World maternal care.

Aid agencies “have lived this nightmare before, with George Bush, where there is no access to condoms, no access to contraception,” said Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett outside the House of Commons Wednesday.

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