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During the last Federal Election in May, Prime Minister Stephen Harper stated on more than one occasion that he "would not open the debate on abortion". He had already said this during an interview with Peter Mansbridge earlier in the year. This is not the first time Prime Minister Harper has made a proclamation on abortion during an election. During the 2004 race he 'assured' voters that he would not allow any 'government backed abortion legislation' if he should win. During the same election then Prime Minister Paul Martin vowed not to act on any private member [...]

On May 11th 2011 ABACUS data released the results of a survey of 1007 Canadians. The participants were asked their views on abortion, the legal protection of human life, public funding of abortion and whether or not they were afraid to have a debate on abortion in Canada. "Liberal Party supporters were the least interested in discussing the abortion debate with 41% being open to debate. NDP (54% and Conservative (52%) supporters were more willing to debate the issue." Click here to see the poll. If Canadians are not afraid of the debate why are our political leaders afraid?