Barack Obama v. Canada on Abortion

As if Barack Obama has not jabbed at American allies enough over petty disputes, he has now added Canada to the list.

Canada is head of the G8 this year. Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants to begin an initiative to combat child and maternal mortality. The catch is he does not want to include abortion into the initiative because…well, killing infants does not exactly help reduce the infant mortality rate. Abortion is also four times deadlier than childbirth, so supporting abortions is counter intuitive to reducing maternal mortality, as well.

But this is Mr. Opposed Born Alive Legislation we are talking about here. Under no circumstances, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as informed the prime minister’s office, will the United States support any infant and maternal mortality rate initiative that does not include contraceptives, family planning, and access to legal abortion.

Because you cannot reduce the infant and maternal mortality rate without the ease of access to…kill infants and mothers.