In late January, Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives elected industry Minister Donald Cameron as the new leader. This automatically makes him the new provincial Premier as well.
No changes
The premier presents himself as pro-life, yet, according to The Daily News, he does not intend “to make any changes that would curtail abortion services” in Nova Scotia. His nearest rival for the leadership was Tourism Minister Ronald Thornhill, who is pro-abortion.
Mr. Cameron will continue the policy of the previous Buchanan government in opposing free-standing abortion ‘clinics’, the Daily News reports.
“Cameron is also strongly opposed to abortion on principle,” the News stated, adding: “He says he is not an extremist – he believes denying abortion services to the ill and victims of sexual assault is cruel.”
The article then quotes Mr. Cameron as saying, “I’m not saying we’d shut down the abortion facilities. I’d like to encourage people who are healthy to look at the other options and believe in that.”
Pro-life activists naturally want more action than merely keeping abortion-provider Henry Morgentaler out of the province.
For one thing, Nova Scotia pro-life has asked the province to stop funding abortions.
‘Tell the Truth Team’
Cynthia Haughan, spokeswoman for Campaign Life Coalition (CLC)/Nova Scotia and its ‘Tell the Truth Team,’ demanded in January that the province strike abortion off the list of health matters that qualify for Medical Health Insurance. Abortion, they pointed out, has nothing to do with health. Pregnancy is not s disease.
Pro-lifers are also under-taking a province-wide billboard campaign showing a 12-week0old miscarried fetus as part of a campaign to expose the victims of abortion.
Said Ms. Haughan: “In ’91 our slogan is: Abortion is an ugly choice – tell the truth.”
CLC has sent a five-minute video graphically depicting the results of abortion to all the media. The Catholic weekly in Antigonish, the Casket, has run a still photo from the video as part of the pro-life campaign.
But so far it is the only Nova Scotia paper to have done so (but see other stories, page ?).
