Ottawa to encourage more countries to offer contraception, abortion: Bibeau
MONTREAL — Canada will continue to encourage other countries to offer more family planning services including contraception and abortion because they’re key to fighting poverty, the country’s international development minister said Sunday.
Marie-Claude Bibeau said Canada will continue to speak “frankly” with other countries on the need for such services, even if it remains controversial in some circles.
Bibeau arrived in Rwanda on Sunday of a four-day international conference on family planning that runs until Thursday.
In a phone interview from Kigali, she told The Canadian press that some countries are willing to discuss the topic at meetings but don’t always follow up with concrete commitments.