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Hillary Clinton’s Comments on ‘Legal, Safe Abortion’ Stir Canadian Debate
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
By Patrick Goodenough, International Editor


U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responds to a question from the media during the closing press conference at the G8 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Gatineau, Quebec on Tuesday, March 30, 2010. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick)
(CNSNews.com) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waded into an explosive political debate in Canada Tuesday, with remarks on abortion certain to have embarrassed her hosts at the end of a two-day Group of Eight meeting.

After a disclaimer that she would not speak for Canada, Clinton proceeded to lay out a position in opposition to that taken by conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government, linking maternal health promotion in poor countries to “access to legal, safe abortion.â€