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Scheer says he will not reopen abortion debate, as members vote to uphold policy

Scheer says he will not reopen abortion debate, as members vote to uphold policy | iNFOnews.ca
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is reiterating his pledge not to reopen the abortion debate, even as an organized group within the Conservative party successfully forced a vote to the full membership to strike the party's policy on abortion. Scheer delivers remarks at the party's national policy convention in Halifax on Friday, Aug. 24, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

HALIFAX – Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer reiterated his pledge not to reopen the abortion debate, hours before party members voted to uphold the existing policy.

One of 74 resolutions debated Friday at the convention proposed removing any reference to regulating abortion, but was narrowly defeated on Saturday.

The party policy currently says a Conservative government would not support any legislation to regulate abortion.

In an interview with The Canadian Press, Scheer said he would not bring in any legislation to reopen divisive issues like abortion, even if a majority of members had voted in favour of the resolution.

He said he welcomes open debate and discussion within the membership, but will remain "unequivocal" in his stance that he will not entertain divisive social issues, including the abortion debate.

Instead, he says he hopes to work with party members on issues they can all agree upon.

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Shelby Thevenot

Shelby has lived across Canada. She grew up near Winnipeg, Manitoba then obtained her B.F.A in Multidisciplinary Fine Arts at the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta. In 2014 she moved to Montreal, Quebec to study French and thrived in the Visual Journalism Graduate Diploma program at Concordia University. Now she works at iNFO News where she strives to get the stories that matter to the Okanagan Valley community.

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