Ignatieff urges abortion for the world's poor says headline

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Catholic Register takes on Ignatieff

• February 18, 2010 5:02 PM | Comments84Recommend35
• By Neil Morrison

As headlines go, most political leaders would probably prefer to avoid one like this.

The Catholic Register is the largest national Catholic weekly newspaper in Canada. According to its website, its print circulation is 35,000.

A February 5 article by Catholic Register staff has the following lede:

It is astonishing and sad that Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is advocating that Canada fund overseas abortions, charged Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins.

Collins, the leader of Canada's largest diocese, is said to find it "sad to see Ignatieff making such a negative proposal." The article quotes from the Archbishop's February 4 statement:

"There are many fruitful ways to improve maternal and child health, and the discussion should centre on the most effective strategies for doing this."