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Tracey Lindeman in Ottawa

Canada has zero pro-choice Conservative MPs, watchdog says

people with signs supporting and opposing abortion rights
Abortion rights supporters clash with abortion rights opponents in Ottawa in May. Photograph: Canadian Press/Shutterstock

A vote on a controversial bill meant to expand “fetal rights” in Canada has left the country without a single pro-choice Conservative MP, according to an abortion watchdog organization.

This week, the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) placed the last remaining 15 Conservatives on its list of anti-choice MPs after they voted in support of Bill C-311, dubbed the Violence Against Pregnant Women Act.

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