HALIFAX — An anti-abortion group is boasting that social conservatives scored big wins at the last Tory policy convention before a federal election. In a press release, Campaign Life Coalition said it is celebrating a policy convention in Halifax that "represents big strides forward in advancing the pro-life, pro-family agenda within the Conservative Party." "Social conservatives have momentum," said Jack Fonseca, a senior political strategist for Campaign Life Coalition. "In the meantime, we'll be working to nominate and elect many more pro-life, Conservative MPs for 2019." Some of the policies social conservatives successfully championed at the Tories' convention in Halifax include:A ban on funding abortions through any maternal and child health aid.
Source: Huffington Post August 26, 2018 13:18 UTC