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During the 2016 Manitoba provincial election cycle, the Office of the Leader of Manitoba’s Liberal Party sent a statement to CLC which claimed to represent the beliefs of all Liberal Party candidates and MLAs. The statement suggests that all Manitoba Liberal candidates support the legalized killing of preborn children by abortion, as well as forcing taxpayers to finance those killings with public money. Furthermore, it implies that all Liberal candidates will oppose legislation that would protect the conscience rights of doctors and other health care workers, for example, in continuing to be able to refuse to participate in abortion, or give referrals for abortion. The statement also suggests that every Liberal candidate opposes the fundamental right of parents to withdraw their children from classroom lessons which contradict their religious and moral values, on the topics of marriage and homosexuality.

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Pro-abortion rating based on an official policy statement by the NDP, on behalf of all NDP candidates, which asserted abortion as “a woman’s right to choose”. This pro-abortion statement was posted April 5th on the NDP’s website during the 2016 provincial election.

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On August 17, 2023, Premier Stefanson made a very welcome right turn, voicing support for the right of parents to be informed if their child is wanting to change genders at school. She stated this during a policy announcement pledging to enhance parental rights by changing the Public Schools Act. Those changes would include the right to be informed about curriculum, and the right to advance notice before any presentations are made in school from outside the school system.

In years past, CLC had rated Stefanson as pro-life based on her voting record, but she disppointed pro-lifers by subsequently posting in a Canada Day 2022 tweet, that she is firmly in favour of the choice to kill unborn children by abortion and that she will defend that "right" throughout Manitoba. On June 5, 2022, just weeks before her pro-abortion revelation, Stefanson also paid enthusiastic homage to the sexually licentious LGBT Pride parade in a speech outside the Provincial Legislature.

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Marc Brandson(Liberal) Larissa Ashdown(New Democratic) Heather Stefanson(Progressive Conservative)
CLC Rating Pro-abortion, anti-parental rightsPro-abortionPro-abortion, but supports parental rights
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1. Do you acknowledge that human life begins at conception (fertilization)? ----no response
2. Are there any circumstances under which you believe a woman should have access to abortion?
[Note: A surgical or medical intervention, designed to prevent the death of the mother (e.g. In the case of tubal pregnancy or cervical cancer) but which results in the unintended and undesired death of the pre-born child, is not an abortion.]		 All circumstances (per statement by Party Leader)All circumstances (per party policy)Yes, all circumstances (based on official tweet)
3. Will you support measures to stop funding abortions with taxpayers’ money in Manitoba? No (per statement by Party Leader)No (per party policy)no response
4. Do you agree women have the right to be thoroughly informed about the serious health consequences of abortion, the development of their child in the womb and the alternatives to abortion? ----no response
5. Will you protect the rights of parents to educate their children according to their faith in matters of moral principles and beliefs concerning abortion, contraception and homosexuality? No (per statement by Party Leader)--no response
6. Will you oppose euthanasia and assisted suicide, and instead, support measures to promote “palliative care”, the purpose of which is to alleviate pain, and enhance the quality of life for terminally ill patients and those with disabilities?
[Note: Euthanasia is the direct and intentional killing of a person by action or omission, with or without that person’s consent, for what people mistakenly believe are compassionate reasons.]		 ----no response
7. Will you support legislation to protect the right of health care workers who refuse to participate in procedures which are in violation of their religious or conscientious beliefs? ----no response
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