Candidate, Karen Marilyn Gventer
New Democrat Party | Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, ON
CLC rating: Pro-abortion
Light Rating
Rating Comments: Official NDP policy is pro-abortion. Genter also ran for the NDP in 2014's provincial election. On June 4, 2014, in response to a Tweet asking for her views on women's reproductive choice (i.e. abortion), Karen Gventer tweeted the following pro-abortion comment: "Women should be able to be in control of their own bodies and what happens to them". She also displayed her total ignorance of the law by then claiming that a "right" to abortion is protected by the Supreme Court, when in fact the Supreme Court never asserted that a right to abortion exists. In fact, the Supreme Court said the exact opposite, urging the federal government to craft a new law to restrict abortion. The old 1988 law was struck down for purely geographic considerations because women in rural areas would have a more difficult time finding two doctors to rubber-stamp her abortion referral than would a woman living in a big city.
Religion / Faith: unknown
Constituency Offices
271 9th St. East
Owen Sound, Ontario
N4K 1N8
Fax: Twitter: @KarenGventerNDP
Parliamentary Office
Ontario
Here is Karen Marilyn Gventer's voting record relating to life and family issues:
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Here are the answers for the questionnaire as provided by Karen Marilyn Gventer on May 14, 2018.
| Question | Response |
|---|---|
| Do you acknowledge that human life begins at conception (fertilization)? | no response |
| 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 but but which results in the unintended and undesired death of the pre-born child, is not an abortion. e.g. in cases of tubal pregnancy or cervical cancer) | Yes (based on Party position) |
| Will you support measures to stop funding abortions with taxpayers' money in Ontario? | No (based on Party position) |
| Do you agree women have the right to be thoroughly informed about the serious health consequences of abortion, the development of the child in the womb and the alternatives to abortion? | no response |
| 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 |
| 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 response |
| Will you oppose euthanasia 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? *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 |
| If elected, will you work to repeal Kathleen Wynne's radical sex ed curriculum? | no response |
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