Pro-life pregnancy centres are expressing concern about proposed federal legislation requiring charities to disclose whether they provide abortion services or risk losing their charitable status.
Some managers affiliated with such charities say the legislation implies these centres have an agenda to push their beliefs on unwilling women and girls.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and Women and Gender Equality and Youth Minister Marci Ien announced the legislation at an Oct. 29 press conference saying it will increase transparency for women seeking reproductive health services.
Ien accused some charities of “actively working to spread misinformation about abortion” and “putting the health and safety of young people and vulnerable women at risk.”…