Scheer Says He Would Not Reopen Abortion Debate, Wants to Focus on Issues That Unite Canadians

Scheer Says He Would Not Reopen Abortion Debate, Wants to Focus on Issues That Unite Canadians
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer arrives for a morning announcement in Toronto on Oct. 1, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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OTTAWA—Andrew Scheer says he is personally against abortion, but promises that a Conservative government under his leadership would not reopen the debate.

His political rivals pushed the Conservative leader to clarify his stance on abortion at the French-language debate hosted by private television network TVA on Wednesday night, demanding to know whether he is personally in favour of women having the right to choose to end pregnancies.