Gosh, I hope she loses!

Ezra Levant reveals some stunning and appalling news about the position of the Alberta premier:

But on the campaign trail last week, Alberta Premier Alison Redford said she no longer believes abortion is a matter of personal conscience. 

True, for years, she was the justice minister of Alberta where that was the rule. But Redford is losing the Alberta election badly — a new poll put her 17 points behind the upstart Wildrose party, with just two weeks to the election —so she hit the panic button. 

So, off the cuff, she told reporters that doctors should now be compelled to provide abortions on demand, even if they don’t believe in it. She styled it as an attack on the Wildrose party, whose platform supports freedom of conscience— like Redford herself did, until about fifteen minutes ago. 
“I was very frightened to hear the discussion today,” said Redford, who bravely managed to overcome that fear during her four years in a government where that was the law. “I certainly respect people’s personal beliefs,” she said. Unless, of course, she happens to disagree with them. “All of the unique families in this province have the opportunity to know that when they’re accessing services, they can trust those services can be provided. And when they take on professional responsibilities, I expect them to be able to meet those professional responsibilities.” That’s buzz words and clichés and newspeak. What is a “unique family”? What is an “opportunity to know”? How does a unique family take on a professional responsibility? 

No matter. Her meaning was pulled out of her: She opposes freedom of conscience for doctors. 
She now believes that the government should have the power to force someone to perform an abortion. 

So much for pro-choice and respecting diversity. 
But see, there’s this little thing called the Charter of Rights, and the very first freedom mentioned in — even ahead of free speech — is freedom of conscience. It’s so important, it’s in a special list in the Charter called “fundamental freedoms.” 

Obviously, the name pro-choice is a misnomer.  It really is pro-abortion.  Or else.

Redford might have heard of that, being a self-described human rights expert and all.