MLA Danielle Smith
United Conservative Party, Brooks-Medicine Hat, AB
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During the 2022 United Conservative Party of Alberta leadership race, Ms. Smith again described herself a "pro-choice".
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Here is Danielle Smith's voting record relating to life and family issues:
| Votes, Surveys and Policy Decision | Vote | Score |
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| Position on taxpayer funding of elective abortion procedures | Unclear | -- |
Here are quotes from Danielle Smith on various life and family issues:
Reacting to the US Supreme Court's principled overturning in June 2022 of the infamous 1973 Roe vs. Wade pro-abortion ruling: "I am pro-choice, and that includes supporting a person's right to make choices on what to do with their own body..." [Fairview Post, 'Aheer lone UCP leadership candidate to condemn U.S. Supreme Court abortion decision', June 29, 2022]
Stated that her party would support conscience rights to protect marriage commissioners against having to perform homosexual 'marriages', and protect doctors from having to kill babies in the womb: “The Wildrose will ensure conscience rights for marriage commissioners and health professionals... This would ensure the protection of personal expression for individuals, while also ensuring that personal beliefs are respected for all Albertans... If you look at the current professional designation for doctors, for nurses, for pharmacists, they’ve already dealt with this issue” [National Post, "‘I’m pro-choice and I’m pro-gay marriage’: Wildrose leader Danielle Smith slams PC ‘fearmongering’", April 11, 2012]
At an all-candidates meeting she proclaimed that she supports killing babies in-utero and is against the true definition of marriage: "When our members elected me they knew they were electing a candidate that was pro-choice and pro-gay marriage... The only way we’re going to be able to become a mainstream, big-tent conservative party capable of forming government is to focus on the issues that matter to Albertans... If I am elected premier, a Wildrose government will not be legislating in areas of morality.”
[National Post, '‘I’m pro-choice and I’m pro-gay marriage’: Wildrose leader Danielle Smith slams PC ‘fearmongering’", April 11, 2012]
In a column she wrote for the Calgary Herald, Smith strongly insinuates that taxpayers shouldn't be forced to pay for abortions: "Most Canadians respect that the decision is between a woman, her doctor, and God, but I’m sure they also agree the taxpayer should not be on the hook to pay for it” [Calgary Herald, November 2000]
Here are the answers for the questionnaire as provided by Danielle Smith on 2023.
| Question | Response |
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| 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) | no response |
| Will you support measures to stop funding abortions with taxpayers' money in Alberta? | no response |
| 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 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 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 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 |
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