After reading the literature surrounding the Muskoka Initiative my research wants to address a gap in the knowledge, specifically regarding the rise of the Conservative Christian Right’s influence in Canadian domestic policy and how that effects the lack of funding for abortion in foreign aid policies. Currently, a lot of research is being done on the rise of Christian Conservatism in the United States and the anti-gay laws that are on the rise in African countries. I want to examine, in the Canadian context, the rise of the Conservative Right and apply it to anti-abortion attitudes in developing countries (specifically in Africa) as well as how it affects the types of policies that are developed for foreign aid. I believe that there are parallels
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According to Kaoma, the US conservatives have successfully “recruited a significant number of prominent African religious leaders to a campaign seeking to restrict the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people” (2009, p. 3). As a result, the US Conservative Right’s condemnation of homosexuality has been used to promote a political discourse that depicts homosexuality as a Western ideal that has no place in Africa. Even though the United States is losing the ‘war’ at home they are able to promote and maintain ultra-conservative notions of sexuality, family structure, and reproductive laws by promoting these ideals overseas, which in turn garners them support from the international community at home. This ultra-conservative notion can thus be seen to have an effect on abortion policies because negative public opinion is created by the promotion of sexuality, family structure, and tradition female roles in the family. Although the global culture war primarily focuses on the United States, Canada is following in their footsteps by promoting conservative foreign aid policies that follow along the same route as American
According to Kaoma, the US conservatives have successfully “recruited a significant number of prominent African religious leaders to a campaign seeking to restrict the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people” (2009, p. 3). As a result, the US Conservative Right’s condemnation of homosexuality has been used to promote a political discourse that depicts homosexuality as a Western ideal that has no place in Africa. Even though the United States is losing the ‘war’ at home they are able to promote and maintain ultra-conservative notions of sexuality, family structure, and reproductive laws by promoting these ideals overseas, which in turn garners them support from the international community at home. This ultra-conservative notion can thus be seen to have an effect on abortion policies because negative public opinion is created by the promotion of sexuality, family structure, and tradition female roles in the family. Although the global culture war primarily focuses on the United States, Canada is following in their footsteps by promoting conservative foreign aid policies that follow along the same route as American