Message to CIDA–Support International Planned Parenthood Federation

A story in today’s Toronto Star outlined how the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has not yet responded to a request for funding from International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), an agency that Canadian governments of all political stripes have supported since the 1960s. IPPF’s last funding arrangement with CIDA expired in December, 2009. Without the CIDA funding, IPPF will have to cut programs and services.

At the same time, the federal government of Canada, which runs CIDA, has stated that it intends to make maternal and child health the focus of the upcoming G8 and G20 summits, which it is hosting. Non-funding of IPPF flies in the face of this promise to focus on the health of women and children around the world.

If you are a Canadian who is concerned about the government’s policies toward IPPF, please sign this petition and spread the word.

Thank you very much.