Candidate, Kevin Klerks
People's Party of Canada Party | Huron - Bruce, ON
CLC rating: Not supportable
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Here is Kevin Klerks's voting record relating to life and family issues:
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Here are quotes from Kevin Klerks on various life and family issues:
Expressing his belief that health care professionals should be forced to refer for procedure that they oppose and will not perform themselves: I could not answer yes or no. I support the rights of health care professionals to refuse to perform medical procedures which they oppose. I do not support their right to refuse referrals of the patient to another health care professional. If we lived in a country with an abundance of doctors available, it might be different but with our current system a patient may have no choice but to be attended to by a biased individual. [Response to CLC's federal election questionnaire, September 12, 2019]
Explaining his support for the killing of unborn children by abortion within certain limits: "I personally believe that life begins with the first detection of a viable heartbeat (fetal age: 5 weeks) therefore a period of time exists before this when a mother may choose to exercise pro-choice in whether or not to terminate their pregnancy." [Response to CLC's federal election questionnaire, September 12, 2019]
Justifying his support for giving medical practitioners licence to kill their patients who ask for assisted suicide: "I had to answer no because these are two completely different subjects which cannot be viewed together so casually. I do not support euthanasia as I feel the individual affected did not make the clear conscious choice to terminate their life. However, if someone chose assisted-suicide how would telling them ‘no’ be protecting them? Do people not have the right to free will to choose their own fate?" [Response to CLC's federal election questionnaire, September 12, 2019]
Here are the answers for the questionnaire as provided by Kevin Klerks on September 12, 2019.
| Question | Response |
|---|---|
| Do you believe that life begins at conception (fertilization)? | No |
| Do you support the conscience rights of health care professionals to refuse to do or refer for medical procedures which they oppose? | No (believes referrals must be made) |
| If elected, would you vote in favour of a law to protect all unborn children from the time of conception (fertilization) onward? | No |
| If elected, will you vote to pass laws protecting people from euthanasia and assisted-suicide, and vote to reject laws that would expand euthanasia and assisted-suicide? | No (supports assisted suicide) |
| Are there any circumstances under which you believe a woman should have access to abortion? (note: Medical treatments to save the life of a mother and which result in the UNINTENDED death of her unborn child, are NOT abortions. Eg. in case of tubal pregnancy or cervical cancer) | Yes (up to 5 weeks gestation) |
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