Certainly I did a quick look at the grounds on which abortion is legal in Africa, and in light of the Maputo plan of action. In all countries of Africa, abortion is available to save the life of the woman. In about three-quarters of those countries, it's available to preserve the health of the woman. In about more like half to 60% of the countries, it's available in the case of incest, and it's very similar in the case of rape. Even in some cases it's available for social and economic reasons, and in some cases in the case of fetal impairment or abnormality.
Also, there's another very interesting statistic I actually read in an article by Don Martin, in one of his columns. The WHO shows that despite the fact that abortion is legal in each of those countries, only five out of every 100 abortions in Africa is carried out under safe conditions. We're talking about the inability of those nations, despite the political will at the top, to put in place the infrastructure to provide safe abortions. So we're talking about a real problem.
Related to this, if we are to restrict abortion from Canadian aid policies, we have to remember that in most of those countries where women get sexual and reproductive health care, there's only a one-stop shop. There is only place where they get it, and that is, generally speaking, a family planning clinic. If abortion is legal, contraception fails, and they go back to find our what their options are with respect to possible termination of that pregnancy, the practical issue arises of what do they do if that clinic is receiving Canadian aid? Do they say, no, we have to turn you away because we've got Canadian aid pooled in our funding, or is it a situation where Canadian aid won't be available to that clinic at all? So in fact funding for reproductive health with reduce. That will exacerbate this situation where you only--