Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks wrote in a letter to Planned Parenthood that she was disinvited owing to her ‘views on the state of Israel amidst the humanitarian crisis against Palestinian peoples’
Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Ya’ara Saks rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 27.A federal cabinet minister was told she wasn’t welcome to visit a reproductive-health advocacy group because of her views on Israel , a decision she told them sends a worrying message to Jewish women across the country.
In a letter to Planned Parenthood obtained by The Globe and Mail, Ms. Saks writes that she was disinvited owing to her “views on the state of Israel amidst the humanitarian crisis against Palestinian peoples.” “All women have a right to make the health care choices that are right for them, and that includes Jewish women,” she wrote.
“Planned Parenthood Ottawa exists to empower and advocate alongside those seeking sexual and reproductive-health support,” said Mx. Walker, who uses they/them pronouns. Her view on the current conflict is that of the government’s, she told the advocacy group: the need for a ceasefire, the return of all hostages, for Hamas to lay down its arms and for the violence and suffering to end.
“The strong support for the right to Israel to exist, and the need for the safety of Palestinian civilians are not mutually exclusive,” Ms. Saks wrote in her letter.
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