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Sharleen Stewart defends women’s birthing rights
“Get [your] hands off women’s bodies and out of our health care!” – Sharleen Stewart to Don Drummond
In a recent Toronto Star article, SEIU Local 1 Canada President Sharleen Stewart lashed out at Don Drummond, a former TD Bank Chief Economist hired by the Ontario Government to advise on how the province can cut spending. Drummond said that C-section births are “off the charts” and cost too much money because women spend more time in hospital.
“Women do not need a Bay Street banker telling them how or when to give birth. Don Drummond seems to have developed a god complex that has gotten out of control. He should get his hands off women’s bodies and out of our health care,” Sharleen Responded.
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