Trudeau Vows To Press Pence On US Conservatives Undermining Women's Rights

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published May 30, 2019 | 05:20 AM

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 30th May, 2019) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters that during talks with Vice President Mike Pence he will raise concerns over women's rights being undermined by the US conservative movement.

Earlier in the day, Pence in a statement said he looks forward to meeting with Trudeau in Ottawa on Thursday to discuss advancing the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

"Obviously, I am very concerned with the backsliding of women's rights we are seeing from conservative movements here in Canada, in the United States and around the world," Trudeau said on Wednesday. "I will have a broad conversation with the vice president, in which that will of course come up."

Several US states in recent weeks including Alabama and Missouri have passed legislation to either ban or curb access to abortions. Pence staunchly opposes abortion.