Conservatives say they'll will vote against a Liberal motion to include contraception in a maternal health initiative for developing countries, calling the wording anti-American and an attempt to reopen the abortion debate.

The motion tabled by MP Bob Rae says Canada's maternal health proposal to G8 nations must be based on "scientific evidence, which proves that education and family planning can prevent as many as one in every three maternal deaths" and refrain from the "failed right-wing ideologies" of former U.S. president George W. Bush.

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UPDATE: The motion failed by a vote of 144 - 138 after 3 Liberal MP's voted against the measure, John McKay, Paul Szabo, and Dan McTeague.  At the same time Albina Guarnieri and Gurbax Malhi abstained, while others did not even show up for the vote.