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Saskatchewan Party leadership candidates are weighing in on abortion, with Ken Cheveldayoff expressing support for “anything that protects the unborn child” and Rob Clarke raising the spectre of the notwithstanding clause.

Other candidates are criticizing those positions, with one stating her “unequivocal” support for abortion rights.

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Four candidates answered a questionnaire prepared by RightNow, an anti-abortion campaign. Cheveldayoff got the group’s highest rating, 89 per cent. He told them he agrees provincial law should restrict abortion with “very few exceptions.”

“I would support anything that protects the unborn child, anything that emphasized that life begins at conception,” he said. “I’d be in favour of that type of legislation.

“When the mother’s life is in jeopardy, certainly I think that you have to look at that on a case-by-case basis,” he added.

Cheveldayoff told the Leader-Post that he was expressing his “personal beliefs.” He said he doesn’t plan to push for changes if he becomes premier, but would be open to a “free and open discussion in caucus.”