‘It is unique, but it shouldn’t be,’ Ashton talks about being pregnant while running for federal NDP leadership race

Equal Voice says running for federal leadership while pregnant helps break barriers, highlights systemic gaps.

NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton says it's important to challenge the notion that pregnancy 'derails' a woman's life.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

June 7, 2017

When NDP federal leadership candidate Niki Ashton announced her pregnancy last week, the ordinary life event for one woman became a first in federal politics and a national political story. The 34-year-old Manitoba MP, who was first elected in 2008, is also among a fairly small group of women who h...

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