Lol, this one still can't figure out what a "Maternal" Health Initiative actually means.  Years later and it still struggles with the concept of "maternal"...as in mother.  Here, lets help you.

ma·ter·nal

adjective
relating to a mother, especially during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth.

It was not a women's health initiative, it was a maternal health...again meaning mothers and children...ok?  Now to be a mother, you need a child...ok?  I'm hoping I don't have to explain how pregnancy works (rolls eyes).

Harper has made helping young mothers and newborns in developing countries his signature aid priority. He says the new funds will be focused on helping young children in the first month of life, who die in numbers that experts describe as alarming. 

The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the world’s 15 million Shia Ismaili Muslims, also praised Harper for leadership on the issue, but said much more needs to be done. - thestar.com

Islam bans abortion, you know that right?