For a breakdown of the Canadian numbers city by city, see below. Good to very good Media coverage of Life Chain ranged from good to very good, except in Toronto. There the TV and radio coverage of the demonstration was adequate. As for the newspapers, the Sun covered both the local and the international side (but gave only 127,000 as the U.S. [...]
Vancouver – Three pro-lifers were named October 10 in a new injunction obtained by an abortion center here. According to another unnamed demonstrator, two men and one woman were inside the Hycroft Medical Building which houses the Elizabeth Bagshaw Abortion Centre. They were not blocking doors or access to the business, but only talking to women going inside. Staff On Monday, abortuary [...]
Conservative MP Robert Wenman told a Commons committee on November 5 is private members Bill C-203, would not legalize euthanasia or doctor assisted suicide. “Unnecessary and dangerous” Others disagree completely. Alliance for Life, the national umbrella for pro-life educational groups, appearing before the committee on October 29, stated in their position statement that it considers this legislation “unnecessary and dangerous.” “We presume [...]
When the police paddy wagon pulled up to Robert Scott’s abortuary in downtown Toronto one October day recently, Mary Burnie and Jan Copps wondered what was going on. A surly police officer stepped out, approached them as they picketed and said, “You’re trespassing on private property.” Now Mary understood. Earlier she had rested against the fence that separates Scott’s property from the [...]