Articles from 1996
Written on 5 Aug, 1996 at 9:23 in
Euthanasia | Author:
Pro-life supporters will monitor the situation in Australia where the world’s first voluntary euthanasia law has survived its latest legal challenge.
In a July 24 decision, the Northern Territory Supreme Court struck down a legal challenge led by doctors and aboriginal people.
The world’s first assisted suicide law came into effect July 1 in the Australian province of the Northern Territories. It allows doctors to provide a fatal injection to terminally ill patients if it is ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Aug, 1996 at 9:22 in
Abortion, Fetal Rights | Author:
A report out of Columbia, South Carolina could have implications for pro-lifers concerned with the protection of the unborn children in the womb.
The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled July 17 that pregnant women who use drugs can be charged with child abuse.
According to the Eternal Word Television Network news service (EWTN), the state Supreme Court ruled 3-2 in defense of the unborn child, marking the first time a state high court has permitted such persecutions.
Under the ruling, women ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Aug, 1996 at 9:20 in
Book Review, Sex Education | Author:
Sue Careless
The Interim
Book Review:
How Could You Do That? The Abdication of Character, Courage, and Conscience
By Dr. Laura Schlessinger,
Harper Collins
270 Pages, $31.00
Laura Schlessinger is talk radio’s hottest hostess. Nearly one million Canadians listen daily to the Dr. Laura Schlessinger Show. “Dr. Laura” as she is called, talks ethics without being academic and morals without being sanctimonious. If Geraldo’s guests glory in the garbage of their lives, Dr. Laura’s callers sort through the trash in ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Aug, 1996 at 9:19 in
Marriage and Family, Pro-Life | Author:
Interim special
Pro-family supporters on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border are applauding the July 12 move by the House of Representatives to pass the Defense of Marriage Act.
In a vote of 342 to 67, the House approved the motion, which defines marriage as the union of a man and woman in federal law. The law also prevents individual states from recognizing same-sex marriages.
The motion comes as pro-life, pro-family supporters grow increasingly concerned about the assaults on the traditional ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Aug, 1996 at 9:18 in
Activism, Marriage and Family, Pro-Life, Pro-life Groups | Author:
Members of the pro-life, pro-family community are realizing the great urgency to form and join an international “Alliance of the Two Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary” to offset the impact of abortion, euthanasia, pornography, radical feminism and the anti-family mentality. The alliance is also aimed at ending the “culture of death” and its harmful effect on the family.
The goal of this International Alliance of the Holy Family which is a team of people promoting this ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Aug, 1996 at 9:17 in
Marriage and Family, Pro-Life, Society & Culture | Author:
Pro-life groups have joined forces with the Catholic Church to fight a controversial sterilization program introduced by Peru’s Ministry of Health.
The program would offer sterilization for people living in poverty and would provide economic benefits for those volunteering for the surgery.
As reported by the Eternal World Television Network (EWTN), the program was immediately attacked by the head of the Peruvian Catholic bishops’ commission on the family.
“(The program) violates our people’s freedom,” said Bishop Alberto Brazzini. “The government program is ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Aug, 1996 at 9:16 in
Pro-Life, Religion | Author:
In an effort to combat the growing incidence of abortion and assisted suicide, church leaders in Detroit have launched an initiative they hope will promote respect for life.
Called “Project Life”, the program is being spearheaded by Roman Catholic Cardinal Adam Maida of the Detroit archdiocese who criticized the increasing glamorization in the media of death doctor Jack Kevorkian and U.S. President Bill Clinton’s veto of the partial-birth abortion ban.
“Before you pick up the telephone to schedule an appointment with ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Aug, 1996 at 9:14 in
Assisted Suicide | Author:
A Norwegian doctor who helped a terminally ill patient commit suicide in June has been charged with first-degree murder.
Dr. Christian Sandsdalen of Oslo administered a lethal injunction of morphine to a female patient June 13. He later demanded on national television that he be charged with murder as a test of Norway’s laws against assisted suicide.
According to the Associated Press, Sandsdalen also wrote to the Norwegian state prosecutor admitting that he had performed a mercy killing.
“The patient asked me ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Aug, 1996 at 9:13 in
Pro-Life, Profiles | Author:
Mike Mastromatteo
By Mike Mastromatteo
Interim staff
It would be unusual to find Joseph-Paul Flanagan taking part in high profile demonstrations in defense of unborn children. It’s not that the resident of Iberville, Quebec is indifferent to the unborn, nor is he opposed to the tactics of sidewalk counselors and activists on the front lines. Instead, this quietly committed pro-lifer brings a prayerful, contemplative approach to the struggle.
A retired professor of mathematics at the College Militaire Royal de St. Jean, Flanagan has ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Aug, 1996 at 9:12 in
Activism, Pro-Life | Author:
A survey recently circulated among Canada’s pro-life community promises interesting findings about stress and burn-out associated with the struggle to defend unborn children.
Entitled “Compassion Fatigue,” the survey is now being analyzed by Mary-Lynn McPherson, national coordinator of Nurses for Life. As a psychiatric nurse, McPherson has more than a passing interest in job-related stress, particularly among pro-lifers.
The survey was distributed initially at the 1995 national pro-life conference in London, Ontario, but McPherson previously had mailed it to selected ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Aug, 1996 at 9:12 in
Pro-Life, Youth Activism | Author:
Interim Staff
Students are a common summertime sight at most organizations and Campaign Life Coalition is no exception. Hiring students enables busy full-time staff to schedule much needed vacation time and to complete those projects requiring energy, leg work and attention to detail.
Campaign Life Coalition’s Toronto office has benefited with the addition of three summer students who have taken on an assortment of projects between June and September. CLC also enjoys the input of other students who work on ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Aug, 1996 at 9:10 in
Activism, Pro-Life | Author:
Mike Mastromatteo
Interim staff
Pro-lifers are a lot like other Canadians when it comes to getting away from it all. They take their work seriously but they recognize the need to step back and take a breather from the daily grind.
Many workers surveyed by The Interim look forward to their quiet time to recover from the pressures of continuing pro-life work. In an environment characterized by hostility and ridicule from pro-abortionists, thinly veiled contempt by the mainstream media, diminished resources and scarce ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Aug, 1996 at 9:09 in
Society & Culture | Author:
Question: I am 13 years old, and I feel miserable about myself. Is there anything I can do?
Dr. Dobson: First, you need to understand that you are not alone. When you go to school tomorrow, quietly watch the students who are coming and going. I assure you, many of them have the same concerns that trouble you. They reveal these doubts by being very shy and quiet, by being afraid to participate in a game or contest, by ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Aug, 1996 at 9:06 in
Abortion Law | Author:
The Reuters news agency reported in July that Nepali lawmakers are considering a bill to legalize abortion in the small Himalayan kingdom.
Sunil Kuman Bhandari of the Napali Congress party introduced the bill July 10. Bhandari is president of the Family Planning Association of Nepal, an affiliate of the London-based International Planned Parenthood Federation.
He said the bill would give Napali women greater reproductive rights and would reduce high maternal death rates in the country.
Reuters also reported that the country’s maternal ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Aug, 1996 at 9:04 in
Religion | Author:
Tony Gosgnach
The Interim
In June 1995, a $500 reward was offered to any Canadian priest who would preach a homily.
Now, you might think priests were chomping at the bit to ease the crunch on their church’s coffers by making some easy cash through the pulpit. But there was just one problem: the homily in question has to be strictly devoted to the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae.
“That was an experiment,” says Joseph Pope, the 74-year old Toronto stockbroker who ... (Continue reading)
