“It is time for the government of British Columbia to … stop trying to limit peaceful picketing outside abortion clinics.” Globe and Mail editorial, January 26, 1996 We couldn’t have said it better ourselves. Now if only Ontario’s attorney general Charles Harnick would apply the same principle to the current injunctions banning pro-life picketing in his province. When Judge E.J. Cronin decided [...]
It is known that women who have had abortions sometimes try to commit suicide. Are there any real statistics? M.K. Stratford, Ont. No. There are some studies, but for a number of reasons any attempt at statistics would be suspected. This fact was made clear in The Physical and Psycho-Social Effects of Abortion on Women; A Report by the Consequences of The [...]
After killing his 27 patients, lawyers for Jack Kevorkian are pondering a move out west. Despite having no medical license in any state, Jack Kevorkian has reportedly decided to move his business from Michigan to California and try his luck with the Golden State authorities. Although he has successfully flouted the law in Michigan which bans assisted suicide, his cause has not [...]
India has become one of the first countries to pass legislation aimed at curbing the growing practice of sex-selection abortions. The country’s politicians are alarmed by the latest statistics which show that there are only 929 females per 1,000 males. In developed countries there are 1,060 females per 1,000 males. The law, which took effect on January 1, bans abortions if tests [...]
One of Canada’s Health Minister’s last acts before leaving office was the preparation legislation which would restrict the buying and selling of human eggs. The announcement comes in the wake of an ad which appeared in a University of Toronto newspaper seeking a white female willing to donate eggs for $2,000. In explaining the reasons for the pending legislation, Health Minister Dianne [...]
Despite almost no public demands, Canada’s former Health Minister took it upon herself to investigate ways of bringing the abortion pill RU-486 into the country. The Interim has learned that in November of last year, then-Health Minister Diane Marleau received a letter from B.C. NDP Health Minister Paul Ramsey asking that the federal government seek ways to introduce RU-486 to Canada. “I [...]
Government reports 782 abortions in 1994 Latest figures out of Poland have given pro-lifers reason to rejoice but also realize that the battle is not yet over. The U.S. Catholic paper The Wanderer, says that Poland’s Ministry of Health and Public Welfare reports that for the entire year of 1994, 782 abortions were performed in the nation of 40 million—down from last [...]
First pro- life legal win in recent years ends government crackdown and breaths new life into pro-life witnessing. Mike Mastromatteo The interim Pro-life groups across the country are hailing the decision of the B.C. Provincial Court to strike down the Bill 48 (Access to Abortion Services Act), the legislation banning picketing around B.C. abortion clinics. In the January 23 decision, Judge E.J [...]
Toronto As pro-life people, part of our goal is to change the way people act. We hope to see a world in which no one chooses to end the lives of their unborn children. However our goal is not to control people, but to instill a genuine respect for human life. The struggle to restore respect for the unborn is proving to [...]
William Brennan, 1995, Loyola University Press, 3441 North Ashland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60657 William Brennan’s book Dehumanizing the Vulnerable compares the language used against seven of the most victimized groups in the modern age. These are unborn, Native Americans, African Americans, European Jews, women, enemies of socialism in Soviet Russia, and those who rely on others physically and mentally. The similarity in [...]
Group dedicated to the spiritual, moral and ethical development of men hopes to hold future rallies in Canada. The Promise Keepers phenomenon is spreading to Canada. Representatives of the Christian men’s organization held a press conference in Burlington, Ontario recently to announce the start of a Canadian affiliate, making the first time the movement has gone beyond American borders. The groups leader’s [...]
Faithful readers will remember the horrendous problems that our family experienced when somebody stole our car about a year ago. Well this is like one of these Hollywood movies—just when you think the hero has escaped unscathed, he’s being attacked by the same villain again but much more violently! Our Honda’s electrical wiring failed miserably recently and left us riding around in [...]
British cab-driver’s son turns focus from print to radio and television. His fresh outlook is music to the ears of Canadian talk-radio junkies. In a mainstream media culture dominated by liberal and pro-abortion voices, Michael Coren stands as a notable exception. The 36-year-old native of London, England is an anomaly because he has held to conservative and pro-life views throughout a prolific [...]
Who are the Nobel prize winners who promoted the idea of infanticide of handicapped babies? P.N. Vancouver B.C. Two Nobel laureates are on record for expressing support for infanticide, though they avoided using that term. In May 1973, James Watson, of DNA fame, stated: “If a child were declared not alive until three days after birth, then all parents could be allowed [...]
Central Ontario pro-life supporters are concerned over the distribution of pro-abortion literature to some students at a college of Trent University in Peterborough. In September, students enrolling at Traill College received a brochure from the Peterborough chapter of the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League (CARAL). The brochure was included in an information kit given to Traill College students at the start of [...]