Articles from 1997
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Written on 11 Jul, 1997 at 14:13 in
Sex Education | Author:
Interim staff
A decision by the York Region public school board to encourage discussion of sexual orientation, abortion and other moral issues in classrooms is dividing parents and education officials as the schools break for the summer recess.
It is similar to a case in British Columbia where the teachers’ federation, backed by provincial education minister, moved to introduce gay-positive materials into the school curriculum. The action generated a backlash from pro-family groups and has led to calls for the education ... (Continue reading)
Written on 11 Jul, 1997 at 14:11 in
Abortion, Equal Rights, Society & Culture | Author:
David Packer
The United Nations Population fund has issued its 1997 State of World Population Report. The slick 76-page document, subtitled “The Right to Choose: Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health,” lays out a program for action designed to turn Third World women into feminist “wimmin.”
They will be educated, plied with contraceptives, and their unborn children aborted.
The report’s subtitle gives the game away. ‘The Right to Choose’ is to abortion clinics what ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ (Work Makes Freedom) was to Auschwitz. ‘Reproductive rights’ ... (Continue reading)
Written on 11 Jul, 1997 at 14:10 in
Across Canada | Author:
Alert over population body
MONTREAL – The leader of Campagne Quebec Vie has expressed surprise and disappointment over plans to establish a Parliamentary committee dedicated to population and family planning issues. Gilles Grondin suggested that the committee, headed by Liberal MP Jean Augustine (Etobicoke-Lakeshore), will eventually attempt to implement UN family planning priorities on a national level. Grondin, who has monitored UN depopulation initiatives at conferences in Copenhagen, Istanbul and Cairo, said the formation of a Parliamentary committee is the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 11 Jul, 1997 at 14:06 in
Human rights | Author:
Winifride Prestwich
I have seen the part of the Hippocratic Oath which relates to abortion, but what else does it say? F.C., Newmarket, ON.
The oath is quite long. It opens by swearing by Apollo and Aesculapius, and first deals with who is to be taught the Art of Healing. It continues: “…I will impart a knowledge of the Art to my own sons…and to disciples bound by a stipulation and oath according to the law of medicine, but to none ... (Continue reading)
Written on 11 Jul, 1997 at 14:00 in
Marriage and Family | Author:
QUESTION: I’m certain that I’m losing my husband. He shows me signs of boredom and total disinterest in me. He treats me rudely in public and is virtually silent at home. And of course, our sex life is nonexistent. I have begged and pleaded with him to love me, but I’m losing ground every day. What can I do to save my marriage?
Dr. Dobson: These are symptoms of a condition I call “the trapped syndrome.” More often than ... (Continue reading)
Written on 11 Jul, 1997 at 13:45 in
Abortion Law, Activism | Author:
Frank Kennedy
Someone said that our courts are often like a stand-up comedy act only you can get in for free.
It appeared in the Globe & Mail of May 24, 1997 – page A20 – Sport’s section – for you people that think I made it up.
Former hockey czar Alan Eagleson was previously ordered by Mr. Justice Joseph O’Brien to pay Boston Bruin Mike Gillis last December about $87,000 in damages after the RCMP charged Eielson with eight counts of fraud ... (Continue reading)
Written on 11 Jul, 1997 at 13:27 in
Marriage and Family, Television Shows | Author:
Ellen DeGeneres is a likable, gifted, comedienne who, as nearly everyone must now be aware, recently “came out of the closet” as a lesbian. So did Ellen Morgan, the character Ms. DeGeneres plays on her ABC sitcom, “Ellen,” in a much ballyhooed special one-hour episode aired on ABC and CTV April 30.
I usually shun sitcoms, but occasionally I used to watch “Ellen.” Ms. DeGeneres can be genuinely funny, given decent material to work with. However, I soon tired of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 11 Jul, 1997 at 12:21 in
Politics | Author:
Interim Staff
Pro-life supporters can take small consolation from the results of the June 2 federal election, which saw the Jean Chrétien Liberals returned to power with a reduced majority. The election also saw the Reform Party replace the Bloc Quebecois as the official opposition, while the Conservative and New Democrat parties rebounded from the 1993 catastrophe to regain official party status.
Canada’s pro-life community will monitor the impact of the New Democrats who climbed to 20 seats in the latest ... (Continue reading)
Written on 11 Jul, 1997 at 11:07 in
Abortion, Abortion Law | Author:
Alliance for Life hit the nail on the head in its submission to the Supreme Court of Canada in the case determining the state’s responsibility in protecting unborn children.
The Alliance argued that it is time the courts abandoned the “legal fiction” that unborn children have no rights until they fully emerge from the mother’s womb. The case came up in response to a Manitoba court of appeal ruling that the state could not force a pregnant solvent-addicted woman into ... (Continue reading)
Written on 11 Jul, 1997 at 11:06 in
Editorials, Politics, Pro-Life | Author:
Pro-life supporters sometimes have a difficult time putting a positive face on what appears to be a steady diet of distressing news. A case in point is the recent federal election which saw the Chrétien Liberals returned to power for at least four more years of middle-of-the-road opportunism.
Although the significance of a reduced majority won’t be lost on the government, there is little to indicate the Liberals will deviate from the values-neutral legislative path they have followed since 1993.
Another ... (Continue reading)
Written on 11 Jul, 1997 at 11:04 in
Activism, Motherhood | Author:
There is still time for readers to contribute to The Interim’s Springwater project which will provide women in crisis pregnancies an opportunity for an expenses-paid vacation away from the city.
As reported in the May issue of The Interim, the project is for women who have recently given birth, or those who are near delivery, to enjoy a vacation at the 40-acre Springwater Christian Campground, near Barrie, Ontario. The vacations are now scheduled for early August.
The new mothers’ project is ... (Continue reading)
Written on 11 Jul, 1997 at 11:03 in
Movie Review, Pro-Life | Author:
Interim special
LONDON, Ont. – The Diocese of London Pro-Life Office recently produced a video and pamphlets entitled Caring NOT Killing.
The purpose of the Caring NOT Killing video (19-minute and nine-and-a half-minute versions) and pamphlet is to explain for both a religious and secular point of view, what is euthanasia and assisted, what is palliative care, and what the individual can do to make a difference.
The video and pamphlet were produced for the 1997 Pro-Life Awareness Week in the Diocese ... (Continue reading)
Written on 11 Jul, 1997 at 11:00 in
Activism, Pro-Life, Religion | Author:
Canadian pro-life activists who have been jailed, sued, slandered, attacked and harassed can take some solace in the fact that they are not alone.
The persecution of Christians this century is perhaps worse than it has ever been and stands as probably the world’s largest, current human rights issue, according to Paul Marshall, academic dean of the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto.
This persecution “is being all but ignored in the secular world and is little better known in the church ... (Continue reading)
Written on 11 Jul, 1997 at 10:54 in
Politics, Pro-Life | Author:
Mike Mastromatteo
One of the surprises of the 1997 federal election campaign was the number of New Democratic Party candidates who claimed some measure of pro-life sympathy.
According to information compiled for Campaign Life Coalition Voters’ Guide, the majority of NDP candidates either skirted the pro-life question or retreated to the party position on “women’s issues.” By election day however, Campaign Life had received 32 pro-life responses to its survey from NDP candidates. It could reveal a small amount of right to life ... (Continue reading)
Written on 11 Jul, 1997 at 10:52 in
Activism, Pro-Life | Author:
Interim special
U.S. federal agents investigating two recent bombings against an abortion clinic and a gay club in Atlanta have concluded that both were done by the same person or persons, and some evidence suggests the attacks may be connected to last year’s bombing at Centennial Olympic Park, law enforcement officials say.
Sources familiar with the investigation being conducted by the FBI and the Treasury Department’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms say the agencies believe they are matching wits ... (Continue reading)
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