Articles from 2010
Written on 11 Jan, 2010 at 9:36 in
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Paul Tuns In November, I noted that pro-abortion Liberals and some in the media attacked Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott for his pro-life statements that abortion might not be to the benefit of women. Vellacott has long sought to educate the public and his parliamentary colleagues of the link between abortion and breast cancer. Because so many pro-abortion journalists are heavily invested in the narrative that abortion is a social good and a woman's right, apparently the media is required to ignore the evidence for the ... (Continue reading)
10. Quebec gives special rights to abortion mills
In the spring, the Quebec National Assembly passed new safety and hygiene regulations for all health care facilities in the province. In August, abortion mills and supporters were lobbying to have offices and facilities that provide abortions exempted from the regulations and two of them threatened to close or stop committing abortion procedures if they had to abide by the health and safety changes. Health Minister Yves Bolduc capitulated after pressure ... (Continue reading)
Written on 8 Jan, 2010 at 9:34 in
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Paul Tuns Over at The American Spectator, G. Tracy Mehan points to Patrick Fagan's call to arms defending monogamy (traditional marriage and family life). Fagan writes in the current Touchstone:
The culture of the traditional family is now in intense competition with a very different culture. The defining difference between the two is the sexual ideal each embraces. The traditional family of Western civilization is based on lifelong monogamy. The competing culture is "polyamorous," normally a serial polygamy, but also increasingly polymorphous in ... (Continue reading)
Written on 8 Jan, 2010 at 8:45 in
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Paul Tuns Writing at National Review Online, Wesley Smith has a list of the top ten bioethical stories of the past decade and it isn't all bad news. Euthanasia was legalized in Washington state, but generally Americans are more pro-life. There is the growth of biological colonialism (foreign organ tissue market for transplants) but also adult stem cell therapy breakthroughs. Smith's top bioethical story of the decade was the murder of Terri Schiavo, which was about much more than the particulars of a case ... (Continue reading)
Written on 7 Jan, 2010 at 10:12 in
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Paul Tuns Harley Price has an excellent post on human rights, human rights commissions, and hate speech. It defies excerption, but there are a few takeaway points that extremely important. We live in an age when the normal is viewed as abhorrent as the "universal is everywhere and always subordinated to the particular." That leads to certain opinions being marginalized as hateful or offensive and necessary to tamp down, by government force if necessary. Hence the human rights commission industry and hate speech codes. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 6 Jan, 2010 at 9:34 in
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Oswald Clark and Paul Tuns Yesterday, it became clear that two important Democratic senators are not seeking re-election this year. Senator Byron Dorgan (ND) formally announced that he was not seeking re-election and rumours swirled that Senator Christopher Dodd (Conn) would make a similar announcement today. Both were facing serious challenges but the Dorgan announcement was still a surprise.
According the National Right to Life Committee, on 54 scored votes going back to 1997, Dodd voted pro-life precisely once (the Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jan, 2010 at 11:46 in
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Paul Tuns Big Blue Wave has some interesting thoughts on how pro-lifers frame the issue suggesting that discussing fetal rights are more productive than simply opposing abortion. (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jan, 2010 at 11:43 in
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Paul Tuns The New York Times has a story on abortion in South Korea where it is technically illegal but widely available and routinely committed. Notably, the article looks at the growing skepticism among doctors including some formerly involved in the abortion industry. It is well worth reading because it provides a glimmer of hope that abortion can be reversed and includes some informational tidbits that seldom makes it into the Times, namely that there is skepticism from within the medical ranks ... (Continue reading)
Written on 4 Jan, 2010 at 9:47 in
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Paul Tuns UPI reports:
A prominent Abraham Lincoln historian in New York says an activist who claims the 16th president was gay admitted to him the story was fabricated.
Harold Holzer, who has written 35 books about Lincoln and the Civil War, said playwright and AIDS activist Larry Kramer admitted to him he fabricated his much-publicized claims that a diary and letters discovered in an old Lincoln home confirmed a homosexual relationship with his roommate, Joshua Speed, the New York Post... (Continue reading)
Written on 4 Jan, 2010 at 9:29 in
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Interim Staff Rory Leishman on how the U.S. points to ways to reduce abortion.
Michael Coren is "Speaking the truth, no matter what" -- despite the looming human rights commissions.
Rick McGinnis defends Disney movies.
Frank Kennedy imagines himself in the White House. (Continue reading)
Written on 4 Jan, 2010 at 9:16 in
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Alex Schadenberg Bill C-384, the bill that was introduced by the Bloc MP Francine Lalonde to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide will have its vote delayed again, but this time it is due to a move by Prime Minister Harper. Prime Minister Harper has just received permission to prorogue parliament until after the Winter Olympic Games are finished. It has been announced that Parliament will resume on Wednesday, March 3, 2010; with the budget being delivered on March 4 That means that ... (Continue reading)
