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Written on 14 Feb, 2001 at 9:17 in
Abortion, Paul Tuns | Author:
Paul Tuns
Canada's Catholic bishops have taken a stand against the expansion of abortion through Ottawa's coercion of provinces to fund private abortuaries.
The January 19 Ottawa Citizen reported that Ottawa Archbishop Marcel Gervais said Health Minister Allan Rock's promotion of abortion funding made his "blood boil" and rebuked Catholics Rock and Prime Minister Jean Chretien for their government's support of abortion.
"The fact that we do not have a law to ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Feb, 2001 at 8:50 in
Euthanasia, Paul Tuns | Author:
Paul Tuns
Pro-lifers and disability activists applauded the January 18 decision of the Supreme Court of Canada that said Robert Latimer had to serve at least 10 years in prison for the 1993 murder of his daughter, Tracy, but some concede the fight is far from over.
The unanimous 7-0 decision dismissed Latimer's request for leniency in sentencing as well as his appeal for a new trial in which he would be ... (Continue reading)
Written on 21 Jan, 2001 at 12:47 in
Paul Tuns, Politics | Author:
Paul Tuns
Three of five candidates pro-abortion, while Clement and Flaherty send mixed signals
It did not take long for abortion to become an issue in the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party leadership campaign - just long enough, in fact, for the media to ask the first announced candidate about his views on the issue during his kick-off press conference.
Unfortunately, it was became an issue not because one of the leadership ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Jan, 2001 at 7:44 in
Book Review, Paul Tuns | Author:
Paul Tuns First Things, a "Survey of Religion and Public Life" edited by Father Richard John Neuhaus, caused a stir in the academic and journalistic communities when it posed the question, "The End of Democracy?" in its November 1996 issue. Going beyond the debate over judicial activism in the United States, the symposium questioned whether or not "conscientious citizens can longer give moral assent to the existing regime."
A debate, or more properly a conversation, about the issue was ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Jan, 2001 at 7:40 in
Book Review, Marriage and Family, Paul Tuns | Author:
Paul Tuns Why Married People Are Happier,
Healthier,
and Better Off Financially
by Linda Waite and
Maggie Gallagher
(Doubleday, $37.95, 260 pages).
While Linda J. Waite and Maggie Gallagher's The Case for Marriage: Why Married People Are Happier, Healthier, and Better Off Financially may seem a tad shallow in pointing to why marriage is a good thing, it is a wonderful tonic to the cultural illness that views marriage as an outdated, sometimes quaint, sometimes stifling institution. Waite, a University of Chicago sociologist, and Gallagher, Director of the Marriage ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Jan, 2001 at 7:28 in
Book Review, Paul Tuns | Author:
Paul Tuns The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce:
A 25 Year Landmark Study
by Judith Wallerstein
Julia M. Lewis and
Sandra Blakeslee
(Hyperion, $35.95, 347 pages).
The conventional wisdom about divorce and children - that family breakups are, at worst, a temporary difficulty for kids - is so wrong that new research about the long-term negative effects on children of divorce must force a re-thinking among parents and family courts when couples consider breaking up.
The research, which has grown over the years, is illustrated vividly by ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Jan, 2001 at 7:02 in
Abortion, Paul Tuns | Author:
Paul Tuns
As the worldwide push for the "morning-after pill" and RU-486 increases, pro-lifers wonder about its effect on the abortion debate and on the pharmacy profession
In the past few years chemical abortion has become more prevalent as country after country approved the morning-after pill (MAP) and the abortion pill RU-486.... (Continue reading)
Written on 13 Jan, 2001 at 13:18 in
Paul Tuns, Politics | Author:
Some leaders adopting a wait-and-see approach
as cabinet nominees face confirmation
After a long campaign and close election, Republican George W. Bush was announced the winner of the U.S. presidential race. While Bush was preferable in comparison to Democrat Al Gore, the reaction of pro-lifers to Bush's victory has been mixed.
Groups such as the National Right to Life Committee and Family Research Council have expressed their satisfaction with the Bush win and his announcement of cabinet picks while ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Nov, 1999 at 10:40 in
Paul Tuns | Author:
By Paul Tuns The Interim
After a three-month delay, police seem to be taking seriously allegations of repeated assaults on a Toronto pro-life activist.
In mid-October, pro-life activist and counsellor Robert Hinchey was told by police that they will charge an individual who is alleged to have assaulted him on numerous occasions, although the police didn't release his name or any other details at the time.
Hinchey has been assaulted three times and, in his opinion, the police ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Nov, 1999 at 10:40 in
Paul Tuns, Politics | Author:
By Paul Tuns
The Interim
New health minister said to be pro-life
On Sept. 21, nearly 12 years of Tory rule in Manitoba came to an end as the NDP won a majority government.
Under leader Gary Doer, the NDP captured 32 of 57 seats (the Tories won 24 and the Liberals just one). Like the NDP across the country, is a solidly pro-abortion party.
But as CLC Manitoba President Niel Slykerman says, "It was bad enough the way ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Oct, 1999 at 9:48 in
Paul Tuns, Society & Culture | Author:
By Paul Tuns
The Interim
Officials accused of ignoring attacks on pro-lifers, and going easy on pro-aborts
Several recent legal cases in Ontario and Alberta could leave the impression that the capricious nature of the legal system is being used against pro-lifers. This past summer the police and courts have seemingly employed a double standard in dealing with allegations against pro-life activists.
The day before police arrested three pro-lifers for violating an injunction prohibiting free ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Oct, 1999 at 9:23 in
Paul Tuns | Author:
Media review by Paul Tuns The Interim
Despite an inauspicious beginning, the National Post, which began publishing one year ago this month, has been a boon for pro-life and pro-family Canadians desperate for principled journalism from the mainstream media.
The Post published its inaugural issue in the days following the murder of abortionist Bernard Slepian. It ran a cartoon which implied the pro-life movement was behind his death and depicted pro-lifers as sinister snipers.
Since that episode, however, the paper's ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Oct, 1999 at 9:23 in
Editorials, Paul Tuns, Population | Author:
Paul Tuns
The impending doom that underlied the news stories when the world's population reached six billion earlier this year is unfounded, and worse, a sign of the devaluation of human life.
There is little reason to believe that the earth becomes a worse place to live with each new person. However, Princeton University "ethicist" Peter Singer seems to believe so. He stated in his 1994 book, Rethinking Life and Death, that ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Sep, 1999 at 9:23 in
Paul Tuns, Politics | Author:
By Paul Tuns
The Interim
Memo targeting certain Reform Mps is not an attempt to purge the movement of pro-lifers
A well-publicized memo by a top-level Reform Party strategist has some worried that the United Alternative is trying to push out moral conservatives.
Rick Anderson, campaign director for the Reform Party of Canada, wrote a memo identifying 20 Reform MPs whom the party should be ready to replace in the next election. But pro-lifers are concerned because ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Sep, 1999 at 7:59 in
Abortion, Paul Tuns | Author:
By Paul Tuns
The Interim
Police ‘investigation' fails to allay concerns about ‘genetic termination' abortions
An "investigation" into eugenic infanticides at a Calgary hospital has failed to exonerate the hospital, and pro-lifers vow to continue searching for the truth.
In April, Alberta Report magazine broke a horrifying story about babies born alive and left to die after "genetic terminations" at Calgary Foothills Hospital. A "genetic termination" is a form of late-term abortion in which babies suspected of having ... (Continue reading)
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