Abortion Law
Written on 9 Oct, 2004 at 10:58 in
Abortion Law | Author:
Dina Kok
The Interim
After being unable to enter Portuguese waters, the Dutch abortion boat Women on Waves has returned home, only to be met with accusations of criminal activity.
Women on Waves, founded by abortionist Rebecca Gomperts, attempted to reach an agreement with Portuguese officials when the government would not allow it to dock and threatened the floating abortuary with naval intervention if it tried to reach land. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 9 Oct, 2004 at 10:18 in
Abortion, Abortion Law, Politics | Author:
Paul Tuns
The Interim
On Nov. 2, Americans will go to the polls to elect a president, 435 representatives and one-third of the Senate, not to mention thousands of state and local level politicians. With fewer than 30 Congressional races considered close and only a dozen Senate races being seriously contested, most of the attention is on the presidential race. This is especially true for pro-life and pro-family voters as the stakes have ... (Continue reading)
Written on 9 Sep, 2004 at 8:16 in
Abortion, Abortion Law, Morgentaler | Author:
Paul Tuns
Media turning a blind eye to alleged misdeed
In a story you would be hard-pressed to find in the mainstream media, abortionist Henry Morgentaler is being sued for at least $185,000 for an alleged botched abortion last year on an Ottawa woman, which she claims caused damage to her reproductive organs and harm to her marriage.
A Canadian Press wire story reported that an Ottawa couple filed documents with ... (Continue reading)
Written on 7 Jul, 2004 at 16:01 in
Abortion, Abortion Law, Columnist | Author:
Ted Gerk
Western View Whew! The election is over. By the time you read these words of mine, most of the signs will be gone. And every baby that was legally abortable in Canada the day before the election will still be legally abortable the day after. And, I suppose, the day after and the day after.
Not to say there will not be the brave men and women that will happily make their mark and fight for the rights of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 7 Jul, 2004 at 15:02 in
Abortion Law, Activism, Pro-Life | Author:
Tony Gosgnach
The Interim
Administering a punch in the face, fifteen hours of community service and a letter of apology. Not a bad deal for Douglas Chase of Vancouver Island, B.C.
Chase, apparently upset by certain pro-life signs, attacked without warning Campaign Life Coalition B.C. president John Hof while the latter was picketing with other pro-life supporters outside a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 6 Jun, 2004 at 9:49 in
Abortion, Abortion Law | Author:
Parliament Can and Must Act
We live with a terrible reality in Canada. Unlike any other modern democracy, there is no law regulating abortions at any stage of pregnancy. A pregnant woman can get an abortion at any time, for any reason, at any stage of pregnancy.
For all 9 months, indeed at any time, even during child birth, the unborn child has no rights in criminal ... (Continue reading)
Written on 6 May, 2004 at 9:20 in
Abortion Law, Morgentaler | Author:
LifeSite Daily NewsThe request by the Coalition for Life and Health to intervene in the case of Morgentaler vs. New Brunswick has been denied by Mr. Justice David Russell in his ruling of April 2.
The Coalition was formed in response to the launching of a lawsuit by abortionist Morgentaler against the province of New Brunswick because of its refusal to subsidize his private abortion clinics with provincial tax dollars.
Coalition members include the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 6 May, 2004 at 9:06 in
Abortion, Abortion Law | Author:
Abortion advocates challenge ban signed into law last November
LifeSite NewsJudge Richard C. Casey did not let partial-birth abortionist Dr. Timothy Johnson off easy. In court testimony March 31 challenging the constitutionality of the partial-birth abortion ban, Casey grilled Johnson about the grisly procedure.
Partial-birth abortions often necessitate dismemberment of a live baby while his head remains entrenched in the womb. Judge Casey asked Johnson, "Does the fetus feel pain?" Johnson replied ... (Continue reading)
Written on 6 Apr, 2004 at 7:26 in
Abortion Law | Author:
As Mary Ellen Douglas says in our cover story on C-6 (formerly C-13) passing the Senate to become law, the battle is not over. In fact, it has just begun. In many ways, March 11 will be like May 14, 1969, when Pierre Trudeau's Liberal government passed an omnibus bill that legalized abortion. With one defeat in the battle to defend human life, pro-lifers must awaken to begin the challenge of overturning ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Feb, 2004 at 12:45 in
Abortion Law, Pro-Life | Author:
The National Citizen's Coalition, a pro-free market, pro-individual liberty organization, goes to court in February to oppose the federal "gag law." Its fight is for freedom of speech and freedom of expression during election campaigns. Its fight is also our fight.
The law limits how much money an organization or individual can spend to put out issue ads or other political activities during an election campaign. Not only will the NCC not be ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jan, 2004 at 12:27 in
Abortion, Abortion Law | Author:
John-Henry Westen
But only pro-abortion groups granted intervenor status
By John-Henry Westen
The InterimThe European Court of Human Rights heard a case Dec. 10 that sought to establish that unborn children have the right to life. A ruling on the case is expected in several weeks. LifeSite has learned that the only two NGOs to which the European Court granted intervenor status were the London-based Family Planning Association and the New York-based Centre for ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jan, 2004 at 12:10 in
Abortion, Abortion Law, Activism | Author:
Tony Gosgnach
By Tony Gosgnach
The Interim
The last few months haven't been kind to abortionists' public images (not to say they had good ones to begin with). But things may have hit a nadir for them with the conviction of one of their most celebrated heroes on numerous charges of sexual abuse.
Gun-toting, foul-mouthed, in-your-face Brian Finkel of Phoenix, Az. - who ran what he called "a vagina vault" and stocked some 30 ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 Dec, 2002 at 13:51 in
Abortion, Abortion Law | Author:
Interim Staff
The Ontario College of Pharmacists is calling for legislative changes so that pharmacists can dispense early abortifacients - commonly called "emergency contraception" or "the morning after pill."
A pilot project that saw the medication dispensed through 40 Toronto-area ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 Dec, 2002 at 13:46 in
Abortion Law, Activism, Pro-Life | Author:
LifeSite News
Cuban pro-life leader Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet has been released, after the completion of a three-year sentence.
Biscet raised the ire of the Communist regime in 1998 by writing to the United Nations condemning the multitude of abortions performed in ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 May, 2002 at 8:37 in
Abortion Law, Editorials | Author:
On page 20, we highlight a nine-year-old story; namely The Interim's coverage of then attorney-general Marion Boyd's announcement that Ontario's NDP government would seek a court order restricting pro-life activity (such as the counselling of women or peacefully protesting against abortion) at certain locations in the province. The Ontario Court (General Division) issued a "temporary" injunction - and nine years later, it is still in force.
The abortuaries and the ... (Continue reading)
