Statistics Canada released the 2005 abortion numbers on May 21 and they revealed that surgical abortions declined 3.2 per cent from 2004 to 96,815 abortions nation-wide. The abortion rate edged down from 14.6 for every 1,000 women of child-bearing age (15-44) to 14.1. The rate declined for all age groups except 35-39 year olds, which remained the same. Campaign Life Coalition ... (Continue reading)
New website provides Canadian stats, history and research Editor’s Note: This Pro Life BC press release was issued Jan. 23. British Columbia’s largest pro-life organization is calling on all Canadians, including members of the news media and politicians, to become better educated about the harmful consequences’ of abortion. Pro Life BC, which represents more ... (Continue reading)
In 2005, the last year for which there are statistics, there were 1.2 million abortions in the United States – the lowest number since 1976. The statistics were released in a report by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, the research arm of Planned Parenthood, and represent a decline of nearly 25 per cent from 1990, when they peaked at 1.6 ... (Continue reading)
Government reports 782 abortions in 1994 Peter Muggeridge The Interim 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 year’s total of 1,208 and the all-time high 123,534 in 1987. Latest Canadian figures show that over 100,000 abortions are committed each ... (Continue reading)
104,403 abortions in 1993 brings the total number of deaths to 1.62 million since 1969 When abortion was first legalized in Canada in 1969, then Justice Minister John Turner promised that the number of women seeking abortions would not increase. Almost 25 years later Turner’s predictions have proven wildly incorrect as Canadians are now killing over 100,000 of their pre-born children per year and the numbers continue to rise. The latest figures from Statistics Canada show that in 1993 104,403 abortions were reported ... (Continue reading)
In spite of the best efforts of the social engineers, Canada’s A-generation of children, born in the era of legalized abortion, is not turning out as officially expected. Artificial contraception, abortion and other trappings of the “sexual revolution” have seriously undermined the traditional family and destroyed the major source of unconditional love and acceptance necessary for healthy development. Thrust unprepared and defenceless into a world more dangerous tan anything their parents knew, the children of the A-generation have grown up in a ... (Continue reading)
The essential question in determining whether the Ontario Government has the legal right to de-insure abortion is a straightforward one: Who defines what is medically “necessary” under the Canada Health Act? IT’S A FACT: Section 3 of the Canada Health Act states that…”The primary objective of Canadian health care policy is to protect, promote and restore the physical and mental well being of residents of Canada…” IT’S A FACT: The Act provides that provincial health insurance plans must cover “insured health services” ... (Continue reading)
Mother Jones Magazine is not usually on my must read list but a colleague gave me the March/April issue which contains a surprisingly fair article on abortion and breast cancer. Writer Michael Castleman concludes that there is enough evidence in studies to date to show a connection. He does not demand an end to abortion, but he does ask for some informed counseling and decision-making. “Pro-choice groups should not fall into the trap of defending abortion as absolutely ... (Continue reading)
Halifax – On September 22, nine protestors accused of mischief for blocking access to the Morgentaler clinic in October of 1992, received suspended sentences. The nine included Kenneth Biso, Paul Cheverie, Ellan Chesal, Paul Morre, Noreen Mosher, Pauline Mullen, Sharon Keddy, Anne Ashford-Hall and Anne Marie Tomlins. They were also placed on probation for a year and ordered to refrain from blocking access to and exit from the clinic and to stay off its property. Herm Wills of Campaign Life Coalition N.S. ... (Continue reading)
At his earliest opportunity following the death of Sue Rodriguez. MP Svemd Robinson introduced a bill in the House of Commons to legalize physician assisted suicide. Bill C-215 would amend s.241 of the Criminal code to read: “No qualified medical practitioner commits an offence where the practitioner aids a terminally ill person to commit suicide a) at the request of and with the approval of at least one other qualified medical practitioner.” In response to Mr. Robinson’s bill, MP ... (Continue reading)
Number of abortions performed : 43,113 Average number of abortions per day: 118 Number of abortions performed on girls 16 years or younger: 1,769 Facility which performs most abortions: Toronto Morgentaler Clinic (5,854) Number of abortions performed at the four Toronto clinics: 12,806 (Continue reading)
The 1989 abortion statistics, made public April 3, were the worst ever – over 79,000 abortions in Canada. This figure includes the thousands performed in’ clinics’ inside Quebec, but not in those of the rest of Canada, not those done in U.S. border cities. When will the plague stop? One simple answer is, “When doctors stop performing abortions!” When will that be? When they realize they are killing babies. Don’t they know that now Of course. But they try to put it out of their minds. Obstetricians The ... (Continue reading)
On March 21, 1991, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a baby who died in the process of being born was not a “legal person” and therefore could not be counted as a human being. The Supreme Court judgment in the midwives case was welcomed by representatives of radical feminist groups. “It’s a good decision …consistent with the Women’s equality,” said Helen Orton, a lawyer with the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund. Similarly Judy Rebick, head of the National ... (Continue reading)
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