Abortion
Written on 3 Oct, 2005 at 9:13 in
Abortion, Abortion Law, Morgentaler | Author:
On the 28th of January 1988, the Supreme Court of Canada handed down one of the most disastrous judgements in the history of Canada. The case was R. v. Morgentaler and at issue were a multitude of brazen violations of abortion restrictions in the Criminal Code by Henry Morgentaler.
The duty of the judges was clear: they should have authorized the Crown to prosecute Morgentaler. Instead, a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Oct, 2005 at 9:02 in
Abortion, Activism, Post-Abortion, Pro-Life, Pro-life Groups | Author:
Natalie Hudson
Natalie Hudson
The Interim
There is a new movement afoot in the world of pro-life advocacy that is leaving the last leg of the pro-abortion position very shaky, indeed. The movement began in the United States and is called the Silent No More Awareness Campaign (SNMAC).... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Oct, 2005 at 9:00 in
Abortion, Fetal Rights, Society & Culture | Author:
Terry Vanderheyden
Terry Vanderheyden
The Interim
A panel of experts has concluded there is no reason to exclude a controversial piece of “art,” which depicts the head of an unborn baby grafted onto the body of a bird, from a collection of Chinese works on display in a Swiss museum. One legal expert claims opposition to the piece ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Oct, 2005 at 8:50 in
Abortion, Pro-Life, Youth Activism | Author:
Eric Mason
Eric Mason
The Interim
Thomas Jefferson once wrote that, “The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” These inspiring words hold a special significance today in Canada, where the culture of death and ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Oct, 2005 at 8:16 in
Abortion, Motherhood | Author:
Natalie Hudson
Natalie Hudson
The Interim
On a beautiful, sunny day this past August, a young woman, eight weeks pregnant, walked into a Canadian medical clinic to inquire about an abortion. The attending doctor gave her two tablets of Cytotec, also known as misoprostol, without a prescription. This is a drug that is legal in Canada and commonly ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Oct, 2005 at 8:13 in
Abortion, Planned Parenthood | Author:
Ann Coulter
“The only way a Supreme Court nominee could win the approval of NARAL and Planned Parenthood would be to actually perform an abortion during his confirmation hearing, live, on camera, and preferably a partial-birth one.”
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Written on 30 Sep, 2005 at 13:37 in
Abortion, Motherhood, Post-abortion and Health Care, Pro-Life | Author:
Fatima Boutaleb
Fatima Boutaleb
The Interim
This is a story that happened to me while I was pregnant with my twins. It happened while I was studying computers at a private institute. My husband wasn’t working at the time. We had three kids together. We had been in Canada for three years. It ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Sep, 2005 at 13:22 in
Abortion, Fetal Rights, Pro-Life | Author:
Lifesite News
The Interim
A Chinese artist who has attached the head of an aborted baby to the body of a bird in the name of art is defending his work after a Swiss gallery removed the piece from a collection of Chinese works on display in Bern.... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Sep, 2005 at 13:17 in
Abortion, Sex Education | Author:
John Jalsevac
John Jalsevac
Special to The Interim
A press release issued on July 29 by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a division of the World Health Organization, declared the little-publicized classification of combined estrogen-progestogen oral contraceptives as carcinogenic. The IARC placed the contraceptives into their Group 1 classification, the highest classification of carcinogenicity, used only “when there is sufficient ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Sep, 2005 at 8:02 in
Abortion, Issues, Pro-Life | Author:
Paul Tuns
Interim editor Paul Tuns explains how the UN embraced depopulation
as a goal and is pushing abortion as a human right
Introduction
The United Nations began with lofty goals. Born in the aftermath of World War II, it sought to prevent another global conflict. But through the years, it has ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Aug, 2005 at 12:36 in
Abortion, Pro-Life, Religion | Author:
Interim Staff
The Vatican released a working document for the 11th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, scheduled to be held Oct. 2 to 23 this year on the theme, “The Eucharist: Source and Summit of the Life and Mission of the Church.”
The document, drawn up on the basis of input from Catholic church leaders throughout the world to a draft called the “Lineamenta,” lamented “the fact that too ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Aug, 2005 at 12:32 in
Abortion, Morgentaler, Pro-Life | Author:
Tony Gosgnach
Tony Gosgnach
The Interim
Although the dirty deed has been done, the fallout from the University of Western Ontario’s awarding of an honourary doctor of laws degree to abortionist Henry Morgentaler continues.
Discourse leading up to the conferring of the award on June 16, as part of convocation ceremonies, had focused on financial and enrollment losses that would be accruing to the university as a result of its decision. In the weeks since ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Aug, 2005 at 10:12 in
Abortion, Sex Education | Author:
Dina Kok Dina Kok
The Interim
Depo-Provera, an injectable method of birth control, has recently received a health warning from Health Canada.
According to recent studies, women who use the progesterone injection for more than two years have a significant risk of bone-density loss that can be irreversible. The warning follows the findings of two clinical trials of 12 to 18 year olds and 25 to 35 year olds.... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jul, 2005 at 9:12 in
Abortion, Activism, Columnist, Morgentaler, Pro-Life, Rory Leishman | Author:
Rory Leishman
Rory Leishman
In the morning of June 16, one of the most impressive pro-life demonstrations in the history of London occurred outside the gates of the University of Western Ontario. It was a peaceful and prayerful gathering of pro-lifers witnessing to the sanctity of all human life and deploring the shameful decision of the university to confer an honourary doctorate on Henry Morgentaler.
University professors, for the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jul, 2005 at 9:08 in
Abortion, Post-abortion and Health Care | Author:
LifeSiteNews.com
Special to The Interim
A group providing information about the link between abortion and breast cancer was asked to leave an international conference on breast cancer in Halifax in early June. Ellen Chesal, of the group Positive Options for Women, told LifeSite News.com that her group’s table at the conference was very well received by most of the conference attendees. “We ran out of material and ... (Continue reading)
