Part I appeared in the July issue. It provided a brief history of how abortion legislation has changed during this century. Part II focuses on some of the important organizations which promote the anti-life, anti-family philosophy and concludes with a reflection on Ireland. Who are the people who promote abortion and why? The best-known promoter of abortion around the world is the [...]
Toronto – The 1989 court injunction that prevented all pro-life activities within a 150 meter radius of Henry Morgentaler’s Toronto abortion clinic on Harbord Street now applies to his new location at 157 Gerard Street East (several doors west of the Scott abortion clinic) – and to any new location to which he may move his clinic. During the two days of [...]
We have many non-Christians in Canada. What is the position of Islam on abortion and euthanasia? L.M. North York. Doctors at the 1981 International Conference on Islamic Medicine, held in Kuwait, issued the document. It answers your question. The Doctor’s Oath I swear by God…The Almighty To regard God in carrying out my profession. To protect human life in all its stages [...]
In the last four issues The Interim has been documenting cases of provincial intrusion into religiously run hospitals. Catholic hospitals throughout the country are under increasing pressure from governments to relinquish health-care management to the province. The provincial governments of Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and now Newfoundland contend that these takeovers will save money. The hospitals feel that their medical ethics will be [...]
The following are pronouncements issued by American Catholic bishops against politicians who speak on the abortion issue from both sides of their mouths. They are of interest to Canadians who face the same kind of politicians. “Values Void” St. Paul, Minn. In a July 9, 1992, column of the diocesan newspaper The Catholic Bulletin, Archbishop John Roach of St. Paul-Minneapolis admonished two [...]
Marjorie Reed, 50, is a Toledo housewife. She has a husband, Robert, who sells cars and a son, Jamie, 16, who is in high school. In a quieter, saner time she would grow old gracefully, caring for her home, her family attending to her needs. But in 1992, in America, the times are not quiet or sane. For her commitment to saving [...]
One of the world’s leading medical journals, The Lancet (September 21, 1991), has reported on the effects of the abortion pill RU 486 on the children of two women. The pill did not cause an abortion in either case: one woman carried an apparently normal child to term; the second mother, following an ultrasound test which showed the child was seriously malformed, [...]
In July, Ontario Health Minister Frances Lankin appealed to the federal government to hasten approval of Etienne Baulieu’s abortion pill, RU 486. Apparently, as far as she is concerned, the drug is perfectly fine. But is it? As previously noted in The Interim, an international enquiry commission with headquarters in Paris drew attention in a 1990 report to some of the hazards [...]
Paul Jilesen sleeps cradled in his father’s arms blissfully unaware of the national stir his young life has created. He and his family are used to the media glare by now – the three-month-old has been in the spotlight almost from the moment of his conception. Paul is a normal bouncing baby boy but at 20 weeks, while still in his mother’s [...]
The Houston convention of the Republican Party in August gave notice to the American people, however imperfectly, that family values should be treasured and that the pro-abortion pro-homosexuality anti-family syndrome is to be countered. Credit for this achievement must go to Republican presidential contender Pat Buchanan and U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle. They outflanked the opposition of anti-lifers within the Republican ranks. They [...]
Way to go, Peterborough! Peterborough – Civic Hospital’s Board of Governors is having a hard time getting pro-lifers off their backs. Since the news that Toronto abortionist Nikki Colodny was being “united” to Peterborough to help kill preborn Peterborough babies, the pro-lie contingent has been galvanized into action. Very successful action! Following peaceful and prayerful visits to the houses of the three [...]
“Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” asked the very attractive brochure announcing the pro-life conference, with the catchy title of “Save the Planet’s People,” which was to be held in Toronto at the end of June. The special guest referred to was John Cardinal O’Connor of New York. The Cardinal did come, he did speak at the closing dinner as he was supposed [...]
Halifax – The new leader of the Liberal Party in Nova Scotia is Dr. John Savage, mayor of Dartmouth. He is described as a “Welsh-Irish Catholic doctor with seven children.” Savage opposes abortion on moral and religious grounds, but does not want to “impose his own moral views on anyone else.” Needless to say Dr. Savage has no hesitation “imposing” his other [...]
Ottowa – In February 1992 Jean Chretien announced the creation of a “Special task Force on Women.” On April 22 the members of this Liberal Party Committee were announced, four to represent the Liberal Caucus and four to represent the party. Seven of the eight members are pro-abortion feminists: Mary Clancy, MP (Halifax); Marlene Catterall, MP (Ottawa West); David Walker, MP (Winnipeg, [...]
Fredericton – In May of this year, the Catholic St. Thomas college in Fredericton, N.B., bestowed an honorary degree on Dalton Camp, a native of New Brunswick. Mr. Camp is pro-abortion and a secular cynic. His recent column “Save us from politicians who extol ‘family values’” (Toronto Star, June 7) argues that religious values have no place in politics. London – At [...]