From the editor’s desk: Radical pro-abortion NDP MP Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) was complaining about the Carney government’s lack of funding to support “MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+” people. The Alphabet People’s acronym is a fluid construction, with endless amendments and additions to ensure that everyone is included, except for, apparently, white males, Christians, and conservatives. That plus sign at the end is supposed to represent [...]
Mary Zwicker, European Correspondent: The United Kingdom has removed criminal charges for women who perform their own abortions, even up to the point of birth. On March 18, the United Kingdom’s House of Lords voted to keep Clause 208 in the Crime and Policing Bill, a clause which, passed last year by the House of Commons, effectively removed any criminal penalties for women [...]
Paul Tuns: After 16 years in power, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party were roundly defeated by the centre-right Péter Magyar. Orbán promoted family values, encouraged larger families through fiscal policy tax cuts and family benefits, and defended Hungary’s national sovereignty from invasive immigration and the European Union. With tax advantages and handouts, Hungary under Orbán saw its fertility rate [...]
Oswald Clark, US Correspondent: The Trump administration released its proposed 2027 budget on April 9 and it includes maintained pro-life provisions of previous budgets, while completely defunding others. The budget maintains longstanding limits on abortion funding: the Hyde Amendment against direct funding of most abortions, the Hyde-Weldon Amendment against funding entities that discriminate against pro-life healthcare providers, and the Kemp-Kasten provision against funding [...]
Oswald Clark, US Correspondent: The pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute’s “Monthly Abortion Provision Study” has reported that there were 1,125,930 abortions committed by clinicians in the U.S. in 2025, compared to 1,123,600 the year before. It was the second consecutive year that the number of abortions increased in the U.S., as there were 1,059,610 abortions in 2023. The Guttmacher Institute called the slight increase “stable” [...]
Oswald Clark, US Correspondent: A report from the Department of Justice that contained what it called “damning evidence of collusion and unethical behavior” between the Biden-era DOJ and pro-abortion groups such as the National Abortion Federation (NAF) has been leaked to cable news channel MS Now (formerly MSNBC). “Upon assuming office, the Biden DOJ shattered the public’s trust by weaponizing the FACE [...]
Paul Tuns: On March 31, the Alberta government announced proposed legislation to ban politics from the classrooms of the province’s schools. The government Bill 25: An Act to Remove Politics and Ideology from Classrooms and Amend the Education Act, 2026, would, if passed, “support safe and respectful schools and ensure students can learn without political and ideological influence. A statement from the [...]
Paul Tuns: The Globe and Mail reported last month that the Chief Coroner for Ontario is overhauling the original 16-member MAiD Death Review Committee formed in 2024 to provide oversight for how euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide is committed in the province by reviewing so-called “complex” cases including those that might not be carried out in strict compliance with federal law. The committee, [...]
Paul Tuns: Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong), who was elected for times as a Conservative MP beginning in 2015 and voted for a number of pro-life bills, crossed the floor on April 8 to join Mark Carney’s Liberal caucus. Combined with four other floor-crossers and a sweep of three by-elections a week later, Carney’s Liberals now have a narrow majority government. Following previous floor-crossings [...]
Oswald Clark, US Correspondent: Donald Trump’s nomination of Dr. Casey Means to the position of Surgeon General is facing stiff opposition as some pro-life groups are calling on the U.S. Senate to reject her nomination and some Christians have criticized her for practicing witchcraft. After Trump could not get his first choice for Surgeon General, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, approved by the Senate, [...]
Pro-lifers dodge a Molotov cocktail at Portugal’s March for Life On March 21, thousands of people marched in Lisbon and a number of other cities around Portugal. The Portuguese Federation for Life stressed the focus of the March was on “the dignity of all human beings for life from the moment of conception until natural death, and for families.” The March was [...]
Josie Luetke: I derive a perverse satisfaction from horrifying Americans with tales of Canada’s death spiral. I asked one, “Did you know we are considering euthanizing babies here? Like ones with severe deformities or disabilities,” when I realized we already do that. Canada doesn’t directly report on the reasons women procure abortions, but we know as we better diagnose congenital conditions in [...]
Our cover story and editorial this month is about artificial intelligence (AI), and as the Marxists say, it is not a coincidence that we are publishing this series of articles and commentary the month after we wrote about the significance of imago dei. AI presents an existential threat to humanity, but even if it does not wipe out mankind, it still represents [...]
Editor’s Note: The Interim’s Paul Tuns interviewed Maria Slykerman after she retired as head of CLC Manitoba on Dec. 31, 2025. Paul Tuns: How did you become involved in the pro-life movement and Campaign Life Coalition? Maria Slykerman: My husband Niel and I were always pro-life, but we became involved with the pro-life movement in 1989. At that time someone asked us [...]
Donald DeMarco: Traditionally, the word ‘choice’ was always connected with that which is chosen. It never stood alone. In The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare states, “There’s small choice in rotten apples.” In Titus Andronicus, he states, “Come, and take choice of all my library/ and so beguile thy sorrow.” In the first instance, choice is suspended when confronted with nothing but [...]