Abortion
Written on 16 Jan, 2008 at 15:37 in
Abortion | Author:
Theresa Smyth When Planned Parenthood of Ottawa (PPO) and former Globe and Mail columnist Heather Mallick targeted the First Place Pregnancy Centre (FPPC) over the Better Halves SENSational Tree Raffle, they maligned not only FPPC, but all crisis pregnancy centres. As a CPC executive director myself, I take exception.
Since 1992, Ottawa’s FPPC has been “offering compassionate support and assistance to anyone facing an unplanned pregnancy or experiencing ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Jan, 2008 at 14:04 in
Abortion, Morgentaler | Author:
20 Years after Morgentaler
On Jan. 28, 1988 the Supreme Court of Canada threw out the country’s abortion law. The Interim’s coverage of this sad anniversary includes a reprint of our immediate reaction, an excerpt from David Dooley’s 1992 pamphlet, “Supreme Court and Morgentaler Against Biology” and original contributions from Donald DeMarco (on Morgentaler as a feminist ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Jul, 2007 at 11:21 in
Abortion | Author:
Interim Staff
British Columbia pharmacies will now offer Plan B “emergency contraception,” the so-called “morning-after pill,” without a prescription and without a mandatory informed consent sheet. The abortifacient drug, used to prevent conception or end early-stage pregnancy, can cause the death of an unborn human being in ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jun, 2007 at 9:37 in
Abortion | Author:
Heather Mason Special to The Interim
To say that something is less important does not mean it is irrelevant, but to call something most important is to call it foundational. Even before the framework of a house is built, the foundation must be laid. Ironically, the strongest and most necessary aspect of the house lays ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jun, 2007 at 9:28 in
Abortion | Author:
Gudrun Schultz Special to The Interim
The National Abortion Federation has beefed up its assault on Canada’s pro-life movement with a new demand that all doctors in this country be forced to refer for abortions, whether or not they object morally or on religious grounds.
The Washington D.C.-based NAF issued the draconian demand May 9 to the Canadian Medical ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jun, 2007 at 9:24 in
Abortion, Activism | Author:
Gudrun Schultz and Paul Tuns The Interim
Amnesty International has finally admitted it has adopted a new policy supporting abortion. After pro-lifers exposed the organization’s secret adoption of a pro-abortion position in early May, AI officials admitted May 9 that the human rights organization would begin lobbying for abortion to be decriminalized globally.
Widney Brown, senior policy and ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 May, 2007 at 8:57 in
Abortion | Author:
Doreen Beagan Atlantic Canada Correspondent
New Brunswick has become the site of new pro-abortion battles because of its steadfast refusal to fund abortions in private facilities – and one of the generals is American.
At a Fredericton press conference April 13, a coalition of women’s groups that included the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, the N.B. Advisory Council on the Status of Women and the Washington-based National ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 May, 2007 at 6:38 in
Abortion | Author:
Janelle Brodner Special to The Interim
Today, in our world, there is a crisis in the human rights department. Many countries, throughout the world, have legalized abortion and some even force it upon women, depending on the sex of the baby they are carrying. Some people are asking ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 May, 2007 at 13:17 in
Abortion | Author:
Pete Vere The Interim Growing up Catholic, I knew theologically that my church forbade abortion and contraception. Although the church’s stand on abortion was self-evident in my opinion, I didn’t really understand why she took such a hard line on contraception until I found myself judging annulment cases on a Catholic marriage tribunal. With few exceptions, I could trace every marital breakdown to the couple saying “no” to the fertility ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Apr, 2007 at 9:03 in
Abortion | Author:
Tony Gosgnach Assistant Editor
Canada’s leftist, media and feminist establishments fell over themselves in praise of what they described as a leading Canadian “champion of women’s rights,” following her death on March 2 at the age of 85.
Doris Anderson was a magazine editor, author and campaigner for women’s ... (Continue reading)
Written on 21 Apr, 2007 at 12:30 in
Abortion | Author:
Ann Wilson The Interim
In tens of thousands of homes and businesses across America recently, four precocious little unborn children came to visit, resting neatly in the palm of a caregiver’s hand. The Time magazine that featured them on its cover was actually seen in newsstands and waiting rooms by millions of people. This is good news on several counts.
For ... (Continue reading)
Written on 21 Apr, 2007 at 12:21 in
Abortion | Author:
Samantha Singson International Affairs Correspondent
Negotiations went down to the wire at the United Nations during the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) proceedings in March, as delegations struggled to come to consensus on the final outcome document. Despite assurances from delegations such as that from the E.U., the issue of prenatal sex-selection was largely ignored within the final text.
The theme for this year’s CSW was “The Elimination ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Jan, 2007 at 13:00 in
Abortion, Post-Abortion | Author:
Interim Staff
A woman now in her 20s, identified only as ‘Kelly,’ appeared on Fox News’s The O’Reilly Factor to relate her late-term abortion experience and the emotional aftermath she was forced to deal with as a teen.
Kelly told host Bill O’Reilly that her parents took her from their Maryland home to Kansas when she was a pregnant 14-year-old to have ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Jan, 2007 at 12:33 in
Abortion, Politics | Author:
Doreen Beagan Atlantic Canada Correspondent
A year ago, Ottawa was pressuring New Brunswick to pay for abortions committed in Henry Morgentaler’s Fredericton abortuary. Today, nobody seems to be in a hurry to pursue that issue.
Under former premier Bernard Lord’s Conservative government, the province paid for abortions only if they were done in hospitals after two doctors attested ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Dec, 2006 at 9:21 in
Abortion, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Fetal Rights | Author:
Alex Schadenberg
The Interim It seems that negative attitudes toward people with disabilities have recently grown from the theoretical ideas of Peter Singer of Princeton University, who believes that it is acceptable to kill disabled infants, into the actual practice of allowing infants with disabilities to be euthanized. In any other time in history, this was known as the crime of infanticide. It is now becoming viewed as “dying with dignity.”... (Continue reading)
