Written on 27 Mar, 1994 at 12:43 in
Fetal Rights | Author:
Doreen Beagan The Interim
A proposed new study of fetal brain tissue transplants and Parkinson’s patients, is generating much controversy in the medical profession – but not for the reasons one might hope.
Dr. Curt Freed, a professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at the University of Colorado’s Health Science Centre, wants to initiate a one-year double blind study with 40 patients suffering from Parkinson’s Disease. He described his proposal on CBC Radio’s science show Quirks & Quirks (February 5).
Forty Patients would have their ... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Feb, 1994 at 12:08 in
Bioethics, Fetal Rights, Issues | Author:
Sabina McLuhan The Interim
“When people die, my name doesn’t go on it.” This is how Suzanne Scorsone, a member of the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies, sums up how she decided which of its recommendations to disagree with. The Commission submitted its final report to the federal government last November.
Just before Christmas, Dr. Scorsone spoke to the Interim about her work on the Commission in general, and offered her explanation for the controversy when Maureen McTeer and three others Commissioners were ... (Continue reading)
Written on 11 Nov, 1991 at 8:17 in
Abortion, Fetal Rights, Health Risks, Politics, Pro-Life | Author:
Another political ruling
Vancouver – The BC Supreme Court has ruled that the province can no longer exclude same-sex partners from its Medicare definition of spouses. The decision means homosexual couples will be entitled to the same medical coverage as any other couple.
The Supreme Court’s ruling came in response to a court action launched by Timothy Knodel, a Vancouver male nurse. Knodel launched his law suit because he felt “entitled” to spousal benefits from the province’s Medicare system after ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Sep, 1991 at 6:52 in
Abortion, Fetal Rights | Author:
Interim Staff
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) sprang a surprise at its annual convention. The ethics committee recommended that a fetus be considered a baby after all, sometime around its 20th week of life. Feminists were enraged. Women will continue to be slaves to their wombs, said one.
Abortion hearings
In November, 1990, at the Senate abortion hearings on Bill C-43, the CMA delegation stoutly defended a woman’s alleged right to kill her unborn baby at will.
In March, 1991, the nine learned ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Jun, 1991 at 12:12 in
Abortion, Fetal Rights | Author:
Interim Staff On Thursday, May 2, two dozen people wearing black robes, plus a dozen other pro-life demonstrators, protested the Toronto visit of Dr. Etienne Baulieu, the inventor of RU-486.
Dr. Baulieu claimed that the recently-reported death due to the RU0486 was an accident due to unforeseen external circumstances (see “Abortion pill kills woman,” The Interim, May 1991)
His visit to Toronto was sponsored by CARAL (Canadian Abortion Rights Action League). RU-486 kills newly conceived babies by expelling the fetus from the womb.
The protest ... (Continue reading)
Written on 2 Feb, 1990 at 7:10 in
Bioethics, Fetal Rights | Author:
Test-tube baby clinics in Britain are putting women at risk of having babies born dead or severely handicapped because of the dangers of multiple pregnancies, the London Sunday Times reported on December 10, 1989. Some centres offering a new technique called FIGT are transferring as many as five or six eggs to a woman to increase her chances of a successful pregnancy. GIFT are transferring as many as five or six eggs to a woman to increase her chances of ... (Continue reading)
