15 years after Cairo, abortion controversy rages In October, the UN General Assembly held a high-level meeting for the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development. While some have used the anniversary to try and assess progress towards realizing the ICPD program of action, the UN Fund for Population Activities and pro-abortion non-governmental organizations have sought to use the review process to expand the ICPD understanding of “reproductive health” and its related terms to ... (Continue reading)
By a vote of 239-46, the House of Commons passed C-268, a private members bill which would provide a minimum five year sentence for traffickers of children. Every Bloc Quebecois MP and three NDP MPs voted against the stricter penalties for child traffickers. The three NDP MPs were: Libby Davies (Vancouver East), Bill Siksay (Burnaby Douglas) and Megan Leslie (Halifax). Davies and Siksay are open homosexuals and Leslie has a “male partner” but describes herself as a “queer activist.” Conservative MP Joy ... (Continue reading)
Amnesty International is slamming yet another Latin American country for its pro-life laws. In a recently released report , Amnesty called Nicaragua’s total ban on abortions a “cruel, inhuman disgrace” and charged that the new law has led to an increase in maternal deaths. As in the cases of Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Peru, Amnesty’s latest report on Nicaragua incorrectly argues that international law requires countries to permit abortion, and, according to critics, it misrepresents the facts which actually show ... (Continue reading)
In its July/August Reality newsletter, REAL Women of Canada warned that the $300 million Human Rights Museum project in Winnipeg, Manitoba “is a mess” because it has “established a biased and duplicitous Content Advisory Committee to determine which displays will be installed in the museum.” REAL Women also warned that content advisory committee “is mainly comprised of feminist/homosexual activists and their supporters.” REAL Women says that while the Advisory Committee “is supposed to be comprised of “human rights experts, scholars and specialists,” ... (Continue reading)
It’s an annual event now, like some sort of grotesque birthday – the attempt to make the spanking of one’s child a criminal offence. The zealots have failed so far, but be warned that each time, they come a little closer. For most of us, the normal ones, the issue is largely irrelevant. Spanking is sometimes helpful, and frequently a waste of time, but is hardly ever ... (Continue reading)
Pro-life MPP Frank Klees finishes strong second The early frontrunner for the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership ended up winning, but the pro-life evangelical who finished second surprised many both in and out of the party. On the eve of the June 27 announcement at the leadership convention in Markham, one news broadcast said that the convention would crown ... (Continue reading)
The Catholic bishop of Peterborough, Ont., Rev. Nicola de Angelis, is facing an investigation by the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal for barring a homosexual member of his flock from serving on the altar. When 12 members of St. Michael’s parish in Cobourg, Ont. strongly expressed concerns to their bishop about Jim Corcoran, a homosexual altar server ... (Continue reading)
On June 19, three pro-lifers were arrested outside of the “Everywoman’s Health Clinic” abortion site in East Vancouver. They were released the following day, with a court hearing scheduled for July 3. David Spratt and Sissy von Dehn were arrested while protesting the bubble zone legislation, the B.C. Access to Abortion Services Act, which prevents pro-life counseling ... (Continue reading)
This spring, Campaign Life Coalition launch a petition campaign in anticipation of the National March for Life. Calling for legal protection for all human life, the petitions containing more than 10,000 names were presented to the House of Commons by pro-life MPs in the week before the march. The petition read: "The petitioners therefore call upon Parliament to pass legislation for the protection of human life from the time of conception until natural death." CLC national organizer Mary Ellen Douglas told ... (Continue reading)
A round-bellied African child and an eager-eyed American politician approach a well. As they creep closer, they notice a sign saying, “If you are starving, I shall provide you with a life-giving substance. Tell me when you last ate.” The child takes a deep breath and with a small grin mutters, “I haven’t eaten in three days.” Nothing happens. The ... (Continue reading)
“Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security.” Now, that is a powerful statement. But, we have to ask ourselves, what does it really mean? What does it mean to declare to the world, and all who care to listen, that life is a right? The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, an international initiative of human partisanship, has ... (Continue reading)
College of Physicians and Surgeons Manitoba reveals similar plans In a victory for the conscience and religious rights of medical professionals, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has revised its controversial draft policy that would have forced Ontario’s physicians to put aside their religious beliefs in order to comply with the College’s interpretation of Ontario human rights law. Doctors that could not abide the ... (Continue reading)
A draft proposal by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario could strip Ontario doctors of their right to the free exercise of religion and conscience. The CPSO has proposed changes to its code of conduct to limit doctors’ ability to act according to their religious beliefs or conscience that result in restricting treatment, taking new patients or ending the doctor-patient relationship due to grounds such as race, ethnicity, disability, gender or ... (Continue reading)
A team of American and European pro-life non-governmental organizations have met with top Kosovo officials to discuss problems with the draft constitution for the newly forming state. The team, which was led by Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM) vice-president Susan Yoshihara, met with the president of Kosovo and the speaker of the Parliament, along with other members of Parliament. These officials said that the influence ... (Continue reading)
A Toronto-based group, Sex Professionals of Canada, is suing the federal government for maintaining laws criminalizing prostitution and thereby, they claim, endangering the lives of “sex trade workers.” The group’s executive director, Valerie Scott, said that communicating and bawdyhouse laws “are arbitrary,” and “do more harm than good.” The group is challenging Canada’s solicitation laws on constitutional grounds. SPOC calls itself ... (Continue reading)
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