Issues
Written on 14 Oct, 2009 at 9:11 in
Cover stories, Features, Issues, Pro-Life | Author:
For living in a great country in which pro-life activism, despite the obstacles and difficulties, still flourishes.
For the means to be actively pro-life – our health, our families, those in the background that make things happen.
For the unwed mothers who keep their babies despite feelings of hopelessness and vulnerability or in the face of challenging emotional or physical environments.
For those who work in crisis pregnancy centres, who help make the decision to carry a child to term a little easier.
For ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Sep, 2009 at 15:11 in
Abortion, Human rights | Author:
Samantha Singson 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)
Written on 30 Sep, 2009 at 15:08 in
Society & Culture | Author:
Paul Tuns A new study released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control on August 19 found that vaccines for the human papillomavirus (HPV) have caused 12,424 adverse reactions after more than 23 million doses have been administered in the United States since 2006. Most were classified as “non-serious” – fainting, headaches, rashes – but 772 were serious including anaphylaxis (life-threatening allergic reactions), blood clots, pancreatic failure and motor neuron disease. There have also been 32 reported deaths.
HPV vaccines, distributed in North ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Sep, 2009 at 15:05 in
Events, Marriage and Family | Author:
Jenna Murphy In the wake of the launching of the first-ever Campaign Life Coalition student-run fashion show benefit, it seems that mainstream media and grassroots pro-life, pro-family groups may be on the same page. And, with back-to-school shopping season upon us, the timing couldn’t be better.
In August, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, an award-winning American radio talk show host whose weekly program boasts over 8.5 million listeners, threw her name behind Colleen Hammond’s book, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Sep, 2009 at 5:44 in
Activism, Events, Pro-Life | Author:
Joseph Jalsevac
This fall begins the fifth annual campaign of what organizers are calling “the largest and longest co-ordinated pro-life mobilization in history” – 40 Days for Life. The campaign consists of a three-point program: prayer and fasting, constant vigil outside select abortuaries and community outreach aimed at educating the public and raising awareness.
40 Days for Life began five years ago as an isolated event in Texas, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Sep, 2009 at 5:41 in
Columnist, Religion, Rory Leishman | Author:
Rory Leishman
At the beginning of another school year, the parents of children in the public schools of Canada might well earnestly reflect upon what their children are likely to be taught about the vital issues of faith and morality.
Fifty years ago, there was little reason for concern. Parents could have confidence that teachers in the publicly funded Catholic and non-denominational public schools would teach their students to respect the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Sep, 2009 at 5:32 in
Columnist, Marriage and Family, Michael Coren | Author:
Michael Coren
Once again the assembled chiefs of police in Canada have called for an increased number of officers to deal with what they describe as a “spiralling increase” in the amount of child pornography on the internet. They explained to a press conference that a quarter of a million separate internet addresses in Canada are actively downloading the most horrendous scenes of child sexual abuse, giving talk radio ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Sep, 2009 at 5:11 in
Human rights, Pro-Life, Pro-life Groups, Resources | Author:
Interim Staff 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)
Written on 29 Sep, 2009 at 5:09 in
Abortion, Paul Tuns, Politics | Author:
Paul Tuns Editor In the spring, the National Assembly of Quebec passed Bill 34, a law that mandated minimum safety and sanitation requirements for private health care facilities that perform surgeries. It mandated, for example, sterile operating rooms and separate ventilating systems, as well as outlined procedures to protect patients who use non-hospital facilities for medical care. In August, three Montreal abortuaries said they would stop committing abortions if the law was not amended to exempt them from the provisions.
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Written on 29 Sep, 2009 at 5:04 in
Abortion, Issues, Politics | Author:
Thaddeus M. Baklinski The New Brunswick government has revealed it will not pursue a further appeal to the Supreme Court to prevent abortionist Henry Morgentaler from suing the province to pay for abortions at his Fredericton abortion mill.
In May, the New Brunswick Court of Appeal dismissed the province’s appeal of a Court of Queen’s Bench ruling that gave Morgentaler status to pursue a lawsuit on behalf of women claiming the province should pay for abortions in his private facility.
“The decision to grant public ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Aug, 2009 at 13:29 in
Abortion, Activism, Announcements, Cover stories, Features | Author:
Joseph Jalsevac Increasingly abortion advocates acknowledge the child
“Maybe we won’t agree on abortion, but we can still agree that this is a heart-wrenching decision for any woman to make, with both moral and spiritual dimensions. So let’s work together to reduce the number of women seeking abortions by reducing unintended pregnancies and making adoption more available and providing care and support ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 Aug, 2009 at 5:45 in
Columnist, Corporate Watch, Society & Culture | Author:
Tony Gosgnach Some of America’s leading billionaires met secretly recently to consider how their wealth could be used to “slow the growth of the world’s population.” Attending on the initiative of Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder, they discussed joining forces to overcome political and religious obstacles to change. Other participants included David Rockefeller Jr., the patriarch of America’s wealthiest dynasty, Warren Buffett and George Soros, the financiers, Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Aug, 2009 at 5:07 in
Events, Society & Culture | Author:
Jenna Murphy
At a time when the affronts to life at every stage are enough to leave one’s head spinning, a group of summer interns at Campaign Life Coalition, the political arm of the Canadian pro-life movement, has decided to put its energies into hosting an uplifting charity event for all ages: a fashion show celebrating the dignity of each human life. All ... (Continue reading)
Written on 15 Aug, 2009 at 7:20 in
Post-Abortion | Author:
Joseph Jalsevac Two leaders from Silent No More Awareness, a ministry that works with post-abortive women, talked with The Interim about the hand-wringing rhetoric of President Barack Obama and former first lady Hillary Clinton and the tactics of abortionists that seem to recognize the humanity of the unborn child.
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Written on 15 Aug, 2009 at 7:13 in
Issues, Pro-Life, Pro-life Groups | Author:
Joseph Jalsevac Four years ago, a pro-life group in the small northern Ontario town of Kirkland Lake was experiencing a crisis. It was a story familiar to many such groups across Canada who have been forced to shut down, even as the need for them grows. The three executive members of Kirkland Lake Pro-Life were getting on in age and their health was deteriorating.
Then one passed away and the president, veteran pro-lifer Dorothy Carston (now 89), felt she could no longer shoulder ... (Continue reading)
