Issues
Written on 22 Apr, 1983 at 13:00 in
Issues | Author:
Right to Life Newsletter, Cincinnati, Feb. 83. Two more babies live after abortions done in Madison, Wisconsin's General Hospital. This makes four such babies born alive in Madison in the past year. Sadly, both died hours after birth. One was 21 ½, the other 26 weeks. After failing to kill these unfortunate little ones inside their mothers, both were taken to intensive care units in an attempt to save them. Mr. Dan Zeidler of Wisconsin Citizens Concerned for Life stated, "The irony of it."
Folic acid - ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Apr, 1983 at 12:29 in
Abortion, Euthanasia | Author:
Interim staff From abortion to infanticide. Will Euthanasia be next?
On Good Friday, April 9, 1982, a baby boy with down's syndrome was born in Bloomington Hospital, Indiana.
His parents never told anyone his name because it had been decided to let him starve to death.
During his six days of life the nameless child became known as "Baby Boy Doe".
Our film critically examines the issues that surround the "Baby Doe" incident and their impact on human life. It also features profiles on the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Apr, 1983 at 12:27 in
Pro-Life | Author:
In its 1976 General Conference the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada adopted a resolution to petition the Prime Minister of Canada to give careful and immediate attention to the widespread practice of abortion (virtually on demand) and its destruction of innocent human life, and to enact legislation which will provide protection for the child conceived but not yet born - the same protection provided for any other person.
The resolution indicated that abortion should be performed only when the life of the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Apr, 1983 at 12:26 in
Pro-Life | Author:
E. McLuhan
"Is it human?"
"When does life begin?" When does human life begin? Is abortion simply like blowing one's nose, or is it much more? Is the fetus ....Etc.
Why, in our present search for answers to these questions, have we Christians not consulted our very Christianity? Neither the questions nor the answers are new; and neither, to a Christian, are really very complicated. The world may indeed change, but our human nature does not.
When the pre-Christian humanists asked how man was different ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Apr, 1983 at 11:57 in
Society & Culture | Author:
Interim Staff A gala event within the pro-abortion community each year is International Women's Day, which is held in early March. On this day, a rally is held, followed by a parade, in which the radical Feminists hold forth on what they demand. This year they marched under three slogans. They were, 1) A Woman's Right to Work, 2) A Woman's Right to Choose (Abortion) and 3) A Woman's Right to Peace. (With the exception of the womb, which is a free ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Apr, 1983 at 11:41 in
Abortion, Religion | Author:
Interim Staff I should initially qualify my statements by explaining that I speak for Reformed Presbyterians who accept as their standard the Westminister Confession of Faith, and hold to the full, divine and infallible inspiration of Scripture. I will limit myself to a consideration of 3 main points. First of all, the anti-abortion movement is not confined to the Roman Catholic Church. Secondly, the underlying crime of abortion is that it is a direct breach of the 6th commandment, "Thou shall not ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Apr, 1983 at 11:32 in
Activism, Society & Culture | Author:
Fr. Ted Colleton His name was Franz Jaeggerstaetter but you will not find it in any "Who's Who' in the world. He was what would be called a 'small Austrian farmer' with a wife and two young children, and when Hitler united Austria to Germany by force in the 'Anschluss' of March 1938, he was probably in his early thirties. Franz had only grade school education but he was a man of high intelligence and strict moral principles. He had read and heard ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Apr, 1983 at 11:27 in
Pro-Life | Author:
Interim Staff As reported in the Mar. 83 Interim, Joe Borowski was threatened with a lawsuit by Henry Morgentaler if he did not apologize for publicly reiterating the truth about Morgentaler's unsanitary medical practices.
As reported in the Winnipeg Sun of Mar. 1, 1983, Borowski sent a copy of the Montreal Gazette article of Dec. 24, 1974, (reprinted elsewhere in this issue) to Morgentaler saying: "Very strange you did not threaten to sue the Gazette or the reporter who wrote that story, which ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Apr, 1983 at 11:22 in
Abortion, Politics | Author:
Interim Staff Spain's recently elected Socialist Prime Minister, Felipe Gonzalez, has proposed legislation to legalize abortion. This has prompted massive lobbying by opponents of abortion and has led to the first test of the Socialist Government's vowed determination to change that country's values and outlook. The Conservative opposition too has vowed "A fight with all possible means" against the proposed abortion law. Opposition leader, Manuel Fraga Iribarne, hopes to collect 500,000 signatures needed to bring about a referendum in an attempt to ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Apr, 1983 at 9:49 in
Issues | Author:
Interim Staff The prestigious New England Journal of Medicine on February 17, 1983, published an article, pointing out the tremendous implications that the ultrasound procedure may have on society. The article was written by Ethicist John C. Fletcher, Ph. D., from the National Institute of Health Bethesda, Maryland, and Dr. Mark I. Evans from the George Washington University Medical School. Neither of the authors is known to have any particular position on the abortion issue.
In this article, they stated that ultrasound ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Apr, 1983 at 9:45 in
Society & Culture | Author:
Interim Staff Stan Hudecki, MPP for Hamilton West, rose in the commons on February 3rd, to Morgentaler issue, and its responsibility to act. The following is quoted from Hansard of that date.
"Madam Speaker, it is a serious matter of concern that Dr. Henry Morgentaler is attempting to open abortion clinics in Toronto and Winnipeg. While the Attorney General for Manitoba has turned down a request from Morgentaler for immunity from prosecution, and the Attorney General for Ontario has threatened prosecution of Section ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Apr, 1983 at 9:40 in
Abortion, Society & Culture | Author:
Interim Staff It would seem that Morgentaler has decided that it would be easier to open an abortion clinic in Winnipeg owing to the fact that Manitoba at present has a NDP government which has abortion on demand as one of its policies. In addition, Manitoba's Attorney-General Roland Penner has publicly stated his own very strong personal pro-abortion views. On CBC National radio programme, "As It Happens", aired on December 2, 1982, Attorney-General Penner stated, "personally I am in favour of freedom ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Apr, 1983 at 9:35 in
Society & Culture | Author:
Interim Staff Mr. Frank Muldoon, Chairman of the Law Reform Commission of Canada struck down an attempt by some pro-abortion members in the Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian Medical Association to widen the already infamous 1969 abortion law.
In a joint resolution (not binding on the parent associations), the law reform commission of Canada was asked to study the federal legislation on abortion.
By the questions asked to be studied, it was quite apparent that the pro-abortionists hoped that the law reform commission ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Apr, 1983 at 9:17 in
Bioethics | Author:
Interim staff An exceptionally important case was decided by the Supreme Court of British Columbia on Friday, March 18, 1983, when it ordered that a six-year-old retarded boy have a relatively minor brain-shunt operation. This operation saved him from death, or at least from increasing pain and discomfort.
A few days earlier, on Monday, March 15, Provincial Judge Patricia Byrne of Burnaby Family Court had ruled that the life-saving operation for Stephen Dawson would be "cruel and unusual treatment" and an extraordinary intervention ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Mar, 1983 at 9:16 in
Politics, Pro-Life | Author:
Earl Amyotte Carl Sandburg was once asked, "What is the ugliest word in the English language?" Without hesitation he answered "Exclusive."
The Government in power has excluded the unborn from our laws and as such, babies in utero are no longer part of our human family. For a people to accept and approve this indictment is to deny the existence of God - abortion cannot be left in the realm of private morality.
The body politic of this country must elect men and women ... (Continue reading)
