Pro-Life
Written on 4 Sep, 2008 at 10:20 in
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Written on 4 Sep, 2008 at 10:18 in
Pro-Life | Author:
Pete Vere Senior Writer
Nineteen-year-old Cassie Farrell has spent the summer interning at The Interim. “It’s been Pro-Life 101,” she says. “I have learned how the pro-life movement functions overall and it’s given me new ideas for when I go back to school.”
Yet, Cassie was no stranger to the pro-life movement prior to her internship. She ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jul, 2008 at 8:27 in
Pro-Life | Author:
Zachary Gowanlock
Editor’s note: This month we are pleased to publish the third and final winning essay in the Father Ted Colleton Scholarship contest. Senior high school students were invited to reflect on the pro-life nature of any work of art. Each winner received a $1,000 scholarship and all entrants (more than 30 of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jul, 2008 at 8:04 in
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Tony Gosgnach Assistant Editor
The squeaky wheel gets the grease, as the maxim goes. There is perhaps no better example of the truth of that statement than the news that the city of Hamilton has backpedalled on its decision to ban pro-life advertising in bus shelters.
Hamilton’s director of transit, Don Hull, told city councillors June 2 that ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jun, 2008 at 7:39 in
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Laura Duursma Father Ted Scholarship winner
Editor’s note: This month, we are pleased to publish the second of three winning essays in the Father Ted Colleton Scholarship contest. Senior high school students were invited to reflect on the pro-life nature of any work of art. Each winner received a $1,000 scholarship and all entrants (more than 30 of them this year) received a token of appreciation for their ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jun, 2008 at 7:23 in
Abortion Law, Pro-Life | Author:
Editorial staff Pro-life photographer harassed by cops
Long-time Canadian pro-life activist Linda Gibbons was arrested May 15 after silently protesting at the Scott abortuary on Gerrard Street in downtown Toronto.
Just before 9 a.m., Gibbons dumped approximately 100 headless plastic dolls on the steps of the abortion facility. She carried a sign with a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 May, 2008 at 10:43 in
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Jamie Slivinski Father Ted Scholarship winner
Editor’s note: Beggining this month we are pleased to publish the first of three winning essays in the Father Ted Colleton Scholarship contest. Senior high school students were invited to reflect on the pro-life nature of any work of art. Each winner received a $1,000 scholarship and all entrants (more than 30 of them this year) received a token of appreciation for ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 May, 2008 at 10:21 in
Pro-Life | Author:
Theresa Smyth
I learned long ago that truth-telling is fundamental to being pro-life. And I’m forever learning how abortion advocacy is disconnected from the truth.
I was nine when I became pro-life, 10 when I realized that meant without exceptions, 11 when I became an activist and 15 when Michele Landsberg penned something I’d rather not have read. In her Globe and Mail article, “‘Fake ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Apr, 2008 at 14:15 in
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Interim Staff
There was much enthusiasm at the beginning of the UN’s 52nd Commission of the Status of Women held in New York Feb. 25 -March 7. An important annual meeting, the CSW is a central concern for the members of the pro-life/pro-family UN coalition. The coalition is composed of non-governmental organizations from around the world, including Campaign Life Coalition, the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, United Families International, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 May, 2007 at 13:15 in
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Commentary by Michael J. New Special to The Interim April 19’s Gonzales v. Carhart decision upholding the federal partial-birth-abortion ban has been well received by pro-lifers. Indeed, the judiciary has been a consistent thorn in the side of the pro-life movement and Supreme Court decisions that uphold pro-life laws should rightfully be applauded. More important, this decision demonstrates that the incremental strategy pursued by the pro-life movement continues to pay some real dividends. The ruling is ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Apr, 2007 at 9:00 in
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Stephen Tardiff The Interim The University of Toronto seems to be a fairly typical North American campus, where the pro-life position is rarely encountered in either classrooms or coffee shops. This year, however, two student groups – Compass Catholic Fellowship and University of Toronto Students for Life – have been working hard to change this situation, by inviting prominent speakers to defend the pro-life point of view.... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Feb, 2007 at 12:53 in
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Commentary by Tom Wonnacott The Interim Our civilization is in serious decline. This is an unprecedented tragedy, but also a great opportunity for right to life to provide leadership in saving us from self-destruction.
To be specific, in every major developed country, the birthrate is way below replacement (with just two exceptions: Israel and the U.S., the latter of which hovers around replacement level). In Canada ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Jan, 2007 at 13:02 in
Pro-Life, Youth Activism | Author:
Theresa Matters Youth Issues Correspondent
A few university campus pro-life clubs have recently held events that actively promote a positive image of the pro-life movement. Too often, pro-lifers are assumed to be negative and always against things. These events showed what pro-lifers are for – moms, babies, community support and protection of all human beings. The events are info fairs, which have been called ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Jan, 2007 at 12:53 in
Pro-Life, Youth Activism | Author:
Tony Gosgnach Assistant Editor
This year’s Father Ted Colleton Scholarship competition is serving as one of the catalysts for a remarkable surge in pro-life interest in schools across the land.
Apart from the fact that much has been happening on the campuses of universities in Canada (see the page 3 article on the situation at Carelton University, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Jan, 2007 at 12:51 in
Events, Pro-Life | Author:
Tony Gosgnach Assistant Editor
Many of the more than 300 attendees from across Canada, and even the U.S., hailed it as the best conference of any kind they had ever been to, following the completion of Healing the Culture: A New Beginning, the Canadian national pro-life conference in Vancouver Nov. 16-18.
The event revolved around the Healing ... (Continue reading)
