News Bits
Written on 29 Apr, 2005 at 12:48 in
US Briefs | Author:
Hospital withdraws ventilator from baby
HOUSTON – At the order of a county judge, Sun Hudson, a five-month-old baby diagnosed with dwarfism and suspected of having lungs to small to support life, was removed from the ventilator which assisted the child with breathing since his birth. The Houston Chronicle reported ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Apr, 2005 at 12:47 in
Bits n' Pieces | Author:
Canada
Prime Minister Paul Martin appointed nine new senators including the pro-abortion former leader of the Alberta Liberal Party, Grant Mitchell, and Nancy Ruth, co-founder of both the feminist legal outfit Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) and the Charter of Rights Coalition. Commentator Adam Daifallah noted on his website of the appointments: ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Mar, 2005 at 12:05 in
Abortion, Issues, Pro-Life, World Briefs | Author:
Iran closer to legalizing abortion
TEHRAN – Mehrangiz Morovati, a member of the Iranian parliament, claimed that abortion is not prohibited by the Quran and that she will seek approval of a proposed law legalizing the practice. “The draft of abortion therapy ... (Continue reading)
Canada
Justice Minister Irwin Cotler introduces Bill C-38, the government’s legislation to redefine marriage to include homosexual couples. International Trade Minister Jim Peterson co-sponsors the bill ... Conservative leader Stephen Harper puts forth a motion to amend C-38 to maintain the legal definition of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Mar, 2005 at 15:12 in
Bits n' Pieces, Issues, Marriage and Family, Politics | Author:
Canada
Liberal MP Pat O'Brien on his government's attempt to redefine marriage: "At the moment, we have a bit of an uphill fight, but we aren't giving up and we are going to wage that fight. And I think the side who wants this to pass might be ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Mar, 2005 at 14:27 in
Bits n' Pieces, Politics, Pro-Life | Author:
Canada
Liberal MP Pat O'Brien on his government's attempt to redefine marriage: "At the moment, we have a bit of an uphill fight, but we aren't giving up and we are going to wage that fight. And I think the side who wants this to pass might be a little over-confident" ... Harold Ball, the mayor of Deer Lake, Nfld., resigns his position as a marriage ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Jan, 2005 at 8:25 in
Abortion, Abortion Law, Bits n' Pieces, Pro-Life | Author:
Montana lawmaker Roger Koopman is sponsoring a bill that would provide death certificates for aborted babies. He said it as "a small way for our society to acknowledge that a life did exist, even if they didn't get to see a sunrise or blow out a birthday candle." The Billings Gazette reports that pro-abortion critics are calling the measure "mean-spirited" … The U.S. Justice Department has begun an appeal against a ruling ... (Continue reading)
Written on 10 Dec, 2004 at 8:32 in
Bits n' Pieces | Author:
Canada
Ralph Klein's Progressive Conservative Party was re-elected in Alberta. Ted Morton, a pro-life professor from the University of Calgary and the author of Borowski and Morgentaler, won his ... (Continue reading)
Written on 9 Nov, 2004 at 14:35 in
World Briefs | Author:
Spain lurches to licentiousness
MADRID - Spain's socialist government approved a bill to legalize same-sex "marriage," but put off liberalizing the country's abortion law until at least 2005. Parliament is expected to approve gay "marriage" in January, when Spain would become the third European country to legalize homosexual nuptials. The same bill includes a measure allowing adoption by same-sex parents. Meanwhile, a proposal to liberalize Spain's ... (Continue reading)
Written on 9 Nov, 2004 at 14:30 in
Across Canada | Author:
Archbishop Exner worries about future of Canada
OTTAWA - Speaking at the Priests for Life annual symposium, Archbishop Adam Exner, retired Catholic archbishop of Vancouver, said, "I am becoming more and more worried about the state of freedom in our country." Exner warned that growing judicial activism in Canada is changing laws and institutions beyond the restraint of democratic process. "Same-sex marriages are now legal in four provinces and one territory. But did any of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 9 Nov, 2004 at 14:29 in
Bits n' Pieces | Author:
Canada
Supporters of John Tory cited his moderation and electability as reasons to choose the former Rogers CEO over the more conservative former Mike Harris-era cabinet ministers Jim Flaherty and Frank Klees as leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative party. In the first post-leadership convention poll, Liberals regained the lead ... Former Alberta Report publisher Link Byfield, a vocal opponent of abortion, the gay-rights agenda and judicial activism, has thrown his ... (Continue reading)
Written on 9 Oct, 2004 at 9:40 in
Marriage and Family, News in Brief | Author:
Family planning schemes spread AIDS
BALTIMORE - A new study by the National Institutes of Health, University of North Carolina and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore said that international family planning schemes that promote the injected contraceptive Depo-Provera has led to a worsening of the AIDS epidemic and spread of other STDs in Africa, southeast Asia and South America. At first glance, it may appear that the move away from condoms and to an ... (Continue reading)
Written on 9 Oct, 2004 at 9:39 in
Bits n' Pieces | Author:
Canada
Convicted thief and former MP Svend Robinson re-applied to B.C.'s provincial Law Society, the same week the province announced it would not appeal the conditional sentence Judge Ron Frantkin gave him for stealing a $64,000 ring on Good Friday of this year. A spokesman for the Law Society said Robinson's readmission is not automatic: "The credentials committee must be satisfied that the person is of good character and repute, and is fit to ... (Continue reading)
Written on 9 Sep, 2004 at 7:58 in
Bits n' Pieces | Author:
UNITED STATES
Outspokenly pro-life Alan Keyes, a former U.S. ambassador to UNESCO and two-time candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, was picked to face rising Democrat star Barack Obama in the open Senate race in Illinois. Keyes is making abortion a priority issue and comparing Obama's pro-abortion position - he supports even partial-birth abortion - to a "slave-holder" mentality. Both Keyes and Obama are black ... South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds (R) is standing firm ... (Continue reading)
Written on 9 Sep, 2004 at 7:56 in
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Kerry advised to advocate abortion, birth control
WASHINGTON, DC - Planned Parenthood president Gloria Feldt told Newsweek Democratic nominee John Kerry should do more to promote abortion and birth control in his campaign for the presidency. She encouraged Kerry to show his true colours in a more public way: "I think they're doing themselves a disservice, particularly with the women voters whom they need to bring out, if they don't talk more about their agenda ... (Continue reading)
