Crisis pregnancy centres
Written on 27 Feb, 2012 at 9:24 in
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Thaddeus Baklinski Special to The Interim On Dec. 15, CTV News in British Columbia launched a sting operation against the South Fraser Pregnancy Options Centre in Surrey, B.C., with what Option’s Centre executive director Laura Lansink said was “the hope that our peer-counsellor would give false or biased information.”
The Pregnancy Options centres are associated with the Canadian Association of Pregnancy Support Services (CAPSS), a national, non-political, registered Christian charity, committed to equipping pregnancy support services.
CTV sent a woman, named only as “Sheila,” to the Surrey Options ... (Continue reading)
A silent war on abortion
The campaign against CPCs
Crisis pregnancy centres (CPCs) in North America continue to face new attacks from the abortion industry, including a recently released NARAL Pro-Choice California Foundation report titled “Unmasking Fake Clinics: The Truth About Crisis Pregnancy Centres in California” and a brand new documentary by the directors of the controversial documentary Jesus Camp, not to mention a Toronto Star hit piece on Toronto-area CPCs.
Toronto Star ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Sep, 2010 at 10:11 in
Crisis pregnancy centres | Author:
Analysis Paul Tuns
As part of what appears to be a campaign against crisis pregnancy centres by abortion advocates and their supporters, the Toronto Star ran a hit piece on centres in the Toronto area, charging them of employing “misleading” information to get women to choose life rather than abortion.
On July 22, Joanna Smith, a reporter from the Toronto Star’s Ottawa bureau, showed up at Aid to Women, a downtown Toronto crisis pregnancy centre, claiming ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Sep, 2010 at 10:01 in
Aid to Women, Crisis pregnancy centres, Issues | Author:
Joseph Jalsevac Crisis pregnancy centres (CPCs) in North America continue to face new attacks from the abortion industry, including a recently released NARAL Pro-Choice California Foundation report titled “Unmasking Fake Clinics: The Truth About Crisis Pregnancy Centres in California” and a brand new documentary by the directors of the controversial documentary Jesus Camp, not to mention a Toronto Star hit piece on Toronto-area CPCs (See article below).
The 20-page NARAL report “discusses research done by nonprofits, think tanks, and lawmakers on how CPCs ... (Continue reading)
Written on 21 Jul, 2010 at 7:24 in
Aid to Women, Crisis pregnancy centres | Author:
Pauline Kosalka In the fight against abortion, there is a need to go beyond the legal dimensions and help those who are most vulnerable. Aid to Women, a pro-life crisis pregnancy centre in downtown Toronto, is an example of a successful organization that reaches out to individual women who are considering having abortions.
Opened in the late 1980s, the organization has saved over 2,000 babies from abortion and continues to rescue an average of two to three babies per week. Aid to Women ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Dec, 2009 at 6:06 in
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Kathleen Gilbert A groundbreaking report detailing the impact of thousands of pregnancy resource centres across America has been released by the Family Research Council.
Entitled “A Passion to Serve: A Vision for Life,” the report lays out in detail the manifold contributions of American pregnancy resource centres to their communities, particularly to women, children and families. The nature and scope of the pregnancy centres’ mission is outlined in statistical summaries, case studies and ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Jul, 2007 at 13:03 in
Crisis pregnancy centres | Author:
Jonathan Castellino The Interim
Following up on the promotional piece in June’s issue, entitled, “Personal miracle spawns Aid to Women benefit,” I was able to attend the Ben Navaee Gallery’s show in support of Toronto’s Aid to Women, which ran June 1-11. To recap, Ben, the curator and artist whose work was on display, and his partner Lenka encountered Ann Wilson and Aid to ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Dec, 2006 at 9:47 in
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Grace Petrasek At Christmas time, good things happen at Aid to Women in downtown Toronto. Last Christmas, a friend who was “moving and downsizing” donated beautiful Christmas decorations. “They were gone in no time,” recalls Ann Wilson, director of Aid to Women. One month before Christmas, another friend sent word that a certain lady wanted to donate gifts to a dozen or so women on Aid to Women’s support list — ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 May, 2006 at 9:03 in
Activism, Crisis pregnancy centres | Author:
Grace Petrasek
Six years ago, Peter Ryan, his wife Suzie and their seven daughters drove across Canada in the family van from Vancouver (where he gave up an executive pro-life position) to his hometown of Fredericton. Because he had heard that a Morgentaler abortuary was opening in his traditionally pro-life province of New Brunswick, he decided with quiet reserve to do something ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Feb, 2006 at 9:27 in
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An ambitious project poised to begin in Burlington, Ont., just west of Toronto, is again putting to rest the charge that pro-life advocates care about human beings only before they’re born.
Shifra House – named after the midwife in the biblical book of Exodus 1:15, who protected and nurtured life – is about to open in a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jun, 2005 at 8:38 in
Columnist, Crisis pregnancy centres | Author:
Ted Gerk
Western View
“We would appreciate your discretion in not publicizing our project or this survey.” So states the letter sent out in March announcing the “Crisis Pregnancy Centres” Project, courtesy of the Pro-Choice Action Network’s Joyce Arthur. I received my copy from one of the “sisters” it was addressed to, so I thought I would mention it to you in confidence.
CPC’s around Canada have also known about it for some time. The ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 Feb, 2005 at 14:17 in
Abortion, Activism, Crisis pregnancy centres, Pro-Life | Author:
Grace Petrasek One lovely day last June, Vern, a summer counsellor at Toronto's downtown Aid to Women office, decided "to rollerblade" his way back to the Campaign Life Coalition office, a half hour away. It was a good decision, because as it turned out, he helped two teenagers change their minds about abortion.
As he approached an abortuary located on his route to the CLC office, he noticed two teenagers sitting on the concrete steps adjacent to the abortuary. They were wearing school ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 Dec, 2002 at 12:46 in
Activism, Crisis pregnancy centres | Author:
Frank Kennedy
UNICEF, which supports pro-abortion and other anti-life projects, has once again tried to shoehorn its way into the Toronto Catholic District school board, Canada's largest Catholic school board.
In UNICEF'S corner is Catholics for a Free Choice, a minuscule but well-financed organization funded by the Packard Foundation and ... (Continue reading)
Written on 4 Jul, 2002 at 13:38 in
Crisis pregnancy centres | Author:
Marg Brouillette
A Christian drop-in centre in Chateauguay Que., on the south shore of Montreal, will soon become home to a crisis pregnancy counselling service called Options.
In 2001, a donor in New Brunswick offered money to establish a Christian Association of Pregnancy Support Services centre in Quebec, if they could find somebody interested in opening one. After two information meetings, Teddy and Linda Hoare, workers with ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Sep, 2001 at 9:11 in
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An automobile is vital to the work of Aid to Women, because it enables it to carry out the promises made to women considering abortion.
Robert, an Aid to Women counsellor, told The Interim that many women choose not have an abortion when they realize there are people willing and able to help them. Aid to Women offers cribs and strollers and other material goods as part of its support ... (Continue reading)
