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Pro-life physicians beware

Written on 4 Oct, 2008 at 10:42 in Columnist, Physicians for Life, Rory Leishman | Author: Rory Leishman

Pro-life physicians in Ontario should beware: The Ontario Human Rights Commission has served notice that any physician who refuses to perform an abortion could be charged with violating the ban on discrimination on the basis of sex in section 1 of the Ontario Human Rights Code. Section 2(a) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and ... (Continue reading)

Taking the pro-life message to school

Written on 16 Jan, 2008 at 16:03 in Physicians for Life | Author: Megan Middleton

Medical students attend Physicans for Life event in Toronto Canadian Physicians for Life recently sponsored 56 medical students and interns to attend the organization’s fourth pro-life forum in five years. The students, representing 11 Canadian universities, came to Toronto for the three-day event, held in conjunction with the International Symposium on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide that was hosted by ... (Continue reading)

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Chemical abortions open new front in struggle The Methorexate and Misoprostol procedure has a long litany of side effects, including kidney damage, infertility, liver toxicity, blood disorders and fever

Written on 29 Nov, 1995 at 12:43 in Health Risks, Physicians for Life, Pro-life Groups | Author: Tony Gosgnach

Pharmacists for Life International is disputing mainstream media reports of “safe and quick” home abortion techniques using drugs already available for other uses. The reports say an American researcher has discovered that a combination of methotrexate (a drug used in chemotherapy) and misoprostol (a gastr-intestinal medicine) can induce abortions in 96 per cent of women during their first nine weeks of pregnancy. The methotrexate is said to destabilize the uterine lining, while the misoprostol prompts contractions which expel the unborn child. “This ... (Continue reading)

Meet Dr. Carmelo Scime.

Written on 29 Nov, 1995 at 10:35 in Physicians for Life, Pro-Life | Author: Tony Gosgnach

You probably won’t find many physicians who, for eleven years, can picket a hospital they work in and get away with it. The 63-year-old family physician has been pounding the pavement with a “Justice for the Unborn” sign in front of Henderson Hospital in Hamilton, Ont. every Friday morning for just that long. His work is a response to the fact that the hospital is one of two in the Hamilton area which performs abortions. But Scime (pronounced SHEE-may) says he doesn’t consider ... (Continue reading)

Making schools “family-friendly” is goal of parent’s group

Written on 29 Oct, 1995 at 14:26 in Physicians for Life | Author: Tony Gasgnach

Not just another protest organization says president Jim Garrow At a time when the traditional family structure is under greater attack than ever, a new national organization has arisen to come to its defence. The national Parents Coalition of Canada was launched at the beginning of July by Jim Garrow of Guelph, Ont., who says he intends to keep the organization from aligning itself with a specific political agenda or religious group. “It is basically to support the traditions of what family’s all ... (Continue reading)