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Insite gets Supreme Court reprieve
The Supreme Court of Canada has ordered the federal government to keepVancouver drug rehab center Insite open. (See Ottawa Citizen and Globe and Mail for coverage.) The controversy is that Insite provides so-called "safe injection" services as part of a harm reduction scheme. Giving drugs to addicts seems absolute folly, but that is only one issue. The larger constitutional issue is whether the federal government has the authority to make social policy decisions. The SCOC is over-stepping its boundaries by dictating social policy and is a terrible ... (Continue reading)
Crossroads Walkers
Our September article on the Crossroads Walkers, a number of pro-life students who walked 5,600 kilometers to promote the pro-life message, in now online. The article is by a first-person account by Mark Pinto. Click on the link if for no other reason than to see the beautiful photo of one of them welcoming the morning with the the Rocky Mountains in the background. (Continue reading)
“Who to kill next?”
Dr. Will Johnston is president of Physicians for Life and in a short essay he concludes: "And still our world asks who to kill next." This reminds me of two important observations about abortion and why, really, Pope John Paul II talked not about the abortion culture but the Culture of Death. As we note in the October issue, American columnist George Will repeatedly noted in the 1970s and '80s that the issue is not a scientific one of when life begins ... (Continue reading)
Politics needs more people like Peter Naglik
Five years ago today Peter Naglik passed away. He was a great conservative activist who didn't need to hyphenate his conservatism. His friends have set up a Facebook memorial page; if you knew Peter, share a memory or picture of him there. Here is The Interim's obituary from 2006. As Russ Kuykendall wrote at the time, "while he didn’t wear it on his sleeve, anyone who knew Naglik for very long would discover an abiding Catholic faith that informed ... (Continue reading)
Trost responds to government’s funding of IPPF
The federal Conservative government has admitted to re-funding the International Planned Parenthood Federation. Conservative MP Brad Trost issued this in response: Response to the Federal Government's Decision to Fund IPPF September 28th, 2011 Brad Trost ... (Continue reading)
Illustrating a news story about abortion
The Ottawa Citizen reports on the Conservative government in Ottawa giving new funding to the International Planned Parenthood Federation. It is a fine story as far as it goes but what struck me is the picture that goes with it. Editors want some sort of illustration to go with stories, both in the paper and on the internet, and as stories about abortion so often do, this one features the belly of a pregnant women. Two thoughts. First, for a story about IPPF funding in ... (Continue reading)
Review of Primetime Propaganda
Rick McGinnis reviews Ben Shapiro's Primetime Propaganda in which our columnist explains why primetime television has become a tool of the Left. An excerpt: The cornerstone of his analysis, though, is that moment in the late ‘60s when ABC, the also-ran of the Big Three, made a brilliant marketing move that still affects us today. Locked out of the top end of the ratings by essentially rural, conservative shows like Gunsmoke, Green Acres, and The Beverly Hillbillies, ABC commissioned a study that ... (Continue reading)
Bill Whatcott goes to Supreme Court
Kathy Shaidle has an article at Taki's Magazine on Canadian Christian activist Bill Whatcott (a former member of The Interim's editorial advisory board in the 1990s). It looks at Whatcott's anti-homosexualist and anti-abortion crusades, warts and all, and most importantly places it within the context of the Unofficial Official War on Christianity: Whatcott’s is the latest case comprising what looks suspiciously like a Gay/State guerrilla war against Christianity, a battle about which I cowrote a book ... (Continue reading)
Pro-life essay contest for 2011/2012
There is a story in the September issue about The Interim co-sponsored Fr. Ted Essay contest. High school students can earn serious dough (first prize is $1500, with second and third prizes of $800 and $500 respectively) by writing an 800-1000 word essay on the topic of “Is there cause for pro-life optimism regarding the abortion issue in Canada?” If you know any pro-life high school students, please pass this information/link onto them. Winners are published in the paper in the Spring. (Continue reading)
Even progressive parents assume birds and bees are straight
Mary Elizabeth Williams praises Kate Winslet in Salon for talking about homosexuality with her young children and including the possibility of future same-sex partners. Williams says this is extremely rare, even among progressive (read: the intelligent, tolerant, good parents): You can understand how merely broaching the notion of homosexuality as something your offspring might one day know about would be anathema in a deeply religious or conservative community. That's how Tennessee managed to pass a law prohibiting discussion of ... (Continue reading)
11 myths of abortion
Our September cover story is about the 11 myths of abortion, including "the fetus is just a blob of cells" and "banning abortion will lead to more back-alley abortions." Abortion depending on myths (read: lies) is the topic of our lead editorial. An excerpt: The myths we discuss enable abortion by ignoring the rudimentary facts of modern fetology, obscuring the obvious health consequences of abortion, and debasing the language of human rights by numbering the euphemistic “choice” to ... (Continue reading)
Maternity benefits for women who have abortions
LifeSiteNews.com reports that women in Canada who have an abortion qualify for maternity benefits, but fortunately not parental benefits. The Interim reported on this in 2008. As LifeSite explains: Canada’s employment insurance guidelines reveal that a woman who aborts her child after 19 weeks gestation is eligible to receive 17 weeks of maternity leave, the same as a mother who gives birth. For an abortion occurring before 19 weeks gestation, the woman can collect sick ... (Continue reading)
Silent Scream on TV Friday night
Interim columnist and Sun News personality Michael Coren will air a segment of The Silent Scream Friday night. It is a pretty powerful video -- enough so that Planned Parenthood has a "fact" sheet criticizing it's "exaggerated concern for the fetus" and supposedly misleading imagery. Those who support "choice" have long condemned The Silent Scream -- not to be confused with the horror movie Silent Scream -- but their strenuous opposition is evidence of how effective the video, ... (Continue reading)
Coren’s show starts tonight
Interim columnist Michael Coren has moved to Sun News and his show, The Arena, begins tonight (7-8 pm Eastern). Mark Steyn and Ann Coulter are reportedly guests on the first show. Having Coren, an entertaining and thoughtful social conservative voice, on national television is a great opportunity to normalize discussion about often taboo topics such as abortion, euthanasia, and gay rights. Please tune in. Don't forget that Brian Lilley's Byline and Ezra Levant's The Source are also ... (Continue reading)
Pictures open a dialogue
In the August edition of The Interim, Campaign Life Coalition Youth director Alissa Golob wrote about her experience at the Calgary Stampede using graphic photos to start discussions about abortion with passers-by. As Golob notes: These conversations, along with many others, reinforced my position that whether it’s the Calgary Stampede or the Canada Day Parade, this pro-life initiative needs to be at the forefront of Canadian life. It is an outdoor classroom where education about abortion is dispensed to ... (Continue reading)
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