Articles Tagged ‘Abortion’
Written on 20 Aug, 2009 at 13:29 in
Abortion, Activism, Announcements, Cover stories, Features | Author:
Joseph Jalsevac Increasingly abortion advocates acknowledge the child
“Maybe we won’t agree on abortion, but we can still agree that this is a heart-wrenching decision for any woman to make, with both moral and spiritual dimensions. So let’s work together to reduce the number of women seeking abortions by reducing unintended pregnancies and making adoption more available and providing care and support ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 Aug, 2009 at 5:45 in
Columnist, Corporate Watch, Society & Culture | Author:
Tony Gosgnach Some of America’s leading billionaires met secretly recently to consider how their wealth could be used to “slow the growth of the world’s population.” Attending on the initiative of Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder, they discussed joining forces to overcome political and religious obstacles to change. Other participants included David Rockefeller Jr., the patriarch of America’s wealthiest dynasty, Warren Buffett and George Soros, the financiers, Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Aug, 2009 at 9:29 in
Abortion, Editorials | Author:
On June 23, the Nixon Presidential Library released tape recordings from January and February 1973 that included then-president Richard Nixon’s thoughts on abortion the day the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions were handed down. While concerned about abortion on demand and its effects on the family, Nixon told an aide that “there are times when abortions are necessary,” such as “when you have a black and a white” parent. A mere 36 years later, such racial views ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Aug, 2009 at 8:39 in
Abortion, Issues, Religion, Society & Culture | Author:
Interim Staff
More than three months after LifeSiteNews.com broke open the story of the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (or D&P for short) funding five Mexican organizations that support abortion, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops released a report exonerating D&P of any wrongdoing.
On March 12, LifeSite revealed that D&P, the Catholic bishops’ ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Jun, 2009 at 13:55 in
News in Brief, Politics | Author:
Planned Parenthood releases report
OTTAWA – The International Planned Parenthood Federation launched its newest report, “Contraception at a Crossroads,” on April 24 in Ottawa. Approximately 30 people attended the gathering held on Parliament Hill, co-sponsored by the IPPF, Action Canada for Population and Development and the Canadian Federation for Sexual Health. Senator Lucie Pépin was to welcome the attendees, but could not attend because of illness. Dr. Gill Greer, president of the IPPF, addressed the attendees and provided them with a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Jun, 2009 at 11:52 in
Columnist, Rory Leishman | Author:
Rory Leishman
What is the best means of persuading more of our fellow citizens to understand that the deliberate killing of a baby in the womb is an unmitigated evil?
Randall Terry, the founder of Operation Rescue, is a leading proponent of shock tactics. On May 1, he was arrested and charged with criminal trespass for leading an anti-abortion demonstration on the campus of Notre Dame University that involved six protesters ... (Continue reading)
Written on 24 May, 2009 at 18:10 in
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The Genocide Awareness Project, which draws parallels between abortion, slavery and the Holocaust, is what the pundits call "divisive." Using images of aborted children, lynched slaves and murdered Jews, the powerful visual displays of the Genocide Awareness Project (GAP) attempt to show the similarity between abortion and these other dark chapters of human history. However, critics of GAP - of which there are many - observe that abortion does not fit any accepted definition of genocide and claim that their ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 May, 2009 at 10:39 in
Abortion | Author:
Paul Tuns Editor With 3.2 million abortions over four decades, Canada
has suffered greatly due to the licence to kill its preborn
In the 40 years since abortion has been permitted following the passage of the Omnibus Bill on May 14, 1969, about 3.2 million babies have been killed in this country. That's the size of Montreal, the country's second-largest city, or Alberta, the fourth-largest province (or all of Atlantic Canada and Manitoba). That is a staggering number of lost lives.... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Apr, 2009 at 10:45 in
Abortion | Author:
Margret Cyr The Interim A stage monologue about regret, as a university student recalls her initial support of a friend’s abortion. (Continue reading)
Written on 21 Apr, 2009 at 17:37 in
Abortion, Population | Author:
Commentary by Austin Ruse As anti-life lobbying continues at the UN, American funds denied to the UNFPA during the Bush administration will soon be released. (Continue reading)
Written on 21 Apr, 2009 at 11:14 in
World Briefs | Author:
Spanish intellectuals petition against abortion
MADRID - Approximately 1000 scientists, physicians, academics, and intellectuals have signed the Madrid Manifesto, a statement rejecting further legalization of abortion in Spain. The Socialist Worker's Party has proposed permitting abortion on demand for the first 12 weeks of pregnancy and the manifesto is meant to counter the move. "We subscribe to the present Manifesto in defense of human life in its initial, embryonic, and fetal stages, and we reject its manipulation at the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Apr, 2009 at 15:42 in
Abortion, Politics | Author:
Interim Staff Pro-lifers push back at the UN against anti-life feminist NGOs. (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Apr, 2009 at 6:21 in
Abortion, Politics | Author:
Tony Gosgnach Assistant Editor Gearing up to celebrate life from coast to coast. (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Mar, 2009 at 15:25 in
Abortion | Author:
Commentary Harley Price
Editor's note: The following is in response to a speech delivered by National Post columnist Barbara Kay to the Live for Life club at Western University, and reprinted in the Post Feb. 4.
Chesterton wrote somewhere that "truth alone can be exaggerated; nothing else can stand the strain." Certainly the liquidation of millions of unborn children is one of those stupendous human facts that can hardly be stated truthfully without ... (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Mar, 2009 at 13:13 in
Activism, Events, Issues, Pro-Life | Author:
Paul Tuns Editor Interim editor Paul Tuns takes a look at the kick-off rally for the Canadian 40 Days for Life, which will run until April 5th. (Continue reading)
