Articles Tagged ‘Abortion’
Written on 23 Feb, 2008 at 11:00 in
Abortion | Author:
Jin Yani is seeking damages in a civil suit against Chinese authorities for forcibly aborting her nine-month-old unborn child after the water broke, because she got pregnant before marriage – a crime in Red China. However, technically, so is forced abortion. Ten officials arrived at the couple’s home on Sept. 7, 2000 and took Jin to a nearby abortion facility, despite the fact her fiance ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Feb, 2008 at 10:41 in
Abortion statistics, Pro-life Groups | Author:
New website provides Canadian stats, history and research
Editor’s Note: This Pro Life BC press release was issued Jan. 23.
British Columbia’s largest pro-life organization is calling on all Canadians, including members of the news media and politicians, to become better educated about the harmful consequences’ of abortion.
Pro Life BC, which represents more ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Feb, 2008 at 10:05 in
Abortion statistics | Author:
Oswald Clark
In 2005, the last year for which there are statistics, there were 1.2 million abortions in the United States – the lowest number since 1976.
The statistics were released in a report by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, the research arm of Planned Parenthood, and represent a decline of nearly 25 per cent from 1990, when they peaked at 1.6 ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Jul, 2007 at 11:23 in
Assisted Suicide | Author:
Euthanasia activist and convicted murderer Jack Kevorkian, 79, was released June 1 after serving eight years of his 10- to 25-year sentence for second-degree murder. Lawyer Mayer Morganroth argued his client’s health problems and good behaviour justified early release from prison. Kevorkian was charged and found guilty of the 1998 second-degree murder (by carbon monoxide poisoning) of Thomas Youk, 52, who had ALS. CBS’s 60 Minutes program subsequently ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Jul, 2007 at 11:21 in
Abortion | Author:
Interim Staff
British Columbia pharmacies will now offer Plan B “emergency contraception,” the so-called “morning-after pill,” without a prescription and without a mandatory informed consent sheet. The abortifacient drug, used to prevent conception or end early-stage pregnancy, can cause the death of an unborn human being in ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Jul, 2007 at 10:57 in
Youth Activism | Author:
Theresa Matters Youth Issues Correspondent
In an effort to encourage the youth of Canada to speak up about their thoughts on our country, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation began a forum entitled, “The Great Canadian Wish List” on the internet site Facebook. Facebook is a social networking website that has become popular for connecting and re-connecting with friends, colleagues, co-workers and family through the internet. As of February 2007, there were 20 million users and ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 May, 2007 at 8:57 in
Abortion | Author:
Doreen Beagan Atlantic Canada Correspondent
New Brunswick has become the site of new pro-abortion battles because of its steadfast refusal to fund abortions in private facilities – and one of the generals is American.
At a Fredericton press conference April 13, a coalition of women’s groups that included the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, the N.B. Advisory Council on the Status of Women and the Washington-based National ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 May, 2007 at 13:17 in
Abortion | Author:
Pete Vere The Interim Growing up Catholic, I knew theologically that my church forbade abortion and contraception. Although the church’s stand on abortion was self-evident in my opinion, I didn’t really understand why she took such a hard line on contraception until I found myself judging annulment cases on a Catholic marriage tribunal. With few exceptions, I could trace every marital breakdown to the couple saying “no” to the fertility ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 May, 2007 at 13:13 in
Paul Tuns | Author:
Paul Tuns Editor
From the editor's desk
Writing in the Ottawa Sun April 9, Carleton University political science grad Jordan Michael Smith jammed many leaps of logic, cherry-picking of polls and fallacious arguments to make the case that abortion is a settled issue in Canada. Here is an enumerated list of problematic arguments and a rebuttal of them.... (Continue reading)
Written on 21 Apr, 2007 at 12:21 in
Abortion | Author:
Samantha Singson International Affairs Correspondent
Negotiations went down to the wire at the United Nations during the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) proceedings in March, as delegations struggled to come to consensus on the final outcome document. Despite assurances from delegations such as that from the E.U., the issue of prenatal sex-selection was largely ignored within the final text.
The theme for this year’s CSW was “The Elimination ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Jan, 2007 at 13:00 in
Abortion, Post-Abortion | Author:
Interim Staff
A woman now in her 20s, identified only as ‘Kelly,’ appeared on Fox News’s The O’Reilly Factor to relate her late-term abortion experience and the emotional aftermath she was forced to deal with as a teen.
Kelly told host Bill O’Reilly that her parents took her from their Maryland home to Kansas when she was a pregnant 14-year-old to have ... (Continue reading)
