Monthly Archives: November 1983

Comac Publications – publishers of Homemaker’s and Quest Magazines promote abortion

Comac Publications, publishers of the infamous Homemaker’s magazine, otherwise known as “Homebreaker’s” magazine, also publishes eight times a year a magazine called Quest magazine, which is delivered at no charge to 710,000 homes in pre-selected areas in twenty-one of Canada’s largest cities. The executive editor of Comac Publications is well known pro-abortionist, Jane Gale, editor of Homemaker’s and co-founder of the newly [...]

archives2009-07-03T12:12:35-04:00November 3, 1983|Abortion|

From a letter to H. Morgentaler Dear Henry: Forgive the liberty of calling you by your first name. It’s just that I feel I know you so well after all these years of watching and listening. I would have written before but there didn’t seem to be any point. You seemed so single-mindedly consumed with the pursuit of your career. I was [...]

archives2009-07-03T12:11:36-04:00November 3, 1983|Abortion, Issues, Society & Culture|

Claim against Minister of Finance for Canada

It has been alleged that the Minister of Finance of Canada, his servants and agents, allocate money from the consolidated revenue fund, comprised of taxes levied upon and collected from the Plaintiff and all other taxpayers in Canada, for various purposes, including the provision of health care and treatment services throughout Canada, and that a portion of the money so allocated is [...]

archives2009-07-03T11:09:55-04:00November 3, 1983|Politics|

The Regina Decision

IN THE COURT OF QUEEN’S BENCH FOR SASKATCHEWAN JUDICIAL CENTRE OF REGINA BETWEEN: JOSEPH BOROWSKI PLAINTIFF -and- - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA and - THE MINISTER OF FINANCE OF CANADA DEFENDANTS M.C. Shumiatcher, Q.C. And R.B. Hunter for the Plaintiff E.R. Sojonky, Q.C. And M.R. Kindrachuk for the Defendants JUDGEMENT MATHESON, J. The Plaintiff, as a citizen of Canada, and [...]

archives2009-07-03T11:09:08-04:00November 3, 1983|Abortion, Politics|

The Matheson decision has now become a precedent

The decision in the Borowski case is a major one for the abortion issue in Canada. Although the decision by Mr. Justice Matheson was not what we had hoped for, he did make important findings, which will be very helpful for the pro-life movement. Dr. Morris Schumiatcher writes on the Judgement elsewhere in this issue. In view of the important findings made [...]

archives2009-07-03T11:07:33-04:00November 3, 1983|Politics|

The Kenya Letter

The following letter, from the Kenya Catholic Secretariat (Waumini House, Westlands, P.O. Box 48062, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa), is the one mentioned in the above article. Dear Friends, The Catholic Church in Kenya is keenly aware of the pressure to liberalize abortion in this country, and the Bishops are deeply concerned about it. Recently the public media in press and radio and [...]

archives2009-07-03T11:06:37-04:00November 3, 1983|Abortion, Religion|

The World Council of Churches Assembly

The British Columbia Pro-Life group’s booth at the World Council of Churches Assembly was warmly received by delegates from all over the world. The Assembly was held in Vancouver in July. Despite the fact that abortion and euthanasia were carefully left off the list of social justice issues in the official programme, the presence of the Pro-Life display and volunteers excited much [...]

archives2009-07-03T11:05:37-04:00November 3, 1983|Religion|

Hansard – House of Commons debates – official report Friday, September 30, 1983

Freedom of Choice Advocated Mrs. Margaret Mitchell/) Vancouver East): Madam Speaker, tomorrow women and men across the country will mark a day of action for “Choice on Abortion.” The issue is choice, not pro or anti-abortion. The right of the individual male or female to exercise freedom of choice in private medical and sexual matters is a hallmark of Canadian society. The [...]

archives2009-07-03T11:04:29-04:00November 3, 1983|Politics|

Steptoe stomps on human life

At the annual Canadian Bar Association meeting held in Quebec City in August, one of the guest speakers was obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Patrick Steptoe, who together with Prof. Robert Edwards of Cambridge University, developed the technique of in-vitro fertilization, which led to the birth of the first “test-tube” baby, Louise Brown. The thrust of Dr. Steptoe’s whole talk was to justify [...]

archives2009-07-03T11:03:39-04:00November 3, 1983|Society & Culture|

Natural family planning and human responsibility

Free will and the ability to assume responsibility for one’s actions establish the spiritual importance and dignity of man. Indeed, we have come to equate maturity with a willingness to direct our behavior in terms of our goals as well as to accept the consequences of our choices. If we look at family planning methods in this light, we can see that [...]

archives2009-07-03T11:00:11-04:00November 3, 1983|Marriage and Family, Pro-Life, Society & Culture|

Rally (editorial)

When people asked me how many I expected at the Rally for Life in Toronto on October 1, I said , “Oh, we should get around fifteen thousand.” But, in my heart, I doubted that number and was prepared for a ten thousand total. Never in my wildest dreams did I—or anybody else for that matter—expect such a tremendous response. Some say [...]

archives2009-07-03T10:59:32-04:00November 3, 1983|Editorials|

Manitoba MFL …abortion vehicle

Two very important events took place in Manitoba this last month. The Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL) narrowly passed a resolution demanding the legalization of all abortions—without any restrictions. At their Annual Meeting in Brandon, the MFL attempted to include in this resolution a demand that the provincial government drop all criminal charges against Morgentaler and his clinic staff. When it became [...]

archives2009-07-03T10:58:56-04:00November 3, 1983|Abortion, Issues|

Saskatchewan Prairie Marathon

The September Run For Life in Saskatchewan has raised more than $300,000 – and not all pledges have been collected yet. Sixteen people ran the entire distance of 260 km from Saskatoon to Regina. Another eight walked. Doris Merkovsky was one who walked the entire route and she said she would do it again. Mrs. Merkovsky has been blind from the age [...]

archives2009-07-03T10:57:34-04:00November 3, 1983|Activism|

Alberta can’t stop abortions parents told

Calgary (CP) – Parents do not have the right to stop their children from having abortions, even if they are under 16, says a University of Alberta professor. And if they try to stop them, they could face criminal charges Ellen Picard told about 50 health-care workers this week at a discussion on children’s rights. She said the federal Criminal Code makes [...]

archives2009-07-03T10:55:46-04:00November 3, 1983|Abortion, Across Canada, Bioethics|

Nova Scotia

Human life is a continuum Council for Life – Nova Scotia is an organization of representatives from local pro-life educational organizations in the province of Nova Scotia. The objectives of Council for Life – Nova Scotia are: (a) To reinforce the traditional Judeo-Christian view that human life has intrinsic value. (b) To promote respect for human life from conception to natural death. [...]

archives2009-07-03T10:51:18-04:00November 3, 1983|Pro-Life|

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