"You know I'm against abortion," said Brian Mulroney a few months ago. But Brian has indicated that he supports the current hospital committee system and accepts abortion in cases of rape or incest. Other politicians are firmly against abortion, but not in cases of physical deformity or severe mental retardation. David Crombie feels that he is pro-life, but states that setting the [...]
Since the successful police raid on July 5, the Morgentaler clinic has been effectively shut down. Drs. Robert Scott and Leslie Smoling were charged with performing illegal abortions, and with the inclusion of Morgentaler, all three were charged with the conspiracy to produce a miscarriage. All three men opted for trial by jury and the date for the trial will be set [...]
There are more abortions than live births among City of Toronto residents. A Globe & Mail report of July 17, 1983, made public city Health Department figures for 1981. In 1981, 8,313 abortions were recorded for city residents. In the same year, the number of live births was 7,597. These statistics are a stark contrast to 1975 when more than 10,000 births [...]
Earlier this year, the Pro Life Society of British Columbia petitioned the BC government to have June 12-18 proclaimed "Protect Human Life Week." The carefully-worded proclamation asked for three resolutions - firstly, that the government be recognized as supportive of the dignity and potential of all human life. Secondly, that the future and greater good for mankind be considered when questions of [...]
In a CP report in the Kamloops Daily Sentinel, May 14, 1983, Dr. William Jory, outgoing president of the BC Medical Association, angrily denounced abortion and euthanasia. "Is it right that in Canada each year, 65,000 embryonic Canadians are flushed down the sluices and toilets of this country?" Dr. Jory asked the association's annual convention in Kelowna. "This is a staggering total [...]
During the Mother's Day Rally and Walk for Life in Toronto on Sunday May 8th, the pro-abortionists had a plane circling overhead with a streamer tied to its tail. The banner read, "Motherhood by choice: not by force." It looked beautiful against the bits of blue in the sky and as I watched it I found myself agreeing with both statements. Of [...]
Pro-life people are running out of patience waiting for the Devine government to demonstrate the courage of it's prolife convictions. Before he was elected, Premier Devine said frequently that his first priorities were God and family. It was in this context that he committed himself and his government to strengthening the protection of the unborn in this province. However, since coming to [...]
Emotional problems following abortion are at last beginning to be tackled. The pro-abortion counselor does not tell the pregnant woman that she can expect to feel guilt, shame, grief, regret, remorse, lower self-esteem, despair and anger. Nor is the woman told that these emotions can appear immediately, or come later, or disappear and reappear at intervals, or that she in fact may [...]
The following is Part 1 of a 6 part article. Originally published in The Canadian Messenger of the Sacred Heart, Toronto, in 1980, reprinted here with permission. Part One: Active euthanasia, passive euthanasia, voluntary euthanasia Dr. Cicely Saunders, medical director of St. Christopher's Hospice in England, is considered a pioneer in the hospice or palliative care movement, aimed at helping people live [...]
British doctors have announced that they are now beginning to "harvest" human eggs. Donated eggs will be used to produce test-tube babies for women who are afraid to pass on such inherited genetic diseases as muscular dystrophy, hemophilia, etc. In effect, the process is a reverse artificial insemination in that the husband's sperm is joined with a donor egg. AI until now [...]
The success of the Campaign Life commercials with Dr. Bernard Nathanson still has to be measured. Since their outstanding first run on CHCH-TV, Hamilton, and CKY Winnipeg in March, where they raised the hackles of every pro-abortionist in Canada, the dust seems to have settled. We have distributed the commercials to Canadian markets such as Thunder Bay, Ontario, Vancouver, BC, Wingham, Ontario, [...]
LUTON (UPI) - An English doctor who performed an unsuccessful abortion on a 23-year-old woman has been charged with attempted murder of the baby, who survived. Nurses at Luton and Dunstable Hospital told police they found the baby boy wrapped in a sheet in an isolated room after the abortion failed. He is now living with foster parents. Anthony John Hamilton, a [...]
At the meeting of the Toronto Board of Education on June 23, 1983, Trustee Mazzotta moved the following motion with regard to the Morgentaler abortion clinic. It was seconded by Trustee Stevenson: "Whereas, this Board of Education has long prided itself for being a leader in social justice and the protection of human rights; and "Whereas, this Board has worked diligently in [...]
International International Planned Parenthood Federation has become one of the most powerful organizations on earth. Its policies, and the great success it has had in persuading various governments to implement them, are having far-reaching effects right now on the everyday life of billions of people, and will be one of the major influences on the moral and ethical attitudes of future generations. [...]
Hansard is the transcript of Parlimentary Proceedings Mr.Garnet M.Bloomfield ( London Middlesex): Mr.Speaker, I am speaking today in support of the private member's bill presented by the hon. Member for Kindersley-Lyodminister (Mr.McKnight). The hon. member for Vancouver East ( Mrs.Mitchell) said that male chauvinistic views were being expounded. I would like her to know that there is one member on our side [...]