Current public debate on pornography has prompted many of us to examine our views on this distasteful subject. My research started at the Ontario Censor Board where I viewed their 18-minute composite of cuts made from a selection of commercially-shown movies. I then persuaded my husband (I'm not quite as liberated as I often think I am) to visit our corner store [...]
Recently I was blessed to find myself pregnant with my third child. My first two children are boys. Almost without exception, upon finding out about my pregnancy the response has been the same, "you must be hoping for a little girl". To have a little girl would be absolutely wonderful - but no more so than having another boy, I'm convinced. What [...]
One day a man, who was on his way to see his doctor, said to his wife, "I sure hope the doctor discovers that there is something wrong. I would hate to be told that the state of my health is good when I feel so bad." There are people today who would have us believe that modern society is alive and [...]
By the President of Campaign Life A three-ring circus The circus will soon be back in town. The acts in the three rings will feature the Liberals under Trudeau, Turner or whomever; the Tories behind Brian Mulroney; and the New Democrats with ringmaster Ed Broadbent. Already the "advance men," the publicity flacks are dusting off the familiar old clichés in the hope [...]
On November 1 and 2, 1983, the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews held a Colloquium on "Human Rights and Responsibilities - Canadian Religious Perspectives." The Ottawa Colloquium, attended by some hundred invited people, was in honour of the 35th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations and covered three subjects: Pluralist Society; Abortion-Euthanasia-Infanticide; and Discrimination. Mr. Gordon [...]
We were sitting quietly in a restaurant near home, just the two of us. My husband and I had enjoyed a good meal, nice surroundings and some good conversation. Neighbors stopped by to visit at our table. The lady had just returned from her home state where she had gone to resolve some family problems centering on an older relative who she [...]
The status of the unborn child: One aspect of the legal tradition At the beginning of his book Kill our Unborn Canadians, David Dehler employs a series of epigraphs, including two from distinguished twentieth-century Protestant theologians. Karl Barth writes: The unborn child is from the very first a child. It is still developing and has no independent life. But it is a [...]
RESPECT FOR LIFE: The life of every human being is sacred as the creature of God and is of infinite value, because He created each person including the unborn child.... The healthy person may be closer to dying or even more dead than the person dying. They might be spiritually dead, only it doesn't show. Who are we to decide? That is [...]
A recent article published in the United States stresses the importance of keeping in close touch with politicians at all levels of government. This communication, it says, "serves as a limitus paper" for all elected representatives in judging public reaction to important issues. Because the life of the unborn child is of paramount importance (and because the proponents of euthanasia are awaiting [...]
The attaining of birth by the unborn is more than a matter of individual "choice," but is a collective social decision, deriving from national consensus. Young pregnant women are uniquely susceptible to social pressures. Canadian culture today lays little stress upon child-rearing and its own biological perpetuation but imposes heavy economic liabilities upon women entrusted with the supremely important social task of [...]
"We are incensed at what we can only interpret as a blatant attempt on the part of the Attorney General to prejudice the outcome of proceedings against Henry Morgentaler and his associates," states Pat Soenen, President of the League for Life of Manitoba, in a press release dated December 9th. She also called for the immediate replacement of Roland Penner as Attorney [...]
Manitoba The Interim received a copy of the following letter. January 19th, 1984 The Director, Canadian Human Rights Commission, 257 Slater Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 1E7 Dear Director: Re: House of Commons of Canada Bill C 169 (An act to Amend The Canadian Elections Act) As a Canadian citizen resident in Winnipeg, Manitoba, I hereby file an official complaint against the House [...]
On Monday, January 30, at 8 p.m. channel 17, and the P.B.S. station in Buffalo, broadcast a film called "Abortion Clinic." An hour later, channel 5, the C.B.S. station in Toronto broadcast an episode of a situation comedy called "Buffalo Bill," in which the same subject, abortion, was an integral part of the plot. Watching the two shows serially was instructive and [...]
Across Canada Ontario Every year, their promotions are more outrageous, but the basic message is the same. This year, the Department of Public Health of the City of Toronto (Family Planning Division) is giving away 10,000 condoms during Birth Control Week. Their programmers are aimed mainly at teens, despite the fact that the 20-24 year group has the highest abortion rates. They [...]
The Editorial Here we go again. The current publicity surrounding Campaign Life's Homemaker's boycott shows that this kind of strategy is effective. While the magazine itself denies the boycott is having an effect on their advertising revenue, we have to wonder why, in that case, are the media suddenly so interested? Name-calling has started again - the usual uninspired litany: "anti-choice," "right-wing [...]