Now that our Charter of Rights and Freedoms has become firmly entrenched in our Constitution, and its benefits loudly proclaimed, it might be a good idea to make things even better. Certainly the citizens of any country stand to gain when they receive the protection of a charter such as ours. But does the legislation go far enough? By focusing solely on [...]
Introduction: There has been so much controversy as of late over the issue of women’s “right” to abortion on demand. Realizing the arguments for the against and the increasing number of women in Canada desiring this form of so-called “birth control,” I desire to share my thoughts with your readers. Women say that only they are qualified to be the final authority [...]
Thirty-three people attended a silent vigil at the Henderson General Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario, on a rainy Father’s Day, June 16, 1985. A protest presentation in honour of Father’s Day was read at the start of the vigil and in part it said: “The Henderson General Hospital through acts of abortion has shown this hospital to be anti-family. What kind of family [...]
Windsor Outspoken pro-life activist Earl Amyotte retrieved five pro-life picket signs from Windsor police a month after they were taken from him and other protestors demonstrating against abortions being performed at Windsor Western Hospital. Mr. Amyotte said that the officer who took the signs July 14 cited a bylaw against putting them in the ground or against a fence. However, no charges [...]
Reverend Ken Campbell was twice thwarted by police in his attempts to make successful citizen’s arrests of abortionists at the Toronto Morgentaler abortuary during the last week of July. On Tuesday July 20, Reverend Campbell scheduled a press conference at 87 Harbord Street, his National Headquarters for Choose Life Canada. The press conference was to coincide with a planned citizen’s arrest of [...]
It is a cool, cloudy Friday morning in mid-July. It has rained throughout the night. The seagulls soar high above the wet pavement of Harbord Street in search of food. Its about ten thirty and two courageous pro-life counselors maintain their lonely vigil at the rear of the Morgentaler abortuary. They have been there since eight o’clock, and have been drenched by [...]
Abortion clinics will not be allowed in New Brunswick and doctors who perform abortions other than in qualified hospitals will be subject to disciplinary action – if legislation is successfully completed. The bill was passed on to the third reading by the legislature. The bill followed a statement by Premier Richard Hatfield on April 25, saying that free-standing clinics would not be [...]
More than 8,000 people gathered at Moncton Coliseum to see Mother Teresa officially open the Catholic Foundation for Human Life last June 23rd. In her 40-minute address, Mother Teresa implored Canadians to “never allow in this beautiful country . . . a single unborn child to feel unwanted, unloved.” She called abortion “the greatest destroyer of peace, love and joy.” Mother Teresa [...]
Representatives from across the country gathered in Sydney, Nova Scotia, during the last week of June to attend the Conference and Annual General Meeting of Alliance for Life. Cape Breton Right to Life entertained their guests with a distinctive Cape Breton hospitality. The theme of the Alliance Conference was “Caring for Life: from conception to natural death,” and an impressive line-up of [...]
Four pro-life delegates were elected to the Lions Gate Hospital’s board of directors last June. The delegates defeated pro-choice incumbent board nominees. The new pro-life directors, from the Vancouver area, each won by a slim margin. One delegate won by 17 votes. The new members are Col. H.F.G. Boswell, Philip Mansfield, Colleen Donald, and Victor Bennington. They join 12 other members who [...]
The most dramatic of the three abortion cases that have hit the headlines in the Vancouver press during recent weeks concerns an unnamed father. Distraught because his girlfriend was having an abortion, he entered the Vancouver General Hospital, snatched some green hospital garb from the laundry and burst into the operating room to prevent his child from being killed. Unfortunately he chose [...]
Mrs. Rachel Tasker, a former official with the Alberta Medical Association, stated recently that twenty babies died during delivery in the last year in Alberta because of late arrivals of the attending obstetricians. She implied that the doctors were more concerned with their own convenience than with their patients’ well-being. According to Mrs. Tasker, Alberta had a very good record for live [...]
“I can’t pay for the killing of babies,” says pro-life activist, Leo Coyle who is in trouble with Alberta Health Care insurance Plan for non-payment of health care insurance premiums. Recently AHCIP employed a collection agency to try to collect from Mr. Coyle the $800 it is alleged Mr. Coyle owes. Mr. Coyle has not paid his Medicare for five years. “As [...]
Interim: I understand a group of Edmonton pro-lifers have been making “house-calls?” Liston: Yes, we’ve decided to turn the tables on the medical profession. We plan to make house-call – on baby killers only, however. Interim: When did these house-calls being? Liston: We began during the Stanley Cup playoffs on a Tuesday evening, when the Oilers were thumping the Black Hawks with [...]
A new group of pro-life activists has started a series of rotating protests outside the homes of the roughly twenty-five Edmonton abortionists who together perform most of the 2,500 abortions in three City hospitals. The group is not affiliated with any other group. Numbers vary between six and twelve. They march up and down in front of the doctor’s house and apartment, [...]