I am a native son of Saskatchewan and in September 1983 I partook in the “Run for Life” from Saskatoon to Regina. I have been asked to analyze Bill 53 (Saskatchewan), proposed by M.L.A Gay Caswell. This is my analysis. The intention of those who formulated Bill 63 is very laudable, that is, to ensure that a woman contemplating an abortion is [...]
Another example of befuddled thinking on the part of a local MPP occurred at the end of June after the election of nine new trustees to the 27-member board of the as-yet-non-existing Stouffville-Markham hospital. The nine democratically elected pro-life trustees were chosen by a majority of the 427 people present, a number of whom were members of two local Catholic parishes. Following [...]
Mother Teresa the Nobel Peace Prize-winning missionary whom many call a living saint, visited Toronto on June 24 (The Christian calendar feast day of St. John the Baptist) to open a convent in St. Sebastian’s Parish. Her Sisters of Charity will serve the mentally and developmentally disabled and psychiatric patients discharged from chronic-care institutions in the Parkdale area. There was a brief [...]
We have been informed by reliable sources that the Liberal provincial government is presently considering setting up abortion clinics in Ontario. They would be of two kinds. Firstly, in districts where abortions are not easily obtained, clinics would be set up and affiliated to hospitals outside the area. This would give them a semblance of legality. Secondly, within Toronto, and perhaps other [...]
Pornography destabilizes marriage. It is desensitizing and affects “normal people” whether or not they realize it. It is addictive. And it is “the literature of the sex offender.” These are all conclusions reached by psychotherapist and author, David Scott, in a recently-published U.S. study. “Pornography and its Effects on Family, Community and Culture” was funded by the Washington-based Free Congress Foundation. It [...]
The pro-abortion position adopted by the YWCA of Canada, and particularly by the Metro Toronto YW, was documents in a 1980 pamphlet entitled “YWCA – Abortion’s Road to Respectability” (Lorraine Williams, The Uncertified Human Publishing Co. Ltd.). As public knowledge about the YW’s central position in abortion “reform” became more widespread, the YW attempted to diffuse the issue. It had good reason [...]
In mid October the Alberta PC party will elect a successor to Peter Lougheed. Three man have announced their candidacy to succeed as leader of the party and as premier of the province. Don Getty and Julian Koziak of Edmonton and Ron Ghitter of Galgary. Of the three, only Julian Koziak is currently a member of the Legislature. He is minister of [...]
J. Edgar Newall, formerly from Little River, Yarmouth County, was elected president of the national Alliance For Life, co-coordinating body for the 255 educational pro-life groups across Canada, at the 13th annual general meeting and conference held in Sydney on June 27-29. Speaking at the conference, Newell stated that, “During the past 16 years since the change in the federal law regarding [...]
“You must stand ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect” (Luke 12:40). Indeed, the “hour you do not expect” was nearly fulfilled for three pro-life picketers standing at the back of Morgentaler’s abortuary at 85 Harbord Street, Toronto. The three are Marcian Cotter, Sam Dieleman (a boy of 11) and myself. At 12:15 on [...]
In the prologue to this book, there is a moving tribute to Sir William Liley, who, Nathanson says, recognized the irreconcilable opposition between fetology and the abortion ethic before anyone else. He quotes a comment by Liley concerning the bitter irony of recent events. Our generation, Liley said, is the first ever to have a reasonably complete picture of the development of [...]
Why pro-life criticizes feminists Sabina McLuhan Feminism, as currently interpreted, is the latest “sacred cow.” Those who comment critically on any aspect of the ideology run the risk of being labelled “anti-feminist,” “ultra-traditional,” “pro-natalist,” or just plain “anti-woman.” At the risk of irritating former reader George Bartoszewicz even more (see Letter to the Editor page), I would suggest that the current feminist [...]
(From an article by Eleanor Nelson, M.M. Report, Feb. 1984) Kevin said his first word at seven months. He is now crawling and he sits up by himself. That’s not unusual for a child who has just celebrated his first birthday. But Kevin is a special child. He attracted national attention shortly after he was born. He was born with Spina Bifida, [...]
While the Pope was traveling in Western Europe, I was traveling in Western Canada – the security was not quite as tight! I was moving even faster than the Holy Father so I could follow his ”progress” in different local newspapers. The style of reporting was, of course, a little varied but there was a common denominator – the use of such [...]
Brussels: Visiting Belgium in May, pope John Paul II condemned artificial techniques to create life and warned such tampering could lead to ”fatal aberrations.” The Toronto Sun (May 21) reported that the Pope’s remarks came in a speech to the 10-nation European Community in which he also said Europe was in moral and spiritual decline. “The wonderful act of transmitting life is [...]
Newspapers across Canada reported Pope John Paul’s firm rejection of demands to relax Church rules on sexual morality on his visit to the Netherlands. Speaking to students at Amersfoort, Holland, on May 14, he asked students: “Would it be realistic to imagine a Jesus who is indulgent on marital love, abortion, sexual relations before or outside marriage or homosexual relations?” He added: [...]