The Alberta Federation of Women United for Families (AFWUF) held its fourth annual convention in Red Deer in early November. The convention attracted 150 women (and some men) from across Alberta. A much appreciated aspect of the convention was the free babysitting service offered. AFWUF arranged with the local church youth group to have babysitting provided to mothers with young children. The [...]
New Year’s resolve Often, New Year’s resolutions are broken almost as soon as they are made. This year, the pro-life movement needs solid commitments from supporters – the kind of commitment that is followed faithfully all year long. The need, both for financial support and for active volunteers, has never been greater. Everyone has talents that can be put to good use. [...]
About 50 pro-life demonstrators showed up in front of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver on Tuesday, December 10, reported the Vancouver Sun on December 11. (30, according to the Province). The demonstration was directed against Ontario Premier David Peterson, on his first visit to B.C. Walter Szetela, spokesman for Campaign Life’s B.C. chapter, said he was pleasantly surprised by the turnout: [...]
The following is my account of two pregnant women who were persuaded to turn away from Morgentaler’s Toronto abortuary, as well as an account of an abortion aftermath in a hospital. All three stories are true and all took place in November 1985. In early November, a young couple heading toward the Morgentaler abortuary, were approached by a picketer-counsellor who persuaded them [...]
“That location was opened for only one purpose – to flout the law,” said Jude Di Cecco (pronounced ‘checko’) referring to the Morgentaler Toronto abortuary in the trial of three clergymen on December 9. He went on to say that abortion is “…still a serious breach of the Criminal Code carrying a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.” The three clergy, Rev. Alphonse [...]
A Vancouver social worker has launched a law suit in the B.C. Supreme Court against the Ministry of Human Resources. Cecilia Moore, 25, claims she was fired by the Ministry after she refused to approve funds for a welfare recipient’s abortion. Moore, a Catholic, said she was fired by MHR at the end of a six-month probationary period last May when she [...]
On December 10, 1984, Morgentaler reopened his abortuary on Harbord Street in Toronto. The “Day of Death” had begun and has continued uninterrupted for a period of a full year. The pro-life movement in Ontario believed that the anniversary of death could not go by unnoticed. The regular picketers at the Harbord Street abortuary were joined by many other Torontonians, as well [...]