United Way of Ottawa has decided to give Planned Parenthood $44,000. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ottawa, Joseph Plourde, felt obligated to explain his position in a letter printed as an advertisement in the Ottawa Citizen (Saturday, March 12, 1986). The Archbishop’s letter was very defensive about the decision not to withdraw Catholic agencies from the United Way but, instead, to recommend [...]
On the evening of March 18 approximately one hundred people gathered at St. Michaels college School in Toronto to bid farewell to Father Lawrence Abello. The event, which was sponsored by Campaign Life, was also a final opportunity to hear Father Abello speak. He has now returned to Calcutta, India where he is carrying out his work as a Jesuit missionary. His [...]
With the success of Father Colleton’s “Kryptonite” locking of the abortuary gates (see p. 1), the abortionists commissioned David Butt and Peter Foster (both of the same address) to install sheet-metal plate on the gates on Sunday April 13. Some Campaign Life volunteers observed this and began to take photos of the work taking place. At this, Peter Foster got highly upset, [...]
Pro-life picketers have stepped up their fight for the unborn by taking their peaceful pickets to the homes of two Morgentaler “clinic” employees. On March 18, approximately 40 picketers appeared outside the home of Jane Berry, a senior nurse at the abortuary. Pamphlets on the unborn child were distributed to local residences along with the statement explaining the actions of the picketers. [...]
On Friday, March 21, Helen Burnie, Dan McCash and Tom Brown, three regular pro-life picketers, were scheduled to be tried on charges laid against them by Eileen Harbinson. Mrs. Harbinson and her husband own a word-processing business called “Ultra,” almost next door to the Morgentaler abortuary on Harbord Street. Mrs. Harbinson had accused the three picketers of blocking customers from gaining access [...]
Picketer Dan McCash was charged with trespassing on April 3 at the rear of the abortuary. Mr. McCash was walking beside a woman who was heading for an abortion, asking her if she would consider alternatives. He followed her on to the property of the abortuary where he was told by the Barnes Security guard, R. Fletcher, “You are not supposed to [...]
The inquest into an Ottawa teenager’s death during an abortion heard evidence that the Civic Hospital was, at least in this case, performing illegal abortions. Erin Shannon, aged 18, was admitted into the hospital at 8 a.m. on the morning of January 23. The admitting nurse testified that Erin’s name was on the list of the day’s abortions and that “it was [...]
Members of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal should not air publicly their dissent from proposed legislative changes granting protection on grounds of sexual orientation, according to Ken Norman, a former chief commissioner of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission. Thomas Schuck, a Weyburn lawyer and a member of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal since January 1984, has come under fire from those promoting [...]
The operators of the Toronto Morgentaler abortuary have laid a private charge of mischief against a Roman Catholic priest. Undaunted by his arrest at the abortuary on April 8 (see story on page 6), Father Colleton returned the following morning with a “Kryptonite” bicycle lock and placed it on the gate at 7:30 a.m. These strong locks, commonly seen on bicycles, are [...]
What’s the point of padlocking the abortuary? I am sure that a number of my friends, who have been kind enough to express their encouragement and support are asking themselves that question. So, I thought a few of my ideas might be helpful. Obviously locking the gate of the clinic will not stop abortions. It might delay one or two. With the [...]
If several recent media items can be used as a barometer, American journalists and television producers have sensed a change in the atmosphere of the abortion debate. A pro-life president is now in his second term, some U.S. Supreme Court judges (who may well be replaced by those favouring a reversal of the 1983 Roe v. Wade decision) are approaching retirement, and [...]
Stafford, VA. – Paul Brown, chief executive officer of the American Life League, stated he has not backed away from his request – originally made of President Reagan on January 22 – for a review of the sentences assigned in abortuary-related cases. Brown pointed out that the average sentence in nine abortion-related convictions in the past 12 months has been 15 years, [...]
Sacramento, Cal. – The state Family Planning Advisory Board voted February 7 to investigate the materials, goals and philosophies of Planned Parenthood to determine if the group should continue to receive state funding. The board oversees the granting of $35 million of state taxpayer funds to family planning agencies in the state. Board member Helen McCullough recommended the investigation after the mother [...]
London – Nurses should notify police, said a British Catholic Bishops’ committee on bio-ethical issues, when they find handicapped newborn babies being sedated or starved to death. The Bishops referred specifically to babies born with spina bifida who were being refused surgery. If the hospital authorities refuse to rectify such a state of affairs, then a nurse has no alternative but to [...]
The New York Times of March 2, 1986, carried a full-page advertisement from the “Committee of Concerned Catholics.” Like the first such ad of October 1984, the new one also claimed to be concerned about lack of freedom within the Catholic Church, the right to dissent, the need for dialogue, and “reprisals” concerned the demand of the Vatican Congregation of Religious that [...]