And it came to pass in those days that a man was arrested and charged with raping a woman, an act prohibited by the Criminal Cod of the land. This man had many friends, including many in the political and medical establishment. Many of those who sympathized with his plight were engaged in a movement promoting what they were pleased to call [...]
Part VIII of this series “The Christians Feminists,” examined the relationship between feminist theology and Church teaching, principally within the Catholic Church. It concluded with the note that what may be appropriate in society, may not necessarily be so in the Church. To understand the radical difference between the rules governing society and the life and belief of the Church requires – [...]
The report of the Standing Committee on Secretary of State regarding the Women’s Program of the Secretary of State Department and its funding practices was tabled in the House of Commons on June 16. The report followed seven months of investigation and hearings by the Committee during which 144 organizations and 265 individuals submitted briefs and testimony. The 22-page report contains recommendations [...]
On 1981, with a $300,000 grant from Metro Toronto, then Metro chairman Paul Godfrey established the Special Committee on Child Abuse. Its stated goal was to reduce child abuse, especially sexual abuse, “through coordinated action to improve detection, reporting, investigation and treatment.” Children themselves were to be trained to detect and report child abuse, and so a training programme called the “Preventive [...]
Therapeutic Abortion Committees are a farce; we’ve known that for a long time. But now the fight is moving into the courtroom, as evidence of illegal abortions at Kingston General Hospital has reached public attention. Let’s back up to January 23, 1986. At 10:22 a.m., 18-year-old Erin Shannon suffered a massive and fatal cardiac arrest during a D & E abortion at [...]
I’m starting to feel a bit like a detective. After all, this is the second pro-abortion event that I’ve “spied on.” I tend to approach these things with apprehension. I mean, what if I am found out? What if they see my contempt, read the disgust in my eyes? Will they drown me with their propaganda and their infantile cries of “Choice [...]
The Alberta State Council of the Knights of Columbus, at their first Annual Meeting in May, organized an oratorical contest for the Catholic High Schools of Alberta and The North West Territories. The theme chosen was Respect Life. The convener was David Kolasa of Red Deer. The text of the winning speech on Abortion, by Tom Lambert, of Catholic Central in Lethbridge, [...]
Mary-Ellen Douglas, president of Campaign Life Ontario, lead the discussion entitled, “Politics – who is pro-life?” at the Life and Family Conference recently held in Toronto. The main focus of the workshop was the identification and targeting of pro-life and pro-abortion political candidates. Many suggestions were offered in the course of the discussion, the most interesting of which dealt with using a [...]
On May 29, Campaign Life hosted a special screening of Dr. Bernard Nathanson’s film. Eclipse of Reason, for the press, members of the clergy, and politicians. Eclipse of Reason is the sequel to the Silent Scream and deals with late abortions – those performed beyond the 12th week of pregnancy. Dr. Nathanson, a gynecologist/obstetrician from New York, has become a strong voice [...]
Joe Borowski has been fighting long and hard for the unborn. He has been petitioning the courts for many years to get them to recognize the humanity of the unborn child unfortunately with little success. He believes firmly though, that the fight is not hopeless; this he made clear in his speech to a large and enthusiastic audience at the recent Life [...]
One of the group discussions during the recent Life and Family Conference was a forum on the recent Vatican Document on Life and Procreations. This document, intended as a teaching paper, is concerned that love-making not be separated from life-giving, and inevitability with new medical technology such as In Vitro fertilization. The fact that we now have the scientific technology to remove, [...]
On the last weekend in May, Campaign Life hosted its second annual Life and Family Conference at St. Michael’s College School in Toronto. Over 750 people, mostly from Ontario, participated in the many workshops and lectures, and attended the two major attractions, the premier Toronto showing of Dr. Bernard Nathanson’s Eclipse of Reason and the gala dinner honouring Father Ted Colleton. The [...]
To the student of politics nothing is better calculated to induce deep despair than witnessing a floundering government adopt a sound policy but fail to follow through with adequate fiscal resources to fulfill it. The Mulroney government has conspicuously failed to provide adequate fiscal backing for its recent child-care proposals. Under these plans, the federal government is to provide $300 million a [...]
Two thing decided the defeat of Gus Mitges’ motion to amend the Charter to protect the unborn. One was the pressure brought to bear on Conservative MPs by their leaders. Despite assurances that this was to be a “free vote,” Mulroney and his advisors made it clear that a pro-life vote was unacceptable. Congratulations and continued support are due to those Conservative [...]
The next provincial election in Ontario is now rumoured to be scheduled for early September. Six weeks ago, most journalistic crystal-ball gazers believed the election would be held at the end of June. June marked the end of what some call the “unholy Alliance” at Queen’s Park between Liberals and NDP. Both Liberals and NDP have nominated some 110 candidates (for 130 [...]