A still young mother learned her fifteen-year-old daughter had secretly scheduled an abortion at the Riverside Hospital for June 2, after meeting with and being examined by a practicing Ottawa gynecologist. The gynecologist, Dr. W.L. Sim, examined the girl, diagnosed her as eight weeks pregnant and completed the forms for her admission to the Riverside. The child confided this news to an [...]
Burnaby, B.C. A “Catholic conduct” clause led to the closing of a Catholic secondary girls' school in Burnaby on June 30. The Board of Directors of the Catholic Public Schools of the R.C. Archdiocese of Vancouver, chaired by Archbishop James Carney, announced the decision as final at a May 24, 1988 press conference. In dispute was the principle that Catholic teachers must [...]
Christian Heritage Party (CHP) Fields 51 Candidates The Christian Heritage Party has announced that the party will field at least 51 candidates. Federal rules require 50 candidates as a minimum for recognition as a federal party. The following ridings have nominated candidates (Information as of September 6, 1988). CHP Candidates Nominated British Columbia Fraser Valley West Ed Vanwoudenberg Prince George Bert [...]
The issue of capital punishment with respect to the pro-life movement can indeed be a probing dilemma. The question is, how does the pro-lifer resolve this issue in relation to the capital punishment policy of the Christian Heritage Party (CHP) of Canada? In a letter to the editor published in the July/August issue of The Interim, this question is raised by Fr. [...]
No group of people have benefited the physical welfare of individuals as directly and extensively as the medical profession. Applying the technology advanced by other sciences, health care professionals have been able to lengthen lives, to shorten illness, to relieve pain, to give many people a “new lease on life,” from providing pacemakers for heart patients, to new limbs for accident victims, [...]
A group of P.E.I. doctors recently accused the government of failing to protect the unborn child in its proposed abortion legislation. In a July 17 letter to all MPs, Doctors Opposing Non-Therapeutic Abortions (DONA) stated that “Amendment A is fraught with potential for abuse, and that many thousands of non-therapeutic abortions would continue to occur across our country.” Although the government has [...]
Ottawa – Mother Teresa will speak at a pro-life rally September 17 on Parliament Hill. Mother Teresa, renowned for her work with India’s poor, was asked to speak as a special guest, by Ian Speirs of Christians for Life the organizers of the rally. Others taking part in the day-long rally include Heather Stillwell, president of Alliance for Life and Jim Hughes, [...]
In Victoria, B.C., on August 24, 1988, the thirty-second General Council for the United Church of Canada approved homosexuality. It did it in the most affirmative way possible, namely by designating it an acceptable “lifestyle” for its clergy. Historians will indicate in a footnote that the decision was made by a majority of 58 per cent of the 365 delegates, after eight [...]
“Six months from now her baby would be born. Something that had been a single cell, a cluster of cells, a little sac of tissue, a kind of worm, a potential fish with gills, stirred in her womb and would one day become a man – a grown man, suffering and enjoying…. “…A thing would grow into a person, a tiny lump [...]
On August 22, at its annual meeting in Vancouver, the General Council of the Canadian Medical Association once more repeated its outrageous betrayal of the physician’s vocation. From the CMA Council’s point of view, it “merely” did the following: Approved abortion on demand up to the twentieth week of pregnancy, declaring it to be a decision between a woman and her physician. [...]