Seven hundred dedicated pro-lifers descended upon an Upper Manhattan abortuary in New York City on Monday morning, Mary 2, blocked its only entrance with their bodies and effectively stopped abortions there for the entire day. It was the first day of the weeklong series of similar massive sit-ins in New York called Operation Rescue. Led by 29-year-old Randall Terry, President of Project [...]
The support shown for pro-life physician Andre Lafrance in the federal Progressive Conservative nomination race in the new Ottawa riding of Carleton-Gloucester has forced politicians and the media to reassess the positive power of the pro-life movement. Lafrance came in second, winning 688 votes at the nomination meeting held at the Ottawa Civic Centre on May 9. Maureen McTeer, wife of former [...]
The last three months have been ones of unprecedented activity in pro-life offices and homes across Canada. Many people have put to one-side their other obligations and joined the campaigns to picket, to hand out leaflets in their neighbourhoods and to write or visit their MPs. The focus is still firmly on Ottawa. However tempting it may be for each one of [...]
A potentially great new pro-life organization, Athletes for Life, has been founded in the United States, with two vitally important objectives: to halt the killing of unborn children and to help establish legal protection for all human life from conception to natural death. This growing group of professional athletes has as its director, Tom Herr, second baseman with the Minnesota Twins, who, [...]
In our April issue, The Interim published a brief notice headed “Ontario RNs plan abortion support.” It stated that “The registered nurses of Ontario plan to vote for a resolution at their London, Ontario meeting in support of increased accessibility, full funding and abortion on demand. This news item was incorrect. In reality, it was a small Toronto group entitled “Nurses for [...]
In Toronto, police constable David Packer refuses to guard the Morgentaler abortuary; he is punished with the loss of his career. In Nelson, British Columbia, Jim Demers rebuilds into a book trolley a machine used to suck unborn children from their mother’s wombs; he is convicted for defending those whom the law will not. And across the world, in Auckland, New Zealand, [...]
The following which has been sent to all priests involved in pastoral work in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto has been provided to us by friendly sources. Although marked “confidential,” we have no hesitation reprinting it. The matter is of public concern and has been publicly and widely discussed, first after the Toronto Sun revealed the use of condoms by Covenant [...]
On April 19, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto held a seminar of AIDS for its priests, with 300 or so in attendance. The original intent apparently had been to respond to the diocesan condom controversy. As it was, this theme only surfaced in the brief question-and-answer periods. The emphasis of the Symposium was on AIDS and on compassion . Unfortunately, two [...]
In this province the most exciting pro0life event occurred in the Legislative Assembly where a motion urging a ban on all abortions, brought by the Conservative opposition passed and was sent on to Ottawa to all three federal parties. The motion was introduced by former Minister of Health, Albert Fogarty (a Catholic), and seconded by Prowse Chappell (a member of the Board [...]
Three years ago Cecilia Moore was fired from the B.C. Ministry of Human Resources for refusing to sign and issue a certificate covering abortion expenses. This her supervisor had ordered her to do despite the fact that the applicant was not qualified for an abortion under the province’s health insurance plan or the Criminal Code, and that it offended Moore’s conscience to [...]
The newest national pro-family organization, Family Forum, recently announced its guiding principles and first initiatives. Family Forum has outlined five guiding principles, as drawn up b the men and women who are its founding members. They are: To promote, strengthen and defend the integrity of the family in Canada. To protect the pre-born child and preserve the dignity and sanctity of human [...]
“If you accept abortion, the next step is going to be euthanasia,” said Dr. Paul B. Smith to his congregation recently in a hard-hitting but touching sermon. Smith is the pastor of the People’s Church, a large Evangelical church in suburban Toronto. “I personally do not believe in abortion under any circumstances whatsoever. But if I say that, I’d have to say [...]
The last four columns I have written demanded quite a lot of research and thought. So, I decided I would spare both myself and my readers this month and simply pen a few thoughts on a recent happening. This operation does not involve either research or deep thought. It engages only the memory. As a kid is supposed to have said, “Sometimes [...]
“Twenty years ago we decided we wanted an image beyond food, based on strong virtues,” said Paul D. Schrage, chief marketing officer for the McDonald’s Corporation (in the Wall Street Journal of December 18, 1987). “We put up a value structure that’s difficult to penetrate. It makes us dependable.” Dr. Bernard Nathanson author of Aborting America, and a tireless pro-life activist, has [...]
“Human life begins with the newborn’s first breath.” This incredible remark from Ernie Epp, the NDP member for Nipigon-Thunder Bay was all the urging that Fr. E.T. Kennedy needed to place the following in his local paper: “A reward of FIVE THOUSAND CANADIAN DOLLARS will be paid by the undersigned to the FIRST scientist of any discipline, who can demonstrate in the [...]