December 28th is the Feast of the Holy Innocents when we reverently remember the innocent babies who were murdered by the Herod of long ago. Every child who has reached grade five knows who Herod was for just one reason – he killed babies. Most young people today could tell you about Adolf Hitler – that he killed people because he didn’t [...]
Canada’s birth rate Canada’s birth rate dropped again in 1986, according to a recent Statistics Canada report. The average for the country is now down to 14.7 per 1,000. The highest birth rate is among the very small population of the Northwest Territories: 28.8; the lowest is in Quebec down to 13 from 13.1 in 1985. Replacement rate, or zero population growth, [...]
Immediate reaction to the Supreme Court abortion decision was a sick feeling in the pit of the stomach. Images of tiny babies with no more value than a diseased appendix, losing their lives in an orgy of destruction. Images, too, of the scene at 85 Harbord Street in Toronto where as pro-lifers prayed and sang hymns, jubilant women screamed approval for the [...]
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The national Anglican newspaper the Canadian Churchman, circulation 272,000, has called for the punishment of Constable David Packer. Packer, the January 1988 editorial said, faces disciplinary action “for refusing to guard an illegal abortion clinic from pro-life picketers…” The editorial asserts that Constable Packer must be punished because he has refused “to provide protection to the people of Toronto” from “..threats and [...]
Before a standing-room only crowd of supporters and reporters, Constable David Packer, the police officer whom Mother Teresa called a hero for his courage toward the unborn child, was ordered to resign or face being fired from the Force he has so outstandingly served for the past ten years. Superintendent Bernard Nadeau, presiding over the hearing on January 26, provided a lengthy [...]
B.C. Premier William Vander Zalm has decided his province will not pay for induced abortions. Thus B.C. becomes the first province to affirm that the taxpayer should not be held responsible for abortion on demand. Liberal leader John Turner and NDP health critic Marion Dewar have called upon Health Minister Jake Epp to cut off federal health funding ($700 million) to punish [...]
The January 28 decision marks the end of a legal battle which began in November 1984, when a jury acquitted Henry Morgentaler, Leslie Smoling and Robert Scott, on charges of procuring illegal abortions at 85 Harbord Street in Toronto. That acquittal was appealed by the Crown and, in October 1985, the Ontario Court of Appeal ordered a new trial on the same [...]
Individuals who consult the TV Times supplement in our local newspapers are evidently good targets for pro-life advertising. At least that’s what Action Life Ottawa’s experience has shown over recent months. The impact created by running the “shark ad” in late October prompted us to give it another run during the week between Christmas and New Year’s. One highly incensed caller was [...]
Ross Belsher has been the Member of parliament for Fraser Valley East since the election of September 1984. His British Columbia riding includes the cities of Chilliwack and Abbotsford. Before his election to parliament, Belsher was a retail manager with a particular interest in local Chambers of Commerce. A committed Christian, he is a member of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, [...]
Alberta pro-lifers, angered at the Royal Bank’s refusal to cancel the $220,000 mortgage that the bank holds on Robert Scott’s illegal abortuary in Toronto, plan to protest the Royal Bank’s sponsorship of the 15th Winter Olympic Games in Calgary. “To sponsor both the Winter Olympics and the financing of an illegal abortion operation that contravenes the Criminal Code is a contradiction that [...]
This past December 21, members of Nurses for Life and Campaign Life Coalition armed with blown-up pictures of both unborn and aborted babies, staged a sit-in at the office of Elinor Caplan, Ontario Minister of Health. The pro-lifers were there to protest the abortion clinic policies of the Peterson government. Caplan did not emerge to speak to them, but while they occupied [...]
A recent survey, conducted for the Australian Doctor, showed that a number of doctors in New South Wales openly admit that they have performed abortions because the pre-born baby was “the wrong sex.” Margaret Tighe, Chairman of Right to Life Australia, called on the New South Wales Premier to seek prosecution of the doctors concerned. She stated: “Abortions are supposed to be [...]
During 1987, some two dozen Members of Parliament spoke out in the house of Commons on abortion. Under Standing Order 21, an opportunity is given to MPs each day before Question Period to make one-minute statements on topics of their choosing. Pro-life members took advantage of this opportunity during the course of the year. As well, debates on Mitges’ Motion, John Reimer’s [...]
Bill Gottselig is the federal Member of Parliament for the riding of Moose Jaw. A lifelong resident of rural Saskatchewan, Mr. Gottselig was a farmer and businessman before his election to the House of Commons in 1984. He also served as the mayor of Outlook, Saskatchewan for six years. He is married and has three children. During the 1984 election campaign, Mr. [...]