At Home Fetal research nixed Early in April, a majority (72 per cent) called Halifax’s Daily News Hotline to register their opposition to the kind of experiments being carried out at Dalhousie University using the tissue of aborted babies. “It’s an extension of the initial evil of abortion,” said Cynthia Haughn when she telephoned. “Killing in the name of healing represents the [...]
A group of parents appeared before the Durham Region Roman Catholic Separate School Board (DSSB) May 22, to challenge a board policy which obliges children to attend sex education classes. One of the fastest-growing areas in Ontario, Durham Region is located about 30 miles west of Toronto. Director of Education, Dr. Earl J. Lagroix, maintained that the practice of not excluding students [...]
Wherever she goes she is recognized. Whether it’s jogging along a city street or sitting in a downtown care, heads turn and mouths whisper, “It’s her! Madonna!” Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone is unquestionably the queen of pope music. To her credit she has held this title for seven continuous years – quite an accomplishment considering the number of other superstars who have [...]
On June 16, the Family Coalition Party (FCP) held its first information meeting for the coming Ontario election. Fifty-two members gathered at Toronto’s Skyline Hotel to go over the fundamental points of organization, riding associations and state of readiness. The three-hour information and discussion meeting was followed by a successful $30-a-plate fund raising banquet at a Scarborough church hall, attended by 200 [...]
Ontario Knights of Columbus, attending their 87th Annual Meeting in Toronto on May 18-21, voted down a resolution that would have compelled K of C Councils to withhold financial support to any hospital that does abortions. Over six hundred voting delegates representing Councils from all over Ontario voted to reject the resolution by a show of hands. Before debate on the resolution [...]
New Jersey governor James Florio tendered his resignation form the Knights of Columbus on May 19. On May 18, Bishop James McHugh of Camden, N.J., in an address to the Knights’ State Convention, had called members who reject Church teaching on abortion “an embarrassment.” Diocese cancels speech At the suggestion of a Providence, R.I., diocesan school official, a Catholic high school in [...]
Most Rev. Jean-Louis Plouffe Provincial Chaplain of the Ontario Knights of Columbus, a Catholic lay order, said in an exclusive interview with The Interim that he agrees with recent advice that new members should be admitted to the Order even if they are not practicing the Catholic faith at the moment. But they should indicate that they intend to resume practicing the [...]
Two members of Direct Action for Life, Sheila Dollard and Lianne Laurence, were acquitted of assault by trespass charges here May 15, by Alberta provincial court Judge Phillip Ketchum. In a written decision, Judge Ketchum berated the Royal Alexandra Hospital security guards for an “impetuous arrest” that led to an “unnecessary and ill-conceived criminal prosecution.” “This is definitely a victory for pro-life,” [...]
Raucous jeering failed to disturb murmured prayer in front of Scott’s abortuary in Toronto, June 16, where about 175 pro-life supporters publicly recited the rosary. A statue of the Virgin Mary, carried on the shoulders of four men, led the group on its 20-minute march from St. Michael’s Cathedral to the Allan Gardens, across from the ‘clinic.’ They faced the abortuary and [...]
Strident population control factions in the pro-planet movement demand further destruction of human life as a panacea for the woes of the world. Their shrill voices can be heard condemning human babies in the womb, as they parade for the rights of baby seals, or snails. The Pro-Life plea for respect for all life is lost amid cries for “abortion rights.” Environmental [...]
The ecological crisis and the struggle for a healthy environment is very much a concern for the pro-life movement. On the negative side, environmentalism threatens to become an anti-people movement, as indicated, for example, in two recent Interim stories on the Green Party in Britain. At the same time, a resurgence of pagan religion and worship threatens to bur what is left [...]
In January this year Swedish researchers announced that they had the first clear evidence that fetal brain tissue can help people with Parkinson’s disease. In a study published in the U.S. journal Science, doctors at University Hospital in Lund, Sweden, reported dramatic improvements in a 49-year-old man which began a few months after material from fetuses was transplanted into his brain. Dr. [...]
A novena to St. Therese of Liseux has saved Campaign Life Calgary from threatened eviction, claims its president Michael O’Malley. “It’s adversity leading to a spiritual grace,” Mr. O’Malley told The Interim, as Campaign Life now plans to purchase the property, which houses a pregnancy counseling centre, Campaign Life offices and Mr. O’Malley’s residence itself. Landlord Ben Woo sent one 90-day eviction [...]
The rescue movement in the United States continued steady growth in 1989, although there was less national publicity than in 1988. Solid rescue organizations capable of organizing rescues exist in almost every state and in most major cities. There were fewer large national or regional rescues, primarily because pro-lifers were putting their energy into local groups. The Finn family from southern California [...]
Norm Sterling Conservative MPP for Carleton, introduced into the Ontario Legislature on April 26, a private member’s Bill to sanction Living Wills. Mr. Sterling aimed to gauge the response of the House to legislation which would open the door to legalized euthanasia in the province. The bill had the tacit support of Attorney General Ian Scott, but was allowed to die. The [...]