Schools and education have always been precious to parents. They entrust their children to teachers in good faith, confident that they will be equipped to become citizens worthy of the name. Catholic schools make an even larger claim than public schools, namely that they help the child also to grow in the knowledge of God as He revealed Himself through Jesus and [...]
“Dehumanizing baby Voth” is the perceptive title used by the Western Report for its article on the March 21, 1991, Supreme Court decision not to recognize “as a legal person” the Voth baby who died while still in the birth canal during the process of being born. (See The Interim, April 1991, page 3). The Court’s actual words were: “A foetus is [...]
On March 27, Fraser Valley West MP Robert Wenman introduced a Private Members Bill that called for cessation and refusal of medical treatment for terminally ill patients. Wenman, a Conservative, who considers himself to be pro-life, voted in favour of Bill C-43 in July 1990. Bill C-43 would have legalized abortion on demand in Canada. The measure was defeated in a tie [...]
What do most Americans think about abortion? The answer, contained in a new Gallup Poll described as the largest…and most demographically comprehensive ever taken on the topic,” will surprise many. A majority of Americans, including those who consider themselves ‘pro-choice,’ disapprove of abortion in most of the circumstances in which abortion is allowed under federal law, the polling organization found. The confusion [...]
There is a certain kind of pervasive Canadian malaise on the rise, which I’m sure can’t be exclusive to the Province of Ontario. Perhaps the malaise of which I write is only most apparent here in the industrial heartland of our nation where the animals are now running the zoo. What does it say about the values of Ontario voters, when we [...]
On September 7, 1983, the people of Ireland by a majority of 57 per cent voted in a notional referendum to amend the constitution to guarantee the right to life of unborn babies. Banned The amendment banned abortion, abolished the right of the government to pass laws authorizing abortion, and took away the power of the courts to rule in favour of [...]
It is not news to regular readers of The Interim that our school systems. Public and private, have increasingly allowed themselves to take on programs that have strayed far from what we have traditionally expected of schools. These ‘socially relevant’ programs are crowding out the regular academic curriculum, and result in putting teachers into the role of surrogate parents. Many of us [...]
State control of population growth and family planning was foretold at the /Bucharest Conference in the 1960’s. China’s state policy of forced abortions, and India’s use of forced sterilizations followed. It seemed only too likely that the plague would spread. In 1991 the shoe fell with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of Norplant, the long-lasting, five year contraceptive implant. A [...]
Campaign Life Coalition/Nova Scotia (CLC/NS) has taken ‘Tell the truth and stop abortion’ as its 1991 theme. “We’re tired of always reacting to the ‘pro-choice’, pro-abortion agenda. It’s time to take the initiative, to turn the rhetoric around, to make them react to us,” Executive Director Cynthia Haughn told The Interim. Large ads CLC/NS launched the ‘Tell the Truth’ campaign in Halifax [...]
The February 1991 issue of the glossy, upscale monthly, Toronto Life, featured an eye-opening cover. In large letters, near a picture of an unborn baby, were the words “Rethinking Abortion.” Above was the explanation: “A pro-choice feminist explores the anti-abortion position and is profoundly challenged by what she discovers.” The cover highlights a quotation from the author of the story, Lindalee Tracey: [...]
April 18 Toronto. Campaign Life Coalition presents pro-life Law Professor Charles Rice on Thursday, April 18, in Toronto. For more information call Annette Jalsevac at 416-368-8479. April 20 Toronto. Campaign Life Coalition presents a Euthanasia Workshop, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., featuring Prof. Joseph Boyle. The cost is $20.00 per person including lunch. For more information call Annette at (416) 368-8479 [...]
I have heard of Pharmacists for Life and am interested. Is there a Canadian group? Where can I reach them? B.R., Toronto, Ontario. Pharmacists for Life refuse to cooperate in any way in the destruction of preborn children, and therefore they will not sell any drugs or abortifacients devices. So far as I know there is no Canadian group. The address in [...]
IN THE BASKET AT HOME Black photography When photo store developers saw Helen Burnie’s baby pictures in November 1990 they called the police. The suspicious officers appeared on her doorstep wanting to know how she came to have a photo of a decapitated seven-month-old baby boy. Miss Burnie explained that she intended to reproduce the photo of the baby found in the [...]
The Ontario Ministry of Education (MOE) plans to address the issue of home schooling again (see “Divine Right of Parents,” The Interim, September 1990). Malcolm Powell, Provincial School Attendance Counsellor said that work on a policy paper “to clarify both for parents and for school boards their rights and responsibilities” is in progress. “We are looking at our options now,” he told [...]
Who says parents can't be teachers? In Ontario, a number of parents can and do home school their own children. Michele McGrew, in Huntsville, Ontario is one of them. She teaches her three children in her own home. Mrs. McGrew’s reasons for starting this venture were varied, but a strong sense of commitment on her part as well as support from her [...]