I am usually what might be termed, ‘a headline peruser of the morning paper.’ It is seldom that I devour an entire article during breakfast. But this morning, February 25, 1991, while glancing over the war news, my eye caught a headline in the London Free Press. *** Health The article read, “School Clinics would give condoms to Teens.” This came under [...]
Fr. Paul Marx, president of Human Life International, a pro-life organization headquartered in Gaitherburg, Md., has charged the State of Maryland’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) with the deliberate cover-up of two abortion deaths which occurred in Prince George’s County abortion clinics in 1989. Victims The victims were Erica Richardson, 16, and Debra Gray, both of whom died soon after [...]
Catholic Hospitals Coerced A federal court in Maryland has ruled that St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore should lose its accreditation if it does not allow its residents to learn about abortion and sterilization procedures. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, a national association, requires obstetric and gynecology programmes to provide training in abortion, sterilization and birth-control procedures. Hence, it withdrew the [...]
In a circular sent out recently, the Toronto-based Canadians for Decency, called attention to two items in particular. One was the disclosure by Robert Payne, head of the Ontario Film Review Board, that his board is giving its seal of approval to films and videos containing explicit sex scenes. Canadians for Decency maintains that by allowing the distribution of such material the [...]
Since September 1990, the Ontario Film Review Board has left uncut scenes of sexual intercourse between consenting adults, board head Robert Payne explained early in February. Mr. Payne said that the board has no problem with explicit sex “as long as it doesn’t involve violence, kids, degradation or humiliation or necrophilia.” Films containing such scenes are classified as ‘adult sex movies’ restricted [...]
Since September1990, the Ontario Film Review Board has left uncut scenes of sexual intercourse between consenting adults, board head Robert Payne explained early in February. Mr. Payne said that the board has no problem with explicit sex “as long as it doesn’t involve violence, kids, degradation or humiliation or necrophilia.” Films containing such scenes are classified as ‘adult sex movies’ restricted to [...]
Fr. Paul Marx, president of Human Life International, a pro-life organization headquartered in Gaitherburg, Md., has charged the State of Maryland’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) with the deliberate cover-up of two abortion deaths which occurred in Prince George’s County abortion clinics in 1989. Victims The victims were Erica Richardson, 16, and Debra Gray, both of whom died soon after [...]
A federal court in Maryland has ruled that St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore should lose its accreditation if it does not allow its residents to learn about abortion and sterilization procedures. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, a national association, requires obstetric and gynecology programmes to provide training in abortion, sterilization and birth-control procedures. Hence, it withdrew the hospital’s accreditation. St. [...]
In a circular sent out recently, the Toronto-based Canadians for Decency, called attention to two items in particular. One was the disclosure by Robert Payne, head of the Ontario Film Review Board, that his board is giving its seal of approval to films and videos containing explicit sex scenes. Canadians for Decency maintains that by allowing the distribution of such material the [...]
No. Organizations which promote contraception have failed miserably at decreasing the number of abortions and overall rate of adolescent pregnancy in Canada – both of which have continually risen since the late 1960s. Birth rates among teenage girls have decreased because of the man pre-born children who have been aborted, rather than because of the use of contraception. In a nationwide U.S. [...]
The Utah Senate approved a bill January 23, 1991, outlawing abortion ‘except incases of rape, incest, effects to the child incompatible with sustained survival, and danger to the mother’s life.” Penalties for illegal abortions range from one to fifteen years in prison. Despite the fatal flaws in this legislation, it is expected that the legislation will be challenged in the courts. (Wanderer, [...]
Nearly three quarters of all Americans believe that religious leaders have a right to express their views against abortion to elected officials. The poll was conducted by the Worthlin group. It found that 69 per cent of the 1000 people surveyed agreed with the statement: “A Church that believes it is morally wrong to have an abortion has the right to advocate [...]
Amnesty International (AI) should push for the release of persons jailed for barring access to abortion ‘clinics’, claims pro-life activist Vickie Bellaire of Kitchener, Ontario. “If anyone can be called a prisoner of conscience, it is certainly someone who risks arrest and imprisonment for the prevention of what they know in their hearts and minds is the destruction of human life,” Ms. [...]
Toronto NDP municipal councilor Jack Layton wants to be Toronto’s mayor. Much to the surprise of Mr. Layton, his followers and reporters, his formal announcement at Toronto’s City Hall on February 13 was met by immediate opposition. Several people, including some carrying placards, heckled Layton. Jack Layton is “completely unacceptable” as a candidate for mayor, said Paul Dodds, legal counsel for Campaign [...]
Charlottetown. ON January 11, the front page of the Charlottetown Guardian featured a large, full-colour picture of three persons: a man in a military uniform, an infant, and a young woman. The accompanying caption explained that he was returning to his fiancée from military duty in the Persian Gulf and meeting his young son for the first time. Chided A local Roman [...]