Prominent U.S. pro-life activist John Cavanagh O’Keefe often expressed the opinion that no conference was complete unless the speeches and workshops were followed by action. Taking this to heart, almost eighty conference delegates carrying signs participated in an early morning picket of Women’s Hospital, where over 2,000 preborn babies are killed each year. While security guards and hospital staff were surprised by [...]
If variety is indeed the spice of life, the 1991 annual conference, sponsored by Campaign Life Coalition and Alliance for Life, was a feast. Hosted by Winnipeg League for Life, the conference which carried the theme :Life is Irreplaceable,” offered workshops on almost every facet of pro-life education and activism and involved an impressive slate of speakers from home and abroad. During [...]
Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society, has written yet another book on death. It is called The Final Exit, and is one more formula for “self deliverance” – suicide being too blunt a word to use too freely. Humphry’s preoccupation with death, equaled only by his preoccupation with the Catholic Church, is well known. His first book Jean’s Way is an [...]
Legislation, passed in the spring, has paved the way for the Devine government to consider asking the Saskatchewan voters whether or not taxpayers should pay for abortions. Premier Grant Devine made the announcement following a recent meeting with representatives of Campaign Life Coalition, Saskatchewan Pro-Life Association and the Catholic Women’s League. While pro-life activists in the province consider the cessation of funding [...]
On July 5, 1991, the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia ruled in favour of Henry Morgentaler, allowing his Halifax abortuary to continue its destruction. In a four-to-one ruling, the decision stated that “the Medical Services Act targeted the abortionist specifically and therefore infringed upon the federal government’s jurisdiction.” But Justice Malachi Jones disagreed. He said, “In the absence of federal legislation the [...]
The Family Coalition Party of British Columbia, under the leadership of Kathleen Toth, was granted registration as a political party on June 17. The new provincial party, founded on the same principles as its Ontario counterpart, was formed to provide a place for pro-life voters to register their support for traditional family values – values which recognize parents as the prime educators [...]
July 18, 1991 Dear Rev. Campbell, Thank you for your response to my letter of May 29, 1991. Let me assure you from the start that in spite of our differences, my personal respect for you is not affected and it remains my deep desire that all channels of communication between us remain open. Your latest letter confirms, what I have implied [...]
June 13, 1991 To Mr. Ed Vanwoudenberg Dear Ed: Warmest Christian greetings. I’ve just received your letter of May 29th, in response to mine of May 16. Seventeen years ago I vowed to God to exercise my influence as a Canadian citizen to affirm that Jesus Christ is the Lord. By the grace of God I have, with good conscience, kept that [...]
May 29, 1991 Dear Mr. Campbell, I carefully read your letter of endorsement and commitment to the Reform Party and its leader Preston Manning. Since you call yourself “A non-partisan voice for Christ and His Church in Canadian public life,” I assumed that in light of this profound statement you had pondered your decision to join the Reform Party carefully and prayerfully. [...]
Campaign Life Coalition has never endorsed a federal political party. As a national pro-life organization it has steadfastly worked towards enshrining in law, the right to life of every human being, from conception onwards. This has involved educating Canadians politically and campaigning for the election of a pro-life Parliament. CLC has, from its very beginning, carefully and conscientiously researched every political candidate [...]
The proposed Ontario Substitute Decision Act is said to promote death with dignity (Living Wills legislation tabled by NDP – May 28). That cleverly conceived vocabulary for passive euthanasia is a mischievous use of language. Human life is not a conditional value. Being alive is a good in and of itself – no conditions attached. While there are unfortunate situations of illness [...]
NDP MP Chris Axworthy (Saskatoon-Clark’s Crossing) has introduced a Private Member’s Bill to “legalize the administration of euthanasia under certain conditions to persons who request it and are suffering from an irremediable condition.” Bill C-261, which received First Reading in the House of Commons on June 19, would amend the Criminal Code to make it lawful for a qualified medical practitioner who [...]
In his classic novel, A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens wrote, “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” For those needing health care, there is no ambiguity. These are critical times. Confronted with Ontario’s exploding health care crisis, NDP Premier Bob Rae’s smug response was that in a recession, “We can all be expected to tighten [...]
The position of the Progressive Conservative Party on human life was made abundantly clear at its national convention in Toronto from August 6 to 10. While nothing was spared I party or media hype concerning the economy, national unity and the distinct nature of Quebec, the preborn child and those facing terminal illness were very quickly expelled to the realms of the [...]
Through most of July and August, hundreds of ordinary men and women risked arrest to shut down the infamous Women’s Health Care Center in Wichita, a city located in the south-central part of Kansas. As of August 15, what the national office of Operation Rescue originally planned to be a week-long series of pro-life rescues had stretched to a month and showed [...]