Four pro-life leaders, including the president of two national organizations, Alliance for Life and Campaign Life Coalition, have rejected the opinion of R.C. Archbishop Marcel Gervais that the pro-life movement has become “tragically divisive and angry.” (See Interim, June 1992, pp 18, 19 for the text of Archbishop’s May 3 address.) Archbishop Gervais is the President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic [...]
One of the world’s leading medical journals, The Lancet (September 21, 1991), has reported on the effects of the abortion pill RU 486 on the children of two women. The pill did not cause an abortion in either case: one woman carried an apparently normal child to term; the second mother, following an ultrasound test which showed the child was seriously malformed, [...]
In July, Ontario Health Minister Frances Lankin appealed to the federal government to hasten approval of Etienne Baulieu’s abortion pill, RU 486. Apparently, as far as she is concerned, the drug is perfectly fine. But is it? As previously noted in The Interim, an international enquiry commission with headquarters in Paris drew attention in a 1990 report to some of the hazards [...]
Paul Jilesen sleeps cradled in his father’s arms blissfully unaware of the national stir his young life has created. He and his family are used to the media glare by now – the three-month-old has been in the spotlight almost from the moment of his conception. Paul is a normal bouncing baby boy but at 20 weeks, while still in his mother’s [...]
The Houston convention of the Republican Party in August gave notice to the American people, however imperfectly, that family values should be treasured and that the pro-abortion pro-homosexuality anti-family syndrome is to be countered. Credit for this achievement must go to Republican presidential contender Pat Buchanan and U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle. They outflanked the opposition of anti-lifers within the Republican ranks. They [...]
Way to go, Peterborough! Peterborough – Civic Hospital’s Board of Governors is having a hard time getting pro-lifers off their backs. Since the news that Toronto abortionist Nikki Colodny was being “united” to Peterborough to help kill preborn Peterborough babies, the pro-lie contingent has been galvanized into action. Very successful action! Following peaceful and prayerful visits to the houses of the three [...]
“Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” asked the very attractive brochure announcing the pro-life conference, with the catchy title of “Save the Planet’s People,” which was to be held in Toronto at the end of June. The special guest referred to was John Cardinal O’Connor of New York. The Cardinal did come, he did speak at the closing dinner as he was supposed [...]
Halifax – The new leader of the Liberal Party in Nova Scotia is Dr. John Savage, mayor of Dartmouth. He is described as a “Welsh-Irish Catholic doctor with seven children.” Savage opposes abortion on moral and religious grounds, but does not want to “impose his own moral views on anyone else.” Needless to say Dr. Savage has no hesitation “imposing” his other [...]
Ottowa – In February 1992 Jean Chretien announced the creation of a “Special task Force on Women.” On April 22 the members of this Liberal Party Committee were announced, four to represent the Liberal Caucus and four to represent the party. Seven of the eight members are pro-abortion feminists: Mary Clancy, MP (Halifax); Marlene Catterall, MP (Ottawa West); David Walker, MP (Winnipeg, [...]
Fredericton – In May of this year, the Catholic St. Thomas college in Fredericton, N.B., bestowed an honorary degree on Dalton Camp, a native of New Brunswick. Mr. Camp is pro-abortion and a secular cynic. His recent column “Save us from politicians who extol ‘family values’” (Toronto Star, June 7) argues that religious values have no place in politics. London – At [...]
Ottawa – On May 12, 1992, a sub-group of the House of Commons Justice Committee started public hearings on changes for Canada’s Criminal Code. By the end of the summer the committee hopes to draft some guiding principles. Among the topics to be discussed is the controversial issue of euthanasia. The Committee has before it a proposal from the Law Reform Commission’s [...]
KIDNAPPING Washington. By a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court in Washington in May 1992 declared it legal to kidnap foreigners in their own countries for trial by American courts. Chief Justice Rehnquist applied a longstanding doctrine that courts may try defendants without regard to how they were brought before them. But dissenting justices called the decision “monstrous,” American diplomats were embarrassed by [...]
The weather was great. The accommodations were great. The speakers were great. The security was great. The boat trip in the harbor was great. The people were great. And the cops – Toronto’s finest – were also great. They cleverly kept the pro-aborts, ‘Queer Nation,’ ‘Act Up’ (flaky homosexual groups) and the Rent-A-Mob types boxed up and so far away from us [...]
The Pro-life Convention, under the title “Save the Planet’s People” was held at the Holiday Inn, Toronto from June 25, to June 27, 1992. to say that it was a success would be an understatement. Thanks to the organizing committee under the direction of Jim Hughes, president of Campaign Life Coalition, and Clare Dodds as Co-ordinator, the Convention was probably the best [...]
“Prenatal human beings, even at the earliest stages of life, should be treated with appropriate respect as members of the human family and not viewed as commodities.” For years Prof. Donald De Marco has been pointing out the damage to personal relationships which may result from the new reproductive technology. Fatherhood and in-vitro babies What happens to the concept of fatherhood, for [...]