Rita Marker (New York, William Morrow and Company, 1993, pp 302, $24.95) The deadly truth about euthanasia It seems more likely as a plot for an ambitious novel than the basis for a true story: the co-founder if a radical pro-euthanasia group seeks out and then becomes a dear friend of the founder of an anti-euthanasia group. But it did happen, Rita [...]
Omaha, Nebraska – As a finale to the 25th celebration of Pope Paul VI’s famous encyclical Humane Vitae, a fine concert was held in the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. The music was superb but thunderous applause awaited the appearance of a little 16-year-old with a beautiful voice and a stunning message. Her birth mother chose a saline abortion in the [...]
Another shooting of an abortionist in America has prompted calls for tough legislation against pro-lifers on the streets. The media, along with many pro-abortion groups, have used the incident in an effort to step up pressure against pro-life activity. Dr. George Tiller, a late-term abortionist who works at an abortion centre in Wichita, was wounded slightly in both arms by the shooting [...]
The president and vice-president of the United States might have been squirming in the face of the world’s great moral leader, but the hundred of thousands of pilgrims who went to be with Pope John Paul II couldn’t get enough of him. The Holy Father spent four days in Denver for what many young pilgrims say was the event of their lifetimes. [...]
Roy Slater died August 14, naturally and with dignity. His life and his death stand in direct contradiction to those who would terminate the lives of people like him. Slater suffered from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) which was diagnosed in 1981. At the time he was given 15 months to live. He proved the experts wrong, however, living for another 12 years [...]
Reform Party leader Preston Manning has come up with a law-and-order proposal which seems to have pushed the right buttons with some party supporters. As I understand it from media reports, he is proposing to make parents responsible for the damage caused by criminal acts of their adolescent children, where it can be demonstrated that lack of parental control contributed to the [...]
As this issue of The Interim went to press, news came in of the Canadian Medical Association’s annual meeting, where a discussion on euthanasia took place and a new survey on doctors’ attitudes to the practice was released. To pro-life eyes, perhaps the most shocking result of the survey was the way in which the media distorted survey findings. Our report of [...]
Nine people arrested for civil disobedience outside the Morgentaler abortion clinic in Nova Scotia last October hope their case will become pivotal in the abortion debate in this country. Anne Marie Tomlins, one of the rescuers arrested, says the group faces charges of public mischief which could lead to six months in jail or a $2,000 fine. They declined to plead guilty [...]
Heather Stilwell thinks Canadians should decide for themselves who they listen to in political debates. The leader of the Christian Heritage Party says her party’s point of view, which is unique among the established political parties, should be offered to the electorate during a national debate. “What are they afraid of,” Stilwell said in a recent interview. “We’re more of a national [...]
Five pro-lifers in British Columbia faced charges for activities outside a Vancouver abortuary at the end of August. The pro-life trails coincide with the court hearings for the environmental protests in the Clayoquot Sound region of the province. The anti-logging activists received international attention for their attempts to save the old-growth forests in the western part of Vancouver Island. Many pro-lifers are [...]
Victoria, B.C. marks end of cross-Canada walk for Ontario woman On August 6, Therese Weiler put her foot into the Pacific Ocean and hurled the stone she had been carrying for nine months into the sea. The mother of six from Hanover, Ontario had just finished her “Walk for Life” across Canada, from Newfoundland to Victoria. She did it, she says, to [...]