On Thursday March 11, 1993 a gunshot fired in Pensacola, Florida, struck at the heart of the pro-life movement. Abortionist David Gunn was shot in front of an abortuary by a man who, claiming to be a pro-lifer, immediately gave himself up to police and confessed to the crime. David Gunn died a short time later during surgery. Michael Griffin, aged [...]
While federal Liberal organizers have resorted to autocratic riding appointments so they can round up suitable female candidates, one group of women is quietly doing its own organizing within the party. These women say they are prepared to run on their own merits against the men in nomination meetings, even through high-profile Liberals argue that the party has to adopt “extraordinary [...]
“If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be: but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic.” Lewis Carroll Alice’s in Wonderland. In the wacky, zany world on B.C. politics, the mainstream media rarely worry about truth and consequences. Relying on rumor and innuendo, their creativity border on the absurd. Where is the news? In [...]
Last month, the city of Edmonton was the scene of two events which have brought the ever-simmering abortion controversy back to a boil. On March 4, doctors told a 28-year-old woman that she was “lucky to be alive” following an abortion performed on her at Henry Morgentaler’s Edmonton facility. Nearly ten minutes after her abortion, the woman developed severe stomach [...]
Dan McCash got it from the horse’s mouth – the federal Liberal’s have abandoned him and he’s been shut out of Etobicoke-Lakeshore. McCash, national coordinator for Liberals for Life, confronted Jean Chretien at a party function in Toronto May 18. Chretien, in answer to McCash’s question of whether he was going to be allowed to seek the nomination, said “to be [...]
The pro-euthanasia movement suffered another legal defeat on March 8, when the B.C. Court of Appeal ruled 2-1 that Sue Rodriguez does not have a right to physician-assisted suicide. All three judges agreed that S.241 of the Criminal Code, which prohibits aiding or abetting a suicide, should be enforced, and all three said firmly that the debate over euthanasia should be settled [...]
Kim Campbell seems set to romp to victory in a June convention but many are starting to ask questions about the federal Conservative Party’s great new hope. Pro-life leaders, in particular, are trying to decide how dangerous the current Defence Minister will be if, as the polls indicate, she is given a mandate by convention delegates to take over from Brian Mulroney. [...]
Rescue America is going on the offensive with “multiple lawsuits” in the wake of news stories implicating the Houston-based group with the shooting of abortionist David Gunn. “During the recent media feast over Gunn’s death, our organization endured a lot of slander and distortion,” said Don Treshman, national director of Rescue America. He said the group will be launching a series of [...]
On March 8, 1993, the Family Coalition Party of Ontario announced that it will be running two candidates in the recently vacated provincial ridings of St.George-St.David and Don Mills. The elections will be held on April 1. Louis DiRocco, past president of the FCP, has thrown his hate into the St.George-St.Devid race, one of Ontario’s most bizarre ridings. The area includes the [...]
Poles Favour Life – On January 20, the Polish Senate approved a bill that would limit abortion though not ban it altogether. The bill, which has already been passed by the lower house, only needs ratification from President Lech Walesa. Most observers feel that the pro-life president will approve it immediately. The law, which is by no means pro-life, would allow abortion [...]
It’s a challenge to interview a man who has lost his power of speech. That’s what happened to 72-year-old Leo Beecher when he suffered a stroke four years ago. Since then, he’s had to rely upon others to speak for him. A retired bachelor, Leo was one of the early, faithful picketers at Morgentaler’s abortuary. Every morning for four years he and [...]
Of the many forms of pro-life action, there is one which we think it is prudent to raise questions about – the picketing of the homes of abortionists. There is no doubt home picketing has an impact. Many doctors have either ceased doing abortions altogether, or moved their practices to another location where they resume this deadly activity. Nevertheless, is home picketing [...]
Women are legally allowed to have abortions. At any time during a pregnancy. For any reason. From the moral perspective of the pro-life movement the legal situation should be different. But it isn’t. The simple fact is: Women are allowed to have abortions. According to the polls most people –including women- are uncomfortable with abortion. Most people-including most women- disagree with the [...]
A private Member’s Motion on the issues of euthanasia and assisted suicide received the first of up to three hours of debate in the House of Commons on February 17. Motion M-397, introduced by New Democrat MP Ian Waddell, recommends that the government “consider the advisability of introducing legislation on the subject of euthanasia and in particular, of ensuring that those assisting [...]
Ottawa to get free-standing abortion clinic Ottawa may soon have its first fee-standing abortion clinic, but abortion activists in the city aren’t satisfied. The Ottawa-Carleton District –Health Council voted unanimously on February 15th to ask the Ontario Health Ministry to issue a request for proposals for a women’s health center which would provide abortions, contraceptive services and other women’s health programs. The [...]