Dr. Curt Freed seems to have a highly personal set of ethics. In 1988, he told the annual meeting of the American Society for Neuroscience that he had ignored a U.S. moratorium and implanted brain cells from aborted fetuses into the brain of a patient. (Miscarried babies can’t be used: they may have some generic defect). Today he is undeterred by the [...]
A proposed new study of fetal brain tissue transplants and Parkinson’s patients, is generating much controversy in the medical profession – but not for the reasons one might hope. Dr. Curt Freed, a professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at the University of Colorado’s Health Science Centre, wants to initiate a one-year double blind study with 40 patients suffering from Parkinson’s Disease. He [...]
Lawyers representing pro-lifers against the Ontario government tried to introduce dramatic testimony from a young woman who says counseling outside abortion clinics should be encouraged rather than banned. But the judge hearing the case, Justice George Adams, refused to allow the woman’s evidence because he said it came too late in the court case whch wrapped up at the end of January. [...]
A master’s thesis written by a criminology student at Simon Fraser University looks set to become a weapon in the push to legalize euthanasia via physician-assisted suicide, despite its limited scope and biased conclusion. Social worker Russel Ogden set out to investigate the persistent allegation that euthanasia is common among the AIDS population. He documented 34 cases of assisted AIDS suicide between [...]
It’s sure easier to be called a hero than it should be Witness the case of Sue Rodriguez. The latest, and most highly-publicized Canadian “hero,” Rodriguez died over the weekend – or had somebody help kill her – in her Victoria-area home. Rodriguez, who was 43, became a cause celebre when she took her fight for legalized euthanasia to the courts to [...]
It is no secret that breaking the law is the easiest and quickest way to radically change Canadian society. Get a high-profile figure, flout the law, stack the jury and make sure the media is on your side. Then stand back and watch the action. Henry Morgentaler did it and achieved his dream of abortion on demand all over Canada. Now Svend [...]
What luck for rulers that men do not think. Adolf Hitler Many Canadians, including Werner Schmidt, MP for Okanagan Centre (B.C.), did a double take when local Jewish community leader Anita Nadler reacted to the above quote Which appeared in Schmidt’s constituency newsletter. According to his local executive assistant, the quote was meant to serve as a warning that citizens must monitor [...]
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Pro-life groups across Canada have called for Svend Robinson to resign as a Member of Parliament, following his involvement in the euthanasia death of Sue Rodriguez on February 12. In addition, the groups believe that Robinson should be charged with aiding and abetting a suicide and obstructing justice. Robinson has admitted that he was actively involved in helping Ms. Rodriguez plan her [...]
A government paper is causing a storm within Canadian university circles as critics say that the fundamental rights of free speech and inquiry are being banned in the very places where they should thrive. The Framework Regarding Prevention of Harrassment and Discrimination in Ontario Universities was issued through the Ministry of Education and Training without any debate in the legislature. The document [...]
A team of students will travel Canada in May and June presenting a radical message of chastity to their peers. The Challenge Team, which will make stops at centres across the country talking to groups of students their own age, will try to show the importance of “saved sex not safe sex.” They plan to use personal stories, statistics, skits and music [...]
The Rivard family knows first hand that abortion isn’t the easy safe procedure it’s supposed to be. They still mourn for their daughter who died tragically as a result of complications arising from an abortion last year. Through an interpreter, Karine Rivard’s father, Jean-Claude, says he is seeking justice from the Sherbrooke hospital where his 18-year-old daughter died July 25, 1992. They [...]
The New Democratic parties of B.C. and Ontario have both decided to expand the abortion facilities in their own provinces. This continues the recent trend in both provinces to promote abortion services at the expense of legitimate and crucial health care needs. The Comprehensive Abortion and Reproductive Education (CARE) centre in Vancouver will perform abortions in place of the Shaughnessy Hospital, which [...]
Eleven pro-life university students from Canada made their presence felt in Washington recently. With 35,000 others, they marched from the White House to the Supreme Court to commemorate the infamous 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion and the deaths of more than 30 million unborn babies. The motto of the Canadian contingent was “Same problem, different country.” During the annual [...]
On Feb. 4, seven vans, four buses, and three cars, jam-packed with a total of 270 excited teenagers made their way to our nation’s capital for a weekend of positive pro-life activism. The Skate for Life is an annual fund raising event hosted by Ontario Students for Life. This year’s skaters gathered an extraordinary total of $11,993 in pledges, our biggest total [...]