BAD POLITICS “If you get consumed in political trendiness, you get blown around by every wind of public opinion.” Ex-Social Credit member Ron Gray explaining the demise of the B.C. Socreds and why he joined the Family Coalition Party. (Western Report. Dec. 20,1993) PC ATTACK “The last government to so flagrantly spy on its political opponents was fronted by Richard Nixon. These [...]
Lawyers defending the 18 pro-lifers against the persecution of the Ontario Attorney General have mounted a spirited defence of the rights or their clients – and all Ontarians – to the very basics of free speech and assembly. Now it’s up to the judge to decide whether to grant the government its extraordinary request for an injunction banning pro-life activity at 23 [...]
Ontario’s Attorney General Marion Boyd says that standing peacefully holding a sign which says “Stop Abortion” could be considered “insulting, abusive or defamatory.” She has applied for an injunction which would make it illegal to hold signs or peacefully counsel women outside 23 sites across Ontario. Boyd faced intense questioning about her motives in seeking the injunction barring pro-life picketing across the [...]
Upon arrival at the clinic I saw ladies outside carrying pictures of unborn babies. I looked at the pictures and thought of my own baby. As I was going towards the door a lady asked me, “Can we help you, you know they only do abortions in there.” I started crying. I came over to her. She hugged me. She was very [...]
After years of struggling for any kind of media exposure, the B.C. Family Coalition Party has finally gained some notoriety outside the pro-life circle. To the surprise of many, Bill Vander Zalm showed up as a paid-in-full member at the party’s year-end conference. The very controversial Vander Zalm served as B.C.’s premier for one term before running into a myriad of personal [...]
An animal rights group has come out against abortion – for horses. The Toronto Star reports that a Sorocoba, Sao Paulo horse owner wants his prize horse Luna to have an abortion because the mare is carrying offspring of a stallion with no pedigree. Luna, a $20,000 prize mare, became pregnant when Prince broke into her paddock. Her owner, Daniel Mariani does [...]
I often ask why Henry Morgentaler isn’t in jail today for the murder of thousands of unborn babies. He had been convicted of performing illegal abortions and jailed for the same offences in Quebec, why not Ontario? Eighteen Ontario pro-lifers would not be on trial today if justice had been served and Morgentaler had been convicted. I feel that our problems would [...]
Number of abortions performed : 43,113 Average number of abortions per day: 118 Number of abortions performed on girls 16 years or younger: 1,769 Facility which performs most abortions: Toronto Morgentaler Clinic (5,854) Number of abortions performed at the four Toronto clinics: 12,806
A very broad interpretation of the terms “watching and besetting” has landed three Vancouver activists with suspended jail sentences for their pro-life counseling in front of Everywoman’s Health Centre. Christine Hendrix and Gordon Watson were handed a 15-day suspended sentence for breaking an injunction outside the abortion clinic. John Hof, president of Campaign Life Coalition B.C., said one of the picketers was [...]
John Hof and six other B.C. families have grudgingly agreed to pay their outstanding court costs to Everywoman’s Health Clinic. The costs have been outstanding since 1990 when Hof and the families refused to pay the costs, as ordered by the B.C. Court of Appeal saying it would be in violation of their consciences. Nothing happened until December 1993 when the Everywoman [...]
An Ontario judge will determine the fate of the pro-life movement in this province as he decides whether to grant the government’s request for a temporary injunction prohibiting pro-life picketing and counseling. At issue is whether citizens have the right to voice their pro-life views near where abortions are taking place as well as at the offices and homes of abortionists. The [...]
The following is a selection of the top 10 pro-life events and happenings in this country in the past year. They are in no particular order but illustrate the ups and downs of the movement as it strives to change the hearts and minds of Canadians and to get society to adopt a respect for all life. On September 30, a 5-4 [...]
Seven pro-life families from B.C. have been slapped with liens against their homes as the result of a court case three years ago. The action, which came just in time for Christmas, resulted from a decision made by the B.C. Court of Appeal in 1990. Protesters at an abortion clinic had been trying to get their sentences over-turned but were rejected by [...]
Three B.C. pro-lifers were found guilty of civil contempt of court on December 13 for counselling outside the Everywoman’s Health Centre in Vancouver. In making the decision, Mr. Justice Low admitted the term “watching or besetting” which is in the 1989 court order restricting pro-life activity outside the clinic, is “difficult to define.” However, he decided the actions of one of the [...]
Lawyers are calling it the most important civil rights case of the decade. The Ontario Attorney General is trying to persuade the courts to grant a blanket injunction banning pro-life activity in front of 23 locations across the province this month. As well as the injunction, Attorney General Marion Boyd has also singled out 18 pro-lifers from across the province and launched a [...]