Hope to pressure A.G. into action Interim staff Members of the Knights of Columbus are going to bat for 16 activists stung by Ontario’s injunction against pro-life witnessing. The Knights of Columbus Rideau council 2444 in Smiths Falls, Ontario is circulating a petition calling on the province to lift the injunction and lawsuit against the 16 pro-lifers. Nora McNeely of Smiths Falls [...]
Charles Moore First, bravo to Tom Wappel, Roseanne Skoke, Dan McTeague, Dennis Mills, and several other MPs on the government side who have braved derision and scorn from their caucus colleagues, risked party discipline, and put their political careers on the line to oppose enshrining the gay-rights agenda in law. Boo to the ideological conspiracy hell-bent on ramming not only tolerance, but [...]
Why Bill C-33, which guarantees special rights to homosexuals, was not warranted Opinion Michael Farrell The history of the 20th Century has been marked by a multitude of technical advances which have helped mankind harness nature and control the environment. Medical advances have extended lifespans and new understanding of genetic mechanisms has changed aspects of human biology once considered innate and immutable. [...]
Many of the delegates to the recent Second Pan-American Conference on Family and Education were struck not only by the quality of speakers and the information presented, but by the number of babies frolicking in the plenary halls and workshop rooms. This after all was a celebration of family life, and the presence of the little ones was a visual reminder of [...]
QUESTION: All right, so my kid feels disrespected and hostile. I still have to impose some limits and discipline on him, don’t I? DR. DOBSON: Yes, but it is possible to lead teenagers without insulting and antagonizing them unnecessarily. I learned this lesson when I was a junior high school teacher. It became clear to me very early that I could impose [...]
Interim Staff Joe Borowski, a man who has fought a 25-year battle for the unborn, is now fighting a personal battle with cancer. Borowski, 63, was treated for bladder and prostate cancer last fall, and despite an extended stay in hospital, he believed he was making progress. Early in 996 however, Borowski began to experience pain in the lower back. A bone [...]
Could make air easier to breathe for children, unborn Interim Staff A tobacco products restriction act introduced by Toronto Senator Stanley Haidasz could play a part in better protecting unborn children from the effects of exposure to tars and nicotine. Bill S-5 requires cigarettes, cigars and loose tobacco to have a greatly reduced level of contaminants and additives. The bill would also [...]
I have been told that the Catholic Church rejects test-tube babies. Is this true? M. W. Montreal No, it is not true. In 1983, in their submission to the Warnock Committee, the Catholic Bishops of Britain were perfectly clear on the issue: The Church teaches that though in vitro fertilization (IVF) is wrong; the Catholic Church has always welcomed into the human [...]
Rumours persist that abortion group is preparing application Interim Staff The Interim is attempting to substantiate reports that abortionist Dr. Henry Morgentaler has been nominated for the prestigious Order of Canada award. The Order of Canada is awarded by the Governor-General to salute significant achievement or service in international, national or local affairs. Past winners include G. Emmett Cardinal Carter, retired Montreal [...]
U.S. President Bill Clinton’s veto of a ban on partial-birth abortions unleashed a storm of protest from church and pro-life groups. In some of the strongest language directed against the president, critics ranging from the Vatican to the Republican Party described Clinton’s April 10 veto as a brutal attack on human life and as an attempt to win favor with radical pro-abortion [...]
On April 1, the University of Toronto held a conference for Health Care Professionals on the subject of “Pain in the Fetus and Neonates” – that is pain in pre-born and premature babies and in newborns. Until the late 1980’s, few doctors or nurses realize that the unborn and newborn child have much, if any, pain sensation. However, it is realized that [...]
Charge Expected to stand, says expert MIKE MASTROMATTEO Murder charges against a Dutch doctor who assisted the suicide of a 72-year-old cancer patient will do little to slow the drive toward euthanasia in that country, says the president of Canada’s Compassionate Healthcare Network Association (CHNA). Cheryl Eckstein told The Interim from her Surrey, B.C. base that charges against euthanasia-performing doctors in the [...]