Interim special Pro-life activists Rosemary Connell and Bill Whatcott will lead a “Show the Truth” tour beginning July 1 – Canada Day – in Windsor, Ontario. The tour involves a plea for the general public and the media to understand the truth about the abortion industry. The pair will display large posters depicting the brutality of abortion in an attempt to drive [...]
Interim staff The head of Ukraine’s Institute for Protection of Life has appealed to Canadian pro-lifers for support in counteracting the anti-life mentality in eastern Europe. Dr. Ivan Louts, who also serves as a member of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Life, visited several Canadian cities in April to draw attention to the pro-life scene in his native country. Dr. Louts’ host [...]
Interim special Critics of the New World Order movement are concerned over a move by U.S. President Hill Clinton that would put command of American military forces in the hands of the United Nations. According to the April 1997 edition of the Canadian Intelligence Service report and other publications, President Clinton in 1994, quietly signed Presidential Decision Directive 25, which says that [...]
Interim staff Ontario’s justice officials seem to be increasing the stakes in their treatment of pro-life political prisoner Linda Gibbons. At an April 2 court appearance, Gibbons was found guilty of breaking probation in connection with her continuing refusal to recognize the provincial injunction against pro-life demonstrations near abortion clinics and hospitals. She had also been charged with disobeying a court order, [...]
Interim staff A Toronto-area businessman may be one step closer to victory in a long-running legal battle involving leased property located one floor above Dr. Henry Morgentaler’s abortion clinic. Robert Blondell, head of a funeral consultant and casket sales company, leads a group of former tenants of 1670 Bayview Avenue who have been sued by the landlord for evacuating the premises prior [...]
Interim staff Canada’s Catholic bishops have seized on the Brenda Drummond case to make the rights of the unborn a prominent issue in the upcoming federal election. In a letter to Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, the Catholic Organization for Life and Family said the results of the Drummond case – which found that the unborn are not entitled to legal protection in [...]
Third of a series The abortion debate touches on theological, ethical, medical, legal, social and personal issues. At one point in time, abortion was considered an offence under the Criminal Code. The Law Reform Commission once referred to that code as our “moral code.” However, in January 1988, the Supreme Court of Canada threw out the relevant section with the Morgentaler decision. [...]