Interim Special Many feel they have done nothing wrong and have refused to quit the targeted groups. For a year, Marilyn Seiker and others like her have continued to receive Holy Communion, despite a bishop’s demand that they quit groups such as Planned Parenthood or face excommunication. “We thought it would be scandalous to our grandchildren to see us being refused Communion,” [...]
Interim Special In her keynote address May 3 at the REAL Women annual conference in North Bay, Ontario, Liberal Senator Anne Cools documented the alarming incidence of neonaticide – the killing of newborns – by mothers in our society. Among other serious concerns connected with this issue, Senator Cools noted, “The perpetrators of domestic violence are not exclusively men.” In his talk, [...]
By Interim Staff Pro-life officials will monitor the establishment of a new association dedicated to raising population, family planning and reproductive choice issues among Canadian MPs and Senators. The Canadian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (CAPPD) met in late April to invite membership and to discuss objectives. A similar organization of Parliamentarians was in force until 1993, but was disbanded [...]
By Interim Staff A coalition of pro-life, pro-family voices has come together to provide a fresh perspective on issues effecting women in Ontario. The impetus for the coalition comes from the mainstream media’s tendency to present the feminist/pro-abortion view as representative of the majority of women. This was especially evident in press reports of a March 26 media conference at which Judy [...]
Interim Special “Euthanasia and assisted suicide are ‘knocking at the door’” says Father Jim Whalen, National Director for Priests for Life, Canada. “And we can’t just ignore the traps of death. Just as 25 years ago when many said we would never kill our unborn, now another attack on the dignity of human life is ready to take hold here in Canada. [...]
Interim Staff Debate over the treatment of private members’ bills continued to divide Members of Parliament as the House broke for the June election. Several members, inkling some pro-life MP’s, have called for changes in the way private members’ bills or motions are selected for further action. Under the existing system, members submit bills or motions, which are then made into a [...]
Interim Staff Campaign Life Coalition Ontario is planning a fund-raising dinner next spring to mark the 20th anniversary of the following of the pro-life organization. This was tone of the items approved April 18-20 at a provincial strategy meeting in Toronto. The dinner is to be the first of annual fund-raisers to help the provincial body continue its work to promote the [...]
Debbie Mahaffy, whose daughter Leslie, was brutally murdered, wants a National Victims’ Bill of Rights and a National Office of Victims’ Affairs. Mahaffy knows from bitter experience that she, as well as Leslie’s father Dan, and brother, Ryan, all became victims when Leslie was tortured and killed. For too long a victim’s family has been considered “non-persona, non-existent, a nuisance or a [...]
Will we or won’t we? Vote in the June 2nd election that is. More important is what we do when we get there. Will we or won’t we. Vote for more of the same, that is. Will we vote for the best hope, or will we vote for no hope? The problems – Canada has many problems – all of them moral. [...]
Where the parties stand on the life issues The Liberal Party In 1993, Jean Chrétien said that his government would not revisit the abortion issue. In doing so, he committed the Liberals to the status quo of lawlessness where pre-born children are concerned. The party has recently confirmed that a Liberal government will not entertain measures to re-criminalize abortion. In effect, therefore, [...]
Interim staff Many couples looking to adopt a child have turned their attention to Third World countries. Some are finding success in Latin America, particularly Guatemala. The Stratford, Ontario-based Saint Anne Adoption Centre is doing its part to facilitate adoption from Guatemala. The centre opened its door in July, 1989. It was the first agency in Canada doing adoptions from Latin America, [...]
Interim staff The Interim newspaper and Campaign Life Coalition are joining forces to offer women in crisis pregnancies an opportunity for a vacation at the Springwater Christian Campground near Barrie, Ontario. Women who have recently given birth, or those who are nearing delivery, are eligible for an expenses-paid holiday at the 40-acre Springwater camp. July 14-20 is the scheduled date for the [...]
Interim special Citizens of Langley and surrounding areas gathered at the Langley Memorial Hospital recently to draw attention to the Clark government’s appointment of Vancouver doctor Tom Ward as public administrator. This follows Premier Glen Clark’s dissolution of the Langley Memorial Hospital Society and the Hospital Board by Order in Council March 26. As public administrator, Ward holds sweeping authority, with the [...]
“Cardinal offers women money to cancel abortions” The above heading appeared in the Sunday Telegraph of London recently. The Cardinal in question is Thomas Winning, Archbishop of Glasgow. The Cardinal is outspoken in his opposition to Britain’s shocking abortion policy, and was the centre of a political storm last October, when he attacked Labor Leader Tony Blair’s inconsistent statement that he is [...]
Interim special OTTAWA- The eastern Ontario region’s top public health physician is being sued for prescribing birth control pills to a teenaged woman who shortly after suffered a paralyzing stroke. The civil suit, now being heard in an Ottawa court-room, alleges negligence on the part of Dr. Robert Cushman, who became the region’s medical officer of health in November 1996. In May [...]