Pat Binns, Prince Edward Island's new premier, has consistently voted pro-life, both federally and provincially. "I believe that human life is sacred. I have always felt that it is our duty to protect it," he says. He credits his upbringing for these views. Binns grew up in Lloydminster, Alberta. When he came to PEI as a summer exchange student, he could hardly [...]
The second annual Real Life, Real Love young adult prolife rally in Ottawa attracted 90 young people for a gathering to meet with fellow pro-lifers and learn from the experience of four inspirational speakers. A highlight of the January 25-26 event was speaker Brian Clowes, director of Human Life International's Pro-Life/Family Institute, who demonstrated the importance of knowing true abortion statistics to [...]
"It's your right to choose! It's only a group of cells. It is not a person!" A little over a year ago, I would have bought into these statements. If I got pregnant, and did not want the baby, sure I would have had an abortion! After all I did not think it was a life. I could not see the connection [...]
Lord, today we pray for all those who perform and promote abortions. Sometimes it's hard to pray for them. We it judgement and say, "How could they?" The answer has to be the same as Yours from the cross – "They know not what they do." Lord, help them to know, to understand. Touch their minds and hearts and consciences. Move them [...]
Our modes Gift Annuity Program shows increasing signs of vitality. Launched about two years ago, it has attracted a good number of pro-lifers who want to help the pro-life cause now but still need to have an additional regular source of income for the rest of their lives. For those 60 or over, it has definite tax advantages that have made gift [...]
Apart from China, what other country has been brutal in imposing methods of population control? Are there any? J. B. Mississauga Yes. Almost 20 years ago (April, 1977), public outrage against India's forced-sterilization campaign caused the collapse of Indira's Gandhi's government. It is important to note that International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), in its own magazine People, admitted the "crude imposition" of [...]
Question: I am 14 and have crummy-looking pimples all over my face. What causes them, and what can I do to clear up my skin? DR. DOBSON: Practically every part of your body is affected in one way or another by the period of change you are experiencing. Even your skin undergoes major changes, whether you are a boy or a girl. [...]
Interim special Reform party M.P. Sharon Hayes and St. Jerome's College philosophy professor Dr. Donald DeMarco are two central speakers at a seminar on reproductive technology and genetic engineering sponsored by the Catholic Women's League of the Ottawa archdiocese. The seminar, scheduled for April 22 at St. Augustine's Church in Ottawa, offers a Catholic perspective on these current social issues. Other speakers [...]
One of the more grotesque highlights of 1996 was watching the secular media grapple with the horrifying realization that it really is a pre-born human being that gets killed every time an abortion is committed. Naomi Wolf's controversial feature from the New Republic in October of 1995 (Rethinking Pro-Choice Rhetoric – Our Bodies, Our Souls) was the first sign that the solid [...]
Premier Mike Harris appears to be planning to erase gently the Ontario Catholic school system for the backboard. Mike is dangling a fairer share of commercial taxes – spreading the largesse evenly all over Ontario – hypnotically a T-bone steak in front of a meat lover. Ed McMahon, the able chairman of the Metro Separate School Board is also concerned about what's [...]
A Toronto Transit Commission ad purports to tell the public the truth about the Morning After Pill. Just what is the "truth," so prominently heralded by the Public Health Department? According to the ad, what they are promoting isn't just a "morning after" pill. The so-called emergency "contraceptive" can be used for three days. They claim that it is a "safe, emergency [...]
A decision in a Washington courtroom could buoy pro-life sentiments on this side of the border. The U.S. Supreme Court in late February ruled that a 15-foot "floating buffer zone", designed to prevent pro-lifers from approaching abortion-seeking women and staff on any public thoroughfare, contravenes freedom of expression guarantees in the U.S. Constitution. It's not a complete victory for pro-life interests, for [...]
It must be that Saskatchewan farmer Robert Latimer believes the best defence is a good offence. How else to explain his over-the-top reaction to the news that the Supreme Court of Canada had granted him a new trial in the 1994 "mercy killing" of his 12-year-old disabled daughter, Tracy? While the pro-life community has not always greeted Supreme Court decisions in glowing [...]
Los Angeles Times via Pro-Life E-News, Canada KOTOWICE, Poland – The doctors of the Silesian Medical Academy in a well-to-do suburb of this dreary mining town say they have experienced a remarkable epiphany – one that seems to be sweeping the Polish medical community with a missionary's zeal. Just five years ago, a woman could enter the modern obstetrics ward here and [...]
VANCOUVER – Pro-life activist Jim Demers of Nelson, B.C. was released from prison in February on condition that he stay away from the city of Vancouver, unless accompanied by his lawyer, or travelling to a court appearance. Demers was arrested in December for violating B.C.'s "Bubble Zone" legislation against pro-life demonstrations. He spent the Christmas and New Year's holidays behind bars. An [...]