Joe and Pauline Sinicrope from North Bay decided to have their first child despite the doctor's diagnosis of spinabifida, indicated by a spot on the child's spine by ultrasound. Joe recalled that period in their life when they "were very happy to be having their first child" and when they first learned of the problem in Pauline's pregnancy, Pauline had gone to [...]
CASTEL GANDOLFO - Pope John Paul II has used his last Sunday address of 1997 to speak of the threat to the family. From a villa in the countryside south of Rome, the pope said: There exist too many attacks on the family, a structure which is fundamental to a free and civil society." Celebrating the Feast of the Holy Family and [...]
A Reform party MP is calling for a binding national referendum on government funding for medically unnecessary abortions. Garry Breitkreuz (Reform, Yorkton-Melville), reintroduced his Bill M-268 November 20, partly in response to the release of the latest abortion statistics which showed there are nearly 30 abortions committed for every 100 live births in Canada. The call was part a series of petitions [...]
TRENTON, N.J. - The New Jersey state Senate voted to ban controversial late-term abortions, overriding an earlier veto by Gov. Christine Todd Whitman in the state's first restriction on abortion in 24 years. The Republican-controlled senate voted 27-15 December 15 to override the veto by Whitman, the state's recently re-elected moderate Republican governor. She earlier this year conditionally vetoed a ban on [...]
The following is an excerpt of a statement released in November by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. The twentieth century will not end without one more anniversary to remind us that this era of extraordinary progress is also darkened by the shadows of unimaginable tragedy. January 22, 1998 marks the 25th anniversary of our Supreme Court's rulings in Roe v. Wade [...]
Part II of Interim interview with sister of Kevorkian victim On August 13, 1997, Long Island resident Karen Shoffstall died at the hands of infamous US euthanasia champion Jack Kevorkian, nine days before her 35th birthday. A highly successful salesperson, Karen had been living with multiple sclerosis, a chronic, progressively debilitating disease. She was well enough at the time of her death [...]
The family ensures the survival of humanity and the growth of society. This was emphasized by speakers from various continents at the recent international Theological-Pastoral Congress on "The Family-Gift and Commitment, Hope of Humanity", held at Rio de Janerio, Brazil. Among highlights of some of the talks was one by Dr. Hurbert Schambeck, president of the Federal Council of the Republic of [...]
Preparations are well under way in Hamilton to host the National Pro-Life Conference in July. Taking the theme of "The Canadian Quilt ... A Life Pattern," the Hamilton committee, headed up by the Hamilton Right to Life President Jacqueline De Jong, plan to make the conference an opportunity to promote the national pro-life quilt project, which seeks to unite pro-life Canadians in [...]
Welcome to 1998. Many of us are probably still considering our New Year's resolutions, and how to readjust our lifestyle and priorities. Hopefully, for each of us, that includes a commitment to be at least as involved – if not more so – in the important pro-life and pro-family issues of the day. And there are some important issues to address at [...]
VANCOUVER - Judge J.J. McGivern of the Provincial Court of British Columbia has dismissed a claim by pro-life activist Jim Demers that unborn children are entitled to protection under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In a December 19 decision, Judge McGivern said that under existing Canadian law, the Charter words "everyone" and "every individual" do not include the unborn child. Nonetheless [...]
As the year 1998 begins, it's good to look back over the year 1997 to see what was accomplished and what happened in the pro-life, pro-family community in North America and the world. While people are starting to realize what abortion is and are beginning to speak out against it, many are showing support for assisted suicide. A fence-sitting Liberal government was [...]
A pro-life senator is taking a small but significant step to combat what she claims is a drift toward "judicial activism" on the part of Canada's high court officials. Liberal Senator Anne Cools led the opposition to Bill C-16, a proposed amendment to the Criminal Code which would require police to obtain special arrest warrants when seeking to apprehend some suspects. In [...]