A new Internet website makes for timely and interesting reading as North American pro-lifers mark the 25th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision in the United States. The new site, available at www.prolife.org/rvw, is labeled 25 Years of Life Denied, and features a host of useful information for pro-lifers interested in learning the real significance of this landmark decision. The homepage [...]
Progressive art forms have long been noted for their affinity with radical, leftist and liberal causes. From music to literature and onwards, arts have played a leading role in helping foment the revolutions (especially the sexual) so inimical to life and family values. One can look at the 1960s and the cultural changes wrought by events such as the 1969 Woodstock rock [...]
HOPEWELL, Indiana (LSN) -- Indiana Citizens for Life (ICL) has embarked on an ambitious plan to use television commercials to foster the pro-life message. The results have been positive. The polling firm of Baselice and Associates was asked by ICL to conduct pre- and post-polling to determine the effectiveness of the ads in changing public opinion. Baselice determined a 19 per cent [...]
Marion Powell, one of Canada's leading advocates of abortion, contraception and other anti-life practices, died of heart failure Dec. 23 at age 74. Described by some as the mother of birth control in Canada, Dr. Powell made a career of promoting abortion and contraceptive services. She was a major figure in the establishment of the country's first publicly funded birth control centre [...]
The following is excerpted from a homily by Vancouver's Archbishop Adam Exner at the fifth annual Mass for Life December 27, 1997. Not long ago in The Vancouver Sun (there were) shocking headlines about a poll that indicated 70 per cent of Canadians favored assisted suicide and euthanasia -- a shocking statistic which shows just how deeply death culture has become rooted [...]
Canadian pro-lifers reflected on the importance of their efforts Dec. 27-28 in masses, prayer services and public demonstrations marking the Feast of the Holy Innocents. For the past several years, the Feast of the Holy Innocents has become the inspiration for masses dedicated to the thousands of unborn children lost to abortion. This year's Holy Innocents feast coincided with the Feast of [...]
Canadian pro-life officials are wary of news that an English-language version of the political affairs magazine Cité libre will be available throughout Canada. Founded in 1950 by former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Gerard Pelletier, Cité libre at one time enjoyed tremendous influence in Quebec's intellectual and cultural elites. Cité libre has also been described as a catalyst in shaping Quebec's "Quiet [...]
The House of Commons has not sat since the last issue of The Interim came out. I want to take this opportunity to discuss some important ideas on how to be even more effective through 1998 in our work on behalf of unborn children and other victims of anti-life forces in this country. The present federal political situation does not look very [...]
Federal Health Minister Allan Rock has reiterated the need for careful federal regulation in the area of new reproductive and genetic technologies. In a December letter to The Interim, Mr. Rock said the voluntary moratorium on certain new reproductive technology applications, such as sex selection for non-medical purposes, cloning of embryos, and embryonic research, remains in effect. The moratorium was enacted by [...]
ST. THOMAS, Ont. -- Four pro-life activists pleaded not guilty Jan.14 to "exhibiting a disgusting object" during last summer's Show the Truth tour. John Bulsza of London, Rosemary Connell of Peterborough, Ann-Marie Tomlins of Barrie, and Bill Whatcott of Toronto were charged with publicly exhibiting a disgusting object and causing a public disturbance by displaying graphic photos of aborted children. The four [...]
British Columbia pro-life activist Jim Demers will be sentenced this month after a provincial court judge found him guilty of violating the province's Access to Abortion Service Act, commonly known as the "bubble-zone" law. Demers, who bases his protest on international covenants calling for the protection of human life from the moment of conception, was arrested in early December 1997 for a [...]
Two British Columbia pro-life supporters used a novel approach to protest against abortion Dec. 28 outside the Every Woman's Health Clinic in Vancouver. Lane Walker and Jennifer Ziemann, members of the Seamless Garment Network Canada, were arrested for violating the provincial "bubble-zone" law which restricts pro-life demonstrations. But their arrest did not come before the pair had made an effective, 16-hour witness [...]
A one-time doctrinaire feminist whose dramatic return to faith incorporates a strong respect for right-to-life values, believes her personal struggle may provide insight into pro-abortion thinking. Christine Majta has made a remarkable about-face from her days as a front-line advocate of militant feminism, pro-abortion activism and a deep-seated belief in women as victims of an oppressive patriarchy. Today, the 36-year-old administrative assistant [...]
WINNIPEG -- Police charged a 79-year-old Manitoba man Jan. 29 with helping his ailing wife commit suicide. Investigators handed Bert Doerksen a summons to appear in court on a charge of counseling or aiding suicide, but did not take him into custody. He is scheduled to appear in court Feb. 12. "We feel it's in the public interest to lay a charge," [...]
CHICAGO - The National Organization for Women, a powerful pro-abortion feminist group in the United States, is claiming success in its attempts to cripple the pro-life movement by engaging its leaders in costly lawsuits. After years of costly litigation, Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry agreed not to block the entrances of abortion clinics. Under the settlement, Terry is prohibited from participating in [...]