The justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, in keeping with their tendency to lean toward pro-abortion rulings, have decided to reserve their judgment - probably for several months - in a case involving a New Brunswick boy who is suing his mother for injuries sustained in a car crash while he was still in her womb. Nonetheless, they offered strong indications [...]
Understanding the significance of May 14, 1969 Abortion is not murder. When a child is killed before birth, even one second before, even if most of the baby has been deliv- ered, abortion is not - legally speaking - murder. To this country's great shame, there is no law concerning abortion in Canada. It was done away with in 1988. But I'm [...]
Some time ago, my brother and I were visiting our ailing grandmother at a Toronto hospital. She was put in a room on the main floor which contained about five beds, each separated by privacy curtains. There was only one other patient in the room, on the bed next to hers, and I caught a glance of him as I entered the [...]
Once students develope a deeper understanding of God and His law, graphic talk is unnecessary Recently I read an article by Onalee McGraw, Ph.D., on "Sexual Development and Education in the Virtue of Chastity." On reflection, I was reminded of my elementary and high school years. I attended a publicly-funded Catholic school up to grade four, at which point I was transferred [...]
On Oct. 18, 1859, John Brown's ragtag band of fanatical anti-slavery activists, with the blood of several slavery supporters already on their hands, attacked the U.S. government arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. John Brown was insane in that special way that all fanatics are - he held his cause above the lives of those who got in his way. The abolition of [...]
Campaign Life Coalition hosted its second Ottawa-area clergy luncheon in mid-November. For a number of practical reasons separate Protestant and Roman Catholic luncheons were organized, both of which were considered successful. Among the denominations represented at the Protestant luncheon were Baptists, Pentecostals, Free Methodists, Presbyterians, Anglicans, Messianic Jews, and the Associated Gospel Church. Though the crowd was small, some of those present [...]
If you were watching the CBC or reading most newspapers, you would figure it was the end of the world. But relax, it was something much less harrowing. The apoplexy of activists and pundits is an over-reaction to a change in the way the federal government funds special-interest groups. Last spring, the government changed the way it doles out taxpayer money to [...]
The Lord Jesus Christ has awakened me to the devastating trauma of abortion in our society, and He has called me to expose this truth to others by making a pro-life film. I have always been pro-life, but I had not been actively involved in this battle until just recently. Two years ago, after 13 years as a secular broadcast journalist, the [...]
We need not be poor or unhappy. True riches and happiness are found in the knowledge, love, and imitation of Christ, loving and embracing with Him all that the world abhors: poverty, humiliation, contempt, abuse, injuries, persecution, suffering, the Cross. In his General Examen (101), Ignatius Loyola says to candidates for his religious order: (I)t helps ... in the spiritual life to abhor [...]
First conference hears of link between abortion and Holocaust The Institute for Religious Values is an interfaith Virginia think-tank that has recently begun a project to increase pro-life activity among Jewish people. Chris Gersten, president of both the Institute and the Jewish Coalition Against Abortion (JCAA), told The Interim that the JCAA will present a religious perspective on life issues, and will help [...]
What is spina bifida? Spina bifida occurs when the spinal cord fails to close completely, often leaving spinal nerves exposed. Lacking protection, the nerves suffer damage that can cause the child lifelong physical disability, including lower-body paralysis. There may be bowel and bladder complications. What is hydrocephalus? Over 80 per cent of children born with spina bifida also have hydrocephalus at birth [...]
More proof of how young people with spina bifida live life to the full - and then some Susie and Lorne Kelly of Barrie, Ont. privately adopted not one but two newborns with spina bifida and hydrocephalus. Today Kayla is nine and Brooke is eight. The couple first approached Toronto Children's Aid because they were sure there were children with spina bifida [...]
Former Justice Minister Allan Rock was forced to establish the parliamentary committee on custody and access in 1997, in order to gain passage of his bill amending child-support legislation. Liberal Senator Anne Cools joined with the Tories in the Upper Chamber to stage a coup against what she saw as discrimination in the way reforms were being implemented in the realm of [...]
The issue of an unborn child's right to life didn't make it to the agenda of the Nov. 26-28 International Human Rights Conference in Edmonton. But that doesn't mean it wasn't discussed among delegates, says conference delegate Pauline Burkinshaw. "The debate is out there, and there are others who share the (pro-life) viewpoint," says Burkinshaw, but the fact that an unborn child [...]
Roman Catholic leaders appear to have rejected 'seamless garment' approach to abortion Although the document discussed below is addressed primarily to Roman Catholics in the United States, it contains a very strong pro-life message of great importance to all Christians, and all people of conscience, in Canada no less than in the U.S. The ideas presented in the document are especially relevant [...]