Yearly Archives: 1999

Activist writes account of ‘fire under foot’

The story of an Ontario woman's trek across Canada to raise awareness of pro-life efforts will soon be available in book form. Therese Weiler, who walked from Newfoundland to British Columbia between April 1992 and August 1993, is eager to share her story with pro-life supporters throughout the country. Weiler's story, tentatively titled Fire Under Foot, will be published jointly by Campaign Life Coalition [...]

2010-07-22T09:06:07-04:00September 22, 1999|Pro-Life|

Ontario pro-lifer, 80, plans 600km walk

Adrian Keet, a longtime pro-life activist in his 80th year, is planning to walk from his hometown of Ingersoll, Ont. to Midland, Ont. and back again - a journey of approximately 600 kilometres - from Sept. 13 to Oct. 8. Readers might remember that in 1977 Mr. Keet walked from his then hometown of Wingham, Ont. to Ottawa (again, approximately 600 kilometres), [...]

2010-07-30T12:29:30-04:00September 22, 1999|Pro-Life|

The unrecognized origins of our libertine society

Attempts to restore morality in law will fail if they are not founded on the supremacy of God How can you say to your brother, let me remove the speck from your eye, while ignoring the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck [...]

2010-07-30T12:30:14-04:00September 22, 1999|Society & Culture|

Toronto public health planning superficial ‘abstinence’ program

The Toronto Department of Public Health starts off each year with a campaign aimed at youth to promote what they call healthy living. Advertisements are strategically placed in subways and bus shelters, often outside of secondary schools. Past years have heavily encouraged condom use and the "emergency contraceptive pill," otherwise known as the morning-after pill. In early 2000, the department will be [...]

2010-07-22T09:01:54-04:00September 22, 1999|Society & Culture|

International Round-up

European approval of RU-486 condemned Health minister calls for fetal harvesting UN predicts aging population Vietnam gets population award Adoption scandal in Brazil Sex-selection abortions assailed Vatican clears up counselling questions Provide abortions and divorces says UN Nun advocates for some abortions Britain bans human cloning European approval of RU-486 condemnedBERLIN - German authorities have ignored last-minute appeals from the Roman Catholic [...]

2010-07-30T12:04:06-04:00August 22, 1999|World Briefs|

U.S. Digest

A compendium of life- and family-related news from south of the border Bauer says Bush disappoints on pro-life Coalition opposes stem cell research Cardinal leads pro-life demonstration Texas seen as ‘most anti-choice' state Steep decline in Michigan abortions Nurses quit over ‘morning-after' pill Baird a fixture at pro-life convention $10 million to population control Bauer says Bush disappoints on pro-life Republican presidential [...]

2010-07-30T12:04:14-04:00August 22, 1999|US Briefs|

Across Canada

Record set straight on MAP Morgentaler loses manager Kitchener PP moving Officer's appeal rejected Protestants back school religion Pro-life family needs help Photos of stillborns spark outcry Record set straight on MAP ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - In a letter to the editor of Medical Post magazine, Dr. H. Robert Pankratz of the Physicians for Life organization has set the record straight on the misinformation [...]

2010-07-30T12:04:23-04:00August 22, 1999|Across Canada|

Every day is Father’s Day, poem reminds us

I am writing this column on Father's Day.I intended to write on another subject, but came across what I consider a beautiful poem, entitled My Dad. I don't know who wrote it or where I got it, but I think it is well worth quoting even though it will not be printed until well after Father's Day. Every day is Father's Day. [...]

2010-07-30T12:04:33-04:00August 22, 1999|Issues|

Judgment is up to God

Conservatives like me tend to view the concept of "hate speech" with jaundiced skepticism in this age of political correctness. The terminology is so frequently misapplied to relative trivialities, and used as a tactical weapon by the politically correct, that it has become devalued from overuse. People who object to abortion and other causes advocated by militant feminism are alleged to "hate [...]

2010-07-30T12:05:33-04:00August 22, 1999|Religion|

Musings about ‘pro-choice’

In an earlier column, I commented on the fact that B.C.'s pro-abortion community refuses to debate or appear publicly with anyone who values all human life. The head of the B.C. Pro-Choice Action Network, Joyce Arthur, was invited to participate in a debate with pro-lifer Scott Klusendorf. Arthur put on her best brave face and declined the invitation. However, in the days [...]

2010-07-30T12:05:29-04:00August 22, 1999|Abortion|

To judge the judges

Before I get around to kicking our judges all over Ottawa and elsewhere for the weird rulings they come up with, I have a gem of a true story to bring you from a trade magazine called Coverings. Clara Null of Oklahoma City, Okla. remembered one of the worst days of her life. She said, "The washing machine had broken down, the [...]

2010-07-30T12:05:26-04:00August 22, 1999|Frank Kennedy|

Ted Byfield has never abandoned principles

The Book of Ted: Epistles from an Unrepentant Redneck, by Ted Byfield (Keystone Press Inc., $34.95, 269 pages) The American columnist George Will once said that before there was Ronald Reagan there was Barry Goldwater, before there was Goldwater there was National Review, and before there was National Review there was William F. Buckley. The point was that political movements have their beginnings in [...]

2010-07-30T12:05:45-04:00August 22, 1999|Book Review, Paul Tuns|

Poignant letters to baby

Letters to Gabriel: The true story of Gabriel Michael Santorum, by Karen Garver Santorum with a foreword by Mother Teresa and an introduction by Dr. Laura Schlessinger ($22.95). Karen Garver Santorum is the wife of a prominent pro-life senator and mother of three who, when she found out she was expecting her fourth child, decided to write "letters" to her yet-to-be-born child. [...]

2010-07-22T07:41:04-04:00August 22, 1999|Book Review, Paul Tuns|

UN grants new ‘sexual rights’

Population conference says 10-year-olds have right to contraception and ‘safe' abortions Between June 30 and July 2, a special session of the General Assembly of the United Nations reviewed the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development. Planners of Cairo+5, including the pro-abortion United Nations Population Fund and the International Planned Parenthood Federation, sought to expand abortion rights and contraception access, as [...]

2010-07-22T06:50:50-04:00August 22, 1999|Abortion, Paul Tuns, Planned Parenthood, Population|

Risking innocent lives to make political points

Many Canadians probably take for granted that medicine is one area where rational investigation and a commitment to tangible and verifiable data is a fundamental requirement. Careful observers of developments in the field are noticing challenges to this assumption on a number of fronts. One of the greatest threats appears to be from homosexualist radicals who take issue with anyone who characterizes [...]

2010-07-30T12:07:47-04:00August 22, 1999|Editorials, Society & Culture|
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