Is it possible the animal-rights movement might actually end up helping unborn humans? By David Packer The Interim Editor: The following article was submitted as a response to our coverage last month of "The Great Ape Legal Project," which seeks to establish the personhood of animals in law. When I was a kid, my mother took me in to the local streetmarket [...]
By Paul Tuns The Interim On June 14, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCOC) heard oral arguments in the Robert Latimer appeal as his lawyers asked the highest court in the land to absolve the convicted murderer of the mandatory life sentence with no parole for 10 years for the gassing death of his 12-year-old daughter Tracy, in 1993. The case will [...]
pro-lifers still concerned about nutrition and hydration, ‘compassionate homicide' issues By Paul Tuns The Interim On June 6, the Senate social affairs committee released its five-year update of On Life and Death. The report, entitled Quality End-of-Life Care: The Right of Every Canadian, recommends improving palliative care, but it fails to address some key issues, leaving open certain questions on doctor-assisted suicide and [...]
After a frustrating month of shin splints, flu, and mega-blisters, Andrew Fournier carries on By Catherine Fournier The Interim It's been a difficult month for Andrew and for the Pilgrimage for Life. Instead of the smooth sailing Andrew experienced through the Maritimes and Quebec, injury, illness, constantly changing plans, and frustration have been the norm this month. After a good rest at [...]
Calgary pro-lifer says prohibition of words ‘killing' and ‘murder' may lead to courthouse protests By Mike Mastromatteo The Interim Pro-life supporters in Alberta have expressed concern that the court system may be turning to libel laws to further restrict right-to-life activity near abortion clinics. In June, Judge Blair Mason of the Alberta court ruled that pro-life signs carried by long-time activist Michael [...]
By Tim Bloedow The Interim Pro-lifers know what it's like to be targeted by government for censorship, particularly when it comes to criminalizing the free speech rights of peaceful protestors around abortuaries. Another attack on free speech for pro-life citizens and many other Canadians was introduced by the Liberals as Bill C-2 at the beginning of the latest session of Parliament. It [...]
By Linda Wegner The Interim In a first-in-Canada decision, members of the Manitoba Pharmaceutical Association recently endorsed the right of pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions they believe are morally inappropriate and which violate their commitment to provide care for all members of the public. Ronald Guse, association registrar for the Manitoba College of Pharmacists, referred to the existing standards which give [...]
Marie Vandenberg The Interim A motion to dissociate the Ontario Catholic Women's League from the World March of Women 2000 was defeated 71 to 43, with 6 abstentions, during the CWL's provincial conference in Waterloo July 9-12. The feminist anti-poverty event, which has received the endorsement of the CWL's national leadership, as well as the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, became the [...]
But as Canada's judges show all too well, without God we cannot always read it By Rory Leishman The Interim By decreeing that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, "has established the essentially secular nature of Canadian society," has the Supreme Court of Canada fatally undermined any legal case for reinstating the bans on abortion, euthanasia and suicide in the Criminal [...]
If Glamour readers are glad to be alive and shod by Gucci and made fragrant by Ginvenchy, they should all be pro-life, not only for themselves, but for everyone else By Donald DeMarco The Interim Having daughters around the house can occasion some decidedly unconventional reading for a professional philosopher. A few mornings ago, between the corn flakes and the coffee, sat, [...]
"We want to be here to say women do have a choice, and to help them make a choice for life,' says the founder of the Mother and Child Welcome House By Jill Little The Interim After nearly two years in the planning, New Brunswick's new pro-life service centre in Fredericton is becoming a reality. The Mother and Child Welcome House was [...]
By Tim Bloedow The Interim Feminists at the University of Quebec recently spent (or at least were given to spend) $98,000 of Canadian taxpayers money to research the apparently dangerous involvement of "right-wing anti-feminist groups" at the United Nations. They have released an initial report, prepared by Anick Druelle, and many pro-lifers aren't sure whether to greet it with humour or outrage; [...]
By Tim Bloedow The Interim Canada is set to become one of the first countries to ratify the highly controversial Rome statute, which will be used to set up a global criminal court. On June 13, the House of Commons passed Bill C-19, the Crimes Against Humanity Act, the purpose of which is to "implement in Canada the Rome Statute of the [...]
By Pat Hansard The Interim In June, the Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons approved faticide, the deliberate killing of 20-week and older fetuses prior to their mother's abortions. The procedure involves puncturing the heart of the unborn child with a surgical needle full of potassium chloride. Death occurs within seconds, but not without pain, as no anesthesia is used. The college [...]
By Paul Tuns The Interim On June 28, the United States Supreme Court ruled against Nebraska's partial-birth abortion ban, dealing a blow to 30 other states that prohibit or regulate a procedure that is aptly described as infanticide. In the 5-4 Stenberg v. Carhart decision, written by Justice Stephen Breyer, the court faulted the ban for its broad language, which critics claim endangers [...]