The young man, in his twenties, rushed down the Toronto abortuary laneway urging the young woman with him to "hurry or we'll be late." Standing within view, Robert, a counsellor at Aid to Women, caught up with them. "We run a care center and if you're thinking about having an abortion, we can help you." For an instant they paused, so he [...]
Women who sell or donate their eggs and giving away a whole lot more Donating motherhood "Is this egg worth $50,000?" is the provocative title of an article in Self magazine (Nov. 2000) that takes a close look at the new world of "egg donation." According to its author, Sheila Weller, close to 4,500 American women "donate" their eggs every year. Receiving $50,000 [...]
"Daddy, can I kill this?" If your five-year-old child asked this question while your back was turned, another question would pop instantly into your mind: What is "this"? Speaking at St. Mary's University in Halifax to about 25 pro-life students from all over the Atlantic provinces, Scott Klusendorf started with this question. It is the question ignored, avoided, shouted down, and glossed [...]
"Celebrate Sunday," a project of Halifax's fledgling Christian Media Association, is using a weekly program of contemporary Christian music and inspirational profiles to reach "the unchurched" via secular radio. It had its genesis when a small group of Halifax businessmen formed the Christian Media Association. Moving quickly, they incorporated, gained charitable status, and by May 1998 they were on the air in [...]
"We are happy and proud to have taken home this year's East Coast Music Award in the Gospel Music category," says Janice McLaughlin, speaking for the LaPointes of Fredericton. It was the third year they were nominated, and the first year Gospel, or Christian, music was in a separate category from Blues. A nomination means that in the eyes of the professionals [...]
RCMP responds to complaint about guest speaker's belief that homosexual acts are sinful An Ottawa pro-life youth group with chapters at the two Ottawa universities has been under intense harassment for their efforts to set up a debate on abortion. Carleton University Womyn's [sic] Centre objected to the debate after learning that the pro-life side would be represented by famed pro-life apologist [...]
Just days before he was scheduled to leave for New York to assist with pro-life lobby efforts at the United Nations, Campaign Life Coalition Youth member Paul Jalsevac was very seriously injured in a car accident. On March 5, 20-year-old Paul, the son of LifeSite manager Steve Jalsevac of Toronto, was hit head-on driving into the grounds of Christendom College in Virginia, where [...]
An Alliance for Life Ontario television campaign launched last fall was so successful the organization is planning on doing it again, only this time on a larger scale. The Alliance for Life (AFL) Campaign 2000 featured pro-life television advertisements broadcast on 19 TV stations penetrating all major Ontario markets, including CTV, Global and MuchMusic. The five-week campaign ran from October to December. [...]
The new liberalism cut itself off from universal principles and focused on choice itself Once upon a time, there was a parsimonious parson who, to save money, tried to brighten the exterior of his place of worship with watered down paint. After he finished his job and saw the paint cascading down the chapel walls, he called upon God for guidance. According [...]
Peaceful pro-life activist Merle Terlesky accused of uttering threats He used to be a militant pro-abortion activist, but Merle Terlesky, who switched to the pro-life side of the abortion conflict a few years ago, has now been arrested for protesting against abortion in Vancouver. The Kamloops Daily News reported that Mr. Terlesky was arrested and jailed Feb. 23 while attending a pro-life meeting. [...]
Candidate questionnaires help identify social conservatives and pro-lifers in new legislature On March 12, Premier Ralph Klein's Tories streamrolled the NDP and Liberal opposition taking 74 of 83 seats in the Alberta provincial election. While social issues were not a factor in the election pro-life and social conservative groups were involved in the campaign, and active informing voters about the candidates. Campaign [...]
Pro-lifer was outside 'bubble zone', but is charged with criminal harassment The police crackdown on any sort of pro-life activity near the Scott Clinic abortuary in downtown Toronto continues. Alex Vernon, a young Campaign Life Coalition office worker and volunteer sidewalk counsellor with the pro-life Aid to Women agency, was arrested by four plainclothes police officers on Feb. 27 while standing down [...]
NDP and Liberals compete for pro-abortion vote With media reports of an imminent provincial election in British Columbia - the government must call one by June - the NDP and Liberals are fighting over the pro-abortion vote, a tactic that has limited the options for the province's pro-life voters. The NDP is staking out ground as arguably the most pro-abortion government in [...]
They are articulate and young. They are educated and outspoken. They are a few of the young women of the pro-life movement in Canada. They represent different parts of Canada, and the pro-life movement, and have come to the cause in different ways. The three women profiled below spoke with The Interim about why they are pro-life, about their experiences as activists, and [...]
Prominent Montreal bioethicist opposes cloning, but aims for elusive balance on abortion The Ethical Canary: Science, Society and the Human Spirit by Margaret Somerville (Toronto: Viking, 2000). 344 pages, $33.99 CAD. Margaret Somerville, founding director of the Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law at McGill University, says in The Ethical Canary: Science, Society and the Human Spirit that it is time for the [...]