One of the most important aspects of federal political activity being watched by pro lifers is Roy Romanow's health care commission. Romanow has presented his interim report and announced the beginning of cross-country public consultations. This commission, launched to address the growing crisis in health care, is an excellent opportunity to raise the abortion funding issue. Provincial governments are de-listing previously funded [...]
The Court of Appeal of Ontario has upheld Section 43 of the Criminal Code, which allows parents and teachers to use reasonable force to correct and discipline children in their charge. "No country in the world has criminalized all forms of physical punishment of children by parents, which is what accepting the appellant's position would entail," the court ruled unanimously. And in [...]
I like Stockwell Day. Yes, I mean it. I really do like Stockwell Day. I'm not saying I would vote for him, because no single party represents me and I'll make up my mind and my vote at a later date. But Day himself I like. Can't help it. He's a nice guy. He has appeared on my television program three times [...]
I knew the pro-choicers were in trouble when I got a phone call recently from Dr. Morgentaler. "Is that you, Idiothead?" he asked. "Morgy! My old friend, Morgy." "Skip the pleasantries," he said. "I'm calling you because I'm desperate for some answers." "Shoot." "Please don't use that expression." "Sorry. Go ahead." "What is this with all the candidates for the Alliance leadership [...]
LifeSite News Famed Canadian singer Celine Dion has revealed that she is intending to implant the frozen embryo she had created through in-vitro fertilization. In an announcement on ABC's 20/20, Dion revealed that she is returning to the stage next year, performing five nights a week for three years at Caesar's Palace hotel in Las Vegas for a reported $100 million. After [...]
A recent episode of the CBS prime-time legal drama Family Law explored the controversial subject of stem cells. Titled "Arlene's Choice," the program's lawyers represent a mother five months pregnant who wants to induce delivery early. She wants to obtain stem cells from her newborn to save the life of her eight-year-old son, who is dying of aplastic anemia. However, the baby [...]
LifeSite News In the Feb. 4 issue of Report magazine, "Brave New World" columnist Celeste McGovern writes of a gruesome method of blood doping used by some female athletes to boost athletic performance. Since enhancing drugs and even regular blood doping can be identified by regulators, the pregnancy-abortion scheme, while officially banned, is virtually impossible to stop. Mona Passignano, director of research [...]
The National Campus Life Network held its sixth annual national symposium Jan 14-17 at St. Augustine's seminary in Toronto. The event brought together about 50 young people who were pro-life leaders on their respective campuses, with the aim of giving these students a forum to share their experiences in campus pro-life organizing, and to benefit from the expertise of other pro-life leaders. [...]
When pro-life people hear of crisis calls we often think of a pregnant teenage girl who is in need of help or counselling. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition receives a different type of crisis call. Lately we have been regularly receiving calls from family members and friends of people who are either in long term care or who have recently died. These calls [...]
In Nova Scotia, Henry Morgentaler is trying again to get the government to pay facility fees of $425 per procedure at his abortion franchise on McCully Street in Halifax. The provincial practice is to pay only the doctor's fee. At less than $140 each, Nova Scotia's total payout for the 134 abortions performed in 1999 was about $18,500. The remainder of Morgentaler's [...]
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell told an international audience on MTV that people should "forget about conservative ideas with respect to what you should tell young people about" sex-related issues. He said the failure to discuss condoms puts the "lives of young people" at risk. "I not only support their use, I encourage their use among people who are sexually active [...]
On the front cover of the February Catholic World Report is a photograph of a man's face with the question in large red letters above it: "Is he being framed?" Below the question is an explanation: "America's most energetic pro-life activists see the legal system tilted against them, and worry that the FBI has found a scapegoat for an abortionist's murder." Phillip [...]
The biblical adage, "spare the rod, spoil the child" is still permissible advice for parents in Ontario – for now. In a 3-0 ruling in mid-January, the Ontario Court of Appeal decided that parents, guardians, and teachers can use reasonable force to correct a child's behaviour, and not be charged with physical assault. Writing for his two colleagues, Mr. Justice David McCombs [...]
The Bush administration again impressed the U.S. pro-life, Christian and conservative communities with the news that unborn children are to become eligible for government health care under the State Children's Health Insurance program. The announcement was made by Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson, who highlighted the importance of health care in a human being's first months of life. "Prenatal services [...]
LifeSite News In an initial report on Estonia by the United Nations Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women, one of the 23 UN "experts" said, "Abortions in many cases were hazardous to women's health." In responding to Estonia's report on its compliance with the UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, the expert (unnamed in the UN report) noted [...]