The Safer Sex Illusion by Dr. John B. Shea, M.B.B.Ch (Life Ethics Information Centre, $3, 52 pages). In The Safer Sex Illusion, the latest offering from the Life Ethics Information Centre, Dr. John Shea clearly points out the illusion that any kind of contraception is safe and without consequence. In fact, Shea points out that the so called safe-sex campaign has been [...]
On the Unseriousness of Human Affairs: Teaching, Writing, Playing, Believing, Lecturing, Philosophizing, Singing, Dancing by James V. Schall (ISI Books, US $24.95, 189 pages) Most Interim readers are probably familiar with this old saying, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." There is a great deal of truth in this statement. If a person spent every waking moment of [...]
Abortionists want mandated referrals SAINT JOHN — Pro-abortionists in New Brunswick are accusing the Saint John medical community of denying women access to abortion and birth control. The bulletin of the New Brunswick College of Physicians and Surgeons says the body is seeking input from members on whether doctors should be mandated to refer patients to other doctors. Peter Ryan of Campaign [...]
On March 20, literally hours before going to press, Stephen Harper, the former MP and president of the National Citizens Coalition, won a decisive first-round victory in the Canadian Alliance leadership race. In the first days of the campaign, Harper began to reach out to social conservatives on a number of fronts: he supported parental rights in discipline, wanted democratic reforms to [...]
The announcement that the Canadian Institutes for Health Research will fund embryonic stem cell research is bad enough, because such experimentation depends upon the destruction of tiny human beings at their earliest stage of development. There can be no forgetting this abomination. But the problem is made worse when an agency of the federal government, run by unelected bureaucrats, makes laws on [...]
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 [...]