LifeSite News Justice Louise Lemelin of the Quebec Superior Court struck down the federal marriage law Sept. 6, ruling the exclusion of homosexual partners from marriage is "unconstitutional." Earlier this year, Quebec agreed to recognize same-sex "civil unions." Justice Lemelin opined that it would be simple for the government to change the law by replacing the words "between a man and a [...]
A Toronto-area woman is putting into effect a different kind of pro-life work - assisting poor children in Pakistan through the foundation of a home and school. Josephine Lal-Din started Fatima House in Sialkot, north Pakistan in 1983. Initially serving 45 children, the facility has grown to the point where it now assists 562 children, and plans are in place to establish [...]
Clayton Lee, proprietor of St. Bernard Books, always has a smile on his face when he sees me approach one of his displays at various pro-life conferences and strategy meetings. (If you can't make it to these events, check out his website at stbernardbooks.com.) Clayton smiles because he knows I'm a sucker for good books and he invariably makes a sale. In [...]
Anything but sticking up for traditional marriage is on the table Courts in Ontario and Quebec have recently ruled that the exclusive man-woman definition of marriage discriminates against homosexuals. Homosexual activists brought suits in three provinces, each arguing a different aspect of constitutional law on the subject. Prior to the Ontario and Quebec rulings, a court in British Columbia upheld marriage as [...]
Interim Staff In a stunning development as this issue of The Interim went to press, it was learned that the accused killer of Buffalo, N.Y. abortionist Barnett Slepian confessed to the crime in an interview with the Buffalo News newspaper. James Kopp said he didn't intend to kill Slepian, and "was horrified" when he learned through the media later that the abortionist [...]
In a statement that marked one of the defining moments of the Liberals' 2000 campaign against the Canadian Alliance, Prime Minister Jean Chretien said the country is enjoying "social peace" on the abortion issue. Holding forth from a similar pro-choice podium, Health Minister Anne McLellan threatened last month to withhold transfer payments to New Brunswick unless the province funded abortions performed in [...]
LifeSite News Halifax Daily News reports that Susan Wedlake, registrar of the Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists made it known that the College is seeking legal approval for pharmacists to dispense the abortifacient morning-after pill directly without a physician's prescription. However, in an encouraging sign, conscientious pharmacists and Catholic church leaders in the province are in vocal opposition to the move. Noel [...]
UNICEF, which supports pro-abortion and other anti-life projects, has once again tried to shoehorn its way into the Toronto Catholic District school board, Canada's largest Catholic school board. In UNICEF'S corner is Catholics for a Free Choice, a minuscule but well-financed organization funded by the Packard Foundation and others to the tune of $600,000. On a vote of five to three at [...]
Peter Ryan and Henry Morgentaler were sitting in the "counselling room" of Morgentaler's Frederiction, N.B. abortuary, when Ryan pulled out from his pocket a plastic model of a 12-week-old pre-born child. "So you're saying that at this stage, it would not be a baby?" said Ryan to Canada's most prominent abortionist. "Oh no, that there looks like a baby," Morgentaler replied. Surprised [...]
see also: The good news for life issues U.S. elections marked by stunning results One week after the Republican mid-term victories, Peter White, a former principal secretary to Brian Mulroney, wrote in the Globe and Mail that there are lessons for Canada's Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance parties in the success of conservatives south of the border. He argued that the strategy [...]
see also: U.S. elections marked by stunning results Lessons for Canada? In Michigan, while Canadian-born Jennifer Granholm, a pro-abortion Democrat, won the gubernatorial race, the Right to Life of Michigan Political Action Committee claimed victory. Of the 275 candidates endorsed by the RLM-PAC, a whopping 232 were elected (an 84.4 per cent success rate), with the Michigan state house, state senate and [...]
Editor's note: At the Creating a Culture of Life: An International Forum banquet, MP Garry Breitkreuz (CA, Yorkton-Melville) was honoured by Campaign Life Coalition with its prestigious Joseph P. Borowski award. Given annually to a politician who has made a strong stand for life, the award is named after the late Manitoba NDP cabinet minister who took his battle against abortion all [...]
A press conference organized for the Creating a Culture of Life conference in Toronto with Polish and Dutch leaders was completely ignored by all major media outlets in the Toronto region. Media were informed about the event that featured Dr. Jack Willke, president of the International Right to Life Federation, Dr. Bert Dorenbos, president Cry for Life (a national pro-life group in [...]
Fr. Ted Colleton reports from Creating a Culture of Life: An International Forum Paul Tuns, the editor of The Interim, has kindly requested me to write an article on the recent pro-life conference. While I feel very grateful, I am also fully aware that I lack the expertise to do full credit to this really wonderful occasion. I have attended many conventions [...]
Interim Staff Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, editor of the magazine First Things, was the banquet speaker and held the attention of the nearly 500-strong audience for an hour, leaving them hungry for more. More importantly, his uplifting and hopeful speech motivated veteran and recent activists alike to be a voice for the unborn, the sick, the elderly and the disabled. Fr. Neuhaus, [...]