Canada's pro-life community remains unimpressed by news that the overall abortion rate dropped slightly between 1999 and 2000. A March 28, 2003 report from Statistics Canada indicated that Canadian women obtained 105,427 abortions in the year 2000, down some 0.2 per cent from the previous year. The number of abortions committed in 1999 was 105,666, while the 1998 figure stood at 110,331. [...]
Two well-known sayings suggest that "justice is blind" and "the law is an ass." After a recent court case in Toronto, pro-lifers might tend to agree on both counts. A woman who pepper sprayed a crisis pregnancy counsellor as he was assisting a pregnant client at a St. Michael's Hospital clinic last summer was convicted of assault March 24, but was then [...]
The administration at a Sarnia college forced the cancellation of a speaking engagement by noted pro-life speaker Rebecca Kiessling, a move strongly criticized by some staff and faculty. Organizers of the Kiessling talk told The Interim they were dismayed by Lambton College administration's actions. Kiessling, an American lawyer and mother, was scheduled to provide a testimony about her personal experience - her [...]
The struggle between the pro-life and the pro-abortion sides in the battle over Bill C-13 has come to resemble a fencing match between two desperate opponents. Each side scrutinizes the moves and countermoves of the other, and each side tries to give away as little ground as possible. The bill is supposed to be about regulating assisted human reproduction. It seems ironic [...]
One of the more gratifying aspects of social action by people of conscience is to see the many success stories that result from such efforts. In this installment of The Interim's occasional corporate watch feature, we'll take a look at some of these positive accounts, as well as continuing areas of concern. Credit card company VISA drew kudos recently after it took steps [...]
Rose: Fred Rogers was a Presbyterian minister and reluctant television icon of The Mister Roger's Neighbourhood who provided wholesome programming for children for 32 years. Mr. Rogers died March 2 at the age of 74 Rose: The current and former baseball players, managers and executives, for lending their support to the American Life League's efforts to build a pro-life campus. (See story, [...]
It is not often that a lowly Interim columnist gets invited to the swearing-in of a new Canadian Supreme Court Justice at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. Prime Minister Jean Crouton and Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson were there, along with a large number of tuxedo-clad middle aged men. I was ill-prepared for the arrival of the new Supreme Court appointee, Madam Lucille Edwards. She [...]
I am writing this column on the day before Ash Wednesday - a little late I'm afraid. But I would like to remind myself and others of the importance of this very special time in the Church Year. The word "Lent" comes, I believe, from an old English word, "Lengehtning" which refers to the lengthening of the day-light hours of Spring-time in [...]
Mr. & Mrs. R.M. Abernethy Mary Acommando Denis Adams Evangeline Adams Evelyn Aitchison Helen Albertson Fr. Carl T. Albury Mrs. Isobel A. Allen Gordon Anderson Sister Mary Andre Marguerite Anglin Frank & Mary Arrigo Dialina São Jose Furtado Arruda Herni Arsenault Mary & Alfred Ashfield Raymond Atance Josephine Attard André Audette Carmelo Azzopardi Evelyn Azzopardi Adrienne Bachand Henri Bachand Antoinette & Gus [...]
Kopp guilty of murder Pro-life honoured for UN work Philipines proposes IUD ban Pro-life 'disturbance' gets hearing Kopp guilty of murder Buffalo, NY - James Kopp was found guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of abortionist Barnett Slepian. Kopp, who is a suspect in several non-fatal shootings of abortionists in Canada, said through his lawyer that he intended only to [...]
A Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America by Ian Dowbiggin (Oxford University Press, 272 Pages) In A Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement in America, Dowbiggin examines the Euthanasia movement by gaining access to the files of the Euthanasia Society of America, the first Euthanasia group in the U.S. By examining the files, the meeting minutes, and the records of the [...]
Dr. Ken Walker, using the pen name Dr. W. Gifford-Jones, is a syndicated Canadian columnist published throughout the country. "Gifford-Jones," who promotes himself as a medical expert, provides advice in his columns for many issues, those dealing with end of life. He has written columns supporting, among other things, the actions of Robert Latimer, euthanasia and assisted suicide, eugenic sterilization and "the [...]
Exciting research being carried out at the Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown may have implications of interest to the pro-life community. We know that what can be done for animals, can often be done for humans. We have certainly seen that when scientists forget humans are not merely animals, the consequences can be horrendous. In this case, though, it's a positive development. [...]
Back in 1997, pro-life activist Cynthia Chauncey wrote a letter to the editor about Dolly, the world's first un-fathered sheep. "What is Dolly's real age?" she asked. "Does she start at zero like other newborns? Or is she the same age as her mother? More importantly, will they get the symptoms and ailments of old age at the same time? After all, [...]
There wasn't just cloning around happening when the Toronto chapter of the Raelian movement held a lecture on "Human Cloning: A Giant Step Forward for Humankind" in the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education building at the University of Toronto Feb. 26. The movement, considered a cult by most, gained notoriety recently when it claimed to have produced five cloned babies through [...]