Monthly Archives: April 2004

'Quiet Counter-Revolution' stirs in a small Quebec town

LifeSite NewsQuebec pro-lifers have for years warned that the French-speaking population of that province is in danger of contracepting and aborting itself into oblivion. Since the so-called "Quiet Revolution" of the 1960s, which saw a catastrophic collapse of the overwhelmingly Catholic culture of Quebec, abortion rates have soared along with non-Francophone immigration. Demographers fear that the French-Canadian culture is becoming extinct along [...]

admin2015-05-22T09:49:11-04:00April 6, 2004|Abortion, Pro-Life|

Three Canadian Politicians – In, Out and Retired

In Uncertainty reigned during heavy voting at the packed Oasis Convention Centre in Mississauga on March 11. Every parking spot for blocks around the centre was taken as a mass of over 1,800 voters flowed in and out of the building. At stake was the Liberal nomination for the riding of Mississauga South and the future political career of thrice-elected, pro-life, pro-family [...]

admin2010-08-06T08:11:49-04:00April 6, 2004|Politics|

Abortion riskier than childbirth

LifeSite NewsA study of pregnancy-associated deaths, published in the latest issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, has found that the mortality rate associated with abortion is 2.95 times higher than that associated with pregnancies carried to term. The study included the entire population of women 15 to 49 years of age in Finland between 1987 and 2000. The researchers [...]

admin2010-08-06T08:09:39-04:00April 6, 2004|Abortion, Post-abortion and Health Care|

Two women die after abortions

Interim StaffReports from the United States and Sweden recently surfaced that illustrate the lethal consequences of the abortion culture for women who have induced and chemical abortions. It has been revealed by Fox News that in suburban Detroit, a 15-year-old girl died Jan. 8 as a result of a second-trimester abortion. Dr. Leigh Hlavaty performed an autopsy on 15-year-old Tamia Russell the [...]

admin2010-08-06T08:08:51-04:00April 6, 2004|Abortion, Post-abortion and Health Care|

A new name for Planned Parenthood – but nothing changes

Campaign Life Coalition British Columbia president John Hof placed the file on the desk at the B.C. Corporate Registry office in Victoria. Checking the financial status reports of various pro-abortion organizations has become an annual trek for pro-lifers, much as it is for those in the abortion industry who check out pro-life groups. But Hof never guessed he would come across so [...]

admin2010-08-06T08:08:00-04:00April 6, 2004|Abortion, Planned Parenthood, Pro-Life|

President Bush endorses constitutional protection of marriage

After weeks of lawlessness by municipal officials in granting illegal marriage licences, U.S. President George W. Bush announced on Feb. 24 that he will seek to amend the U.S. Constitution to enshrine the traditional definition of marriage in the highest law of the land, making it impervious to judicial challenges and the actions of individual states. The proposed 28th amendment would require [...]

admin2010-08-06T08:06:18-04:00April 6, 2004|Marriage and Family, Politics|

Evangelicals, Catholics seek protection against gay ‘marriage’

The InterimIt's every priest's nightmare: a gay couple enters a church and asks the priest to perform a marriage ceremony. "I was raised Catholic," says one of the would-be grooms, "and I want a Catholic wedding." The priest refuses on the grounds that Catholic doctrine precludes marriage between two individuals of the same sex, yet the gentlemen are not satisfied with the [...]

admin2010-08-06T08:04:33-04:00April 6, 2004|Marriage and Family, Religion|

Pro-family groups score UN victories

By Samantha Singson The InterimAs the gavel came down and ended the annual two-week Commission on the Status of Women meeting, pro-life and pro-family advocates were able to smile and breathe a sigh of relief. Things seemed bleak at the beginning of negotiations, when the UN released a draft document that was filled with language that might be used to promote a [...]

admin2010-08-06T08:02:45-04:00April 6, 2004|Pro-Life|

Feminist group in financial trouble

By Eli Schuster The InterimCanada's most prominent pro-abortion, radical feminist lobby group, the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC), is in serious financial trouble and may be forced out of business. In March, the National Post reported the group has been so burdened by debt over the last two years that it "has been effectively closed" as it struggles [...]

admin2010-08-06T08:01:25-04:00April 6, 2004|Abortion, Motherhood|

EPC head offers primer on the issues

Interim StaffEuthanasia Prevention Coalition executive director Alex Schadenberg got the sanctity of life message out beyond the typical pro-life crowds when he spoke to the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA) on Feb. 19, 2004. SACPA is an organization connected to the University of Lethbridge that explores public policy issues. During his excursion to Alberta, Schadenberg also spoke with two pro-life [...]

admin2010-08-06T07:58:53-04:00April 6, 2004|Euthanasia|

ECP wins court battle for patients’ rights

By Alex Schadenberg The InterimIn the February Interim, it was reported that the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition's (EPC) legal counsel, Hugh Scher, obtained intervenor status in the case of an 81-year-old woman, Mrs. Holland, who was to be denied life-sustaining medical care against her previously expressed wishes. The trial was heard by Justice Cullity, Jan. 20-23, in Toronto.The trial was originally scheduled for [...]

admin2010-08-06T07:57:30-04:00April 6, 2004|Euthanasia|

What is GAP?

The Genocide Awareness Project is the brainchild of Gregg Cunningham, the executive director and founder of the Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform (CBR). CBR was founded in 1990 as a non-profit educational corporation, operating on the principle that abortion represents an evil so inexpressible that words cannot be effective to describe its horror. "Until abortion is seen, it will never be understood," Cunningham [...]

admin2010-08-06T07:55:43-04:00April 6, 2004|Activism, Pro-Life|

‘Heaven help us’ Canada allows human cloning, embryonic stem cell research

By Paul Tuns The InterimOn March 11, the Senate approved Bill C-6, An Act Respecting Assisted Human Reproduction and Related Research (formerly C-13). The media dutifully did the government's bidding by erroneously reporting that the government's reproductive and experimental technologies bill bans human cloning and regulates embryonic stem cell research. Such claims have proven to be untrue. As an analysis by Campaign [...]

admin2010-08-06T07:55:03-04:00April 6, 2004|Bioethics|

Kids and The Passion

My Darling Patrick: As you know, before your dad and I allow you to watch any movie that is rated higher than a PG, we sit and talk alone or with you about the content, appropriateness, etc. of the movie. There are many times when we decide that a movie is not appropriate based on the violence, sexual content or profanity. There [...]

admin2010-08-06T07:54:04-04:00April 6, 2004|Movie Review, Religion|

The Passion may be a lot of things, but it’s not anti-Semitic

By Michael Taube The InterimAs I headed to a matinee performance of The Passion of the Christ, some thoughts rolled into my head. Would I enjoy the film? Would my staunch defence of this film be justified? Would I be the only Jew in the audience watching the film? The answers to these questions were: yes, yes, and (I think) yes. Upon [...]

admin2010-08-06T07:53:21-04:00April 6, 2004|Movie Review, Religion|

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