In mid-May, Fredericton’s Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital unexpectedly announced it no longer has the necessary staff or resources to commit abortions. This announcement galvanized abortion supporters - Henry Morgentaler, for example, renewed his call for the New Brunswick government to pay for abortions at his site. Rosella Melanson, executive director of the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women insisted [...]
A Toronto pro-life group is launching a billboard campaign to speak directly to women who regret their abortions. In an effort to bring about greater awareness of the abortion issue and its terrible consequences on women, their children and their families, the Right to Life Association of Toronto is launching a public campaign this summer in which 16 large billboards will be [...]
The recent, disturbing news uncovered by Western Standard magazine that sex selection abortions are taking place in Canada is quite simply the inevitable result of the abortion-on-demand ideology that has taken hold in this country, thanks in large part to the agitation of feminist zealots in co-operation with certain other influential and powerful elements that have a grip on key power points [...]
Three and a half years ago, same-sex “marriage” was not an issue. Marriage was understood to be the union of one man and one woman and the possibility of its redefinition was not even on the political radar screen. When marriage became an issue in 2003 (that is, when three Ontario judges decided to strike down what may be the oldest legal [...]
Canada The Conservatives are pushing for passage of a bill that would raise the age of consent from 14 to 16 although Justice Minister Vic Toews has attempted to dull criticism that the Tories would criminalize “puppy love” with a close-in-age exemption. The exemption applies to 14-16 year olds who have intercourse with another who is no more than five years older. [...]
Co-motherhood recognized TORONTO – The Ontario Supreme Court recently changed it’s definition of biological parenthood to allow lesbian “couples” with children as a result of artificial insemination to be registered as “parents.” This move was made in reaction to a previous system, which apparently targeted and ostracized this kind of parenthood in the eyes of society. Since this ruling, the live birth [...]