Newsweek’s pro-abortion columnist, Anna Quindlen, recently wrote that pro-lifers have generally avoided the question of how women should be punished if they obtained the procedure when abortion was re-criminalized. The “news hook” for this column was a short documentary on the internet website YouTube where a man with a video camera asked a half-dozen American pro-life demonstrators what should be done with [...]
On a bid to divide and confuse the public on the issue of abortion, some pro-abortion zealots have taken to asking pro-lifers how much jail time they think a mother should serve for procuring an abortion for her child. In response, many pro-lifers have been tongue-tied and for good reason: the question is not amenable to any simple answer. The Criminal Code [...]
A sure sign that a Liberal victory in the recent Ontario election was never in serious doubt was the fact that the abortion issue was ignored during the campaign. In Canada, whenever a left-of-centre party is in trouble, the social issues that cannot be brought up because they are “settled” suddenly become the only issues. The “social peace” surrounding abortion-on-demand can be [...]
Williams promises baby bonus JOHN’S – As part of the Progressive Conservative re-election campaign, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams says if he is re-elected, he will provide a financial incentive for women to have more children in an effort to arrest the province’s sagging birthrate. In 2004, there were 4,488 births in the province, compared to 8,929 in 1983. Each year, [...]
“I’m not sure why your readers would want to read about me,” said the young priest. “I’m pro-life and pro-family, but I don’t lead any big movement. I’ve never written a best-selling book on the topic. I’m just a farm boy from the Ukraine who became a pastor of a small church.” Father Jaroslaw “Jerry” Lazoryk is well-known to Catholic pro-lifers in [...]
Mixed signals on U.S. funding of foreign abortion groups WASHINGTON – White House Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte announced that the Bush administration will deny funding to the United Nations Population Fund for the sixth year in a row, on the grounds that the program co-operates with forced abortion and sterilization in China. At the same time, the Senate voted 53-41 [...]
James Kennedy Evangelist D. James Kennedy has passed away at the age of 76. Kennedy founded one of the first mega-churches, the 10,000 member Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Fl., and was a founder of the Moral Majority. He was an opponent of abortion and pornography and a supporter of prayer in school. Mark Tooley, of the Institute [...]
Bella, the heart-warmingindependent film that took the 2006 Toronto Film Festival by storm, has now officially secured a major distributor for U.S. audiences. The Hollywood Reporterconfirms a July 26 scoop by LifeSiteNews.com that had reported Bellawould be released nationwide in U.S. theatres by Oct. 26 by a major distributor. Metanoia Films, the producer, finalized the contract with the distributor. Now, it is [...]
Being pro-life is far more than just being about the protection of the dignity and rights of the unborn child. It’s also about addressing the spiritual, emotional and psychological health of men and women in our culture. That was the message brought to Ontario earlier this year as Camille de Blasi Pauley, co-founder and president of the Healing the Culture organization, spoke [...]
A North America Union said by some to be in the making has the potential to pose great dangers to human life and the family, says the author of a new book on the possible merger of Canada, the United States and Mexico. “Almost certainly, there will be an attack on the family,” says Dr. Jerome Corsi. “They’re going to side with [...]
According to the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute in Brussels, the International Planned Parenthood Federation has issued a document entitled, “Why we need to talk about abortion.” It calls for the legalization of abortion in the European Union. While acknowledging that each member state has “ultimately responsibility” for abortion legislation, the IPPF-Europe urges the European Union Commission and the European Parliament [...]
LifeSiteNews.com reported receiving an official response from the Canadian Diabetes Association indicating the registered charity is in complete support of using human embryos in destructive research. The Canadian Diabetes Association states that its mission is to “promote the health of Canadians through diabetes research, education, service and advocacy.” The CDA distributes government funding to researchers. A reply to a query elicited an [...]
The pro-life club at Capilano College in British Columbia is seeing a ray of hope as the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal decides to take on a complaint filed in June. Minerva Macapagal, president of the club, filed the complaint after pro-life students were twice denied club status, once in March 2006 and again last December. The club in waiting is called Capilano [...]
Our correspondent turns the tables and sits in on a pro-abortion NOW meeting I didn’t relish the prospect of spending my evening sitting in on a National Organization of Women event, but I couldn’t help but be curious. A colleague of mine had chanced upon an announcement for the monthly meeting where feminist reporter Eleanor Bader would be speaking about her experience [...]
Women Alive will host tandem conferences in October. While Ontario’s Imagine Women’s Conference and Expo takes place at Toronto’s Crowne Plaza Hotel from Oct. 19-21, Alberta will host its conference Oct. 19-20 in Edmonton’s Mayfield Inn and Suites. “Imagine is designed to be a dynamic weekend experience for the spiritually hungry and those desiring to grow, be encouraged and inspired in their [...]