Rod Bruinooge wrote an opinion piece entitled, "Why I Am Pro-Life" that appeared in the Dec. 29 edition of the National Post. It ignited a mini-debate on talk radio and on the internet, but also forced the mainstream media to press Canada's political leaders for their reaction to the existence of a group of MPs who want to restrict and ban abortion. [...]
Last fall, Ottawa saw hundreds of pro-lifers of all denominations rise up and head to the streets to participate in the Canadian debut of the 40 Days for Life campaign. The campaign, developed by American pro-life activist David Bereit is a 40-day vigil of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion. Over 750 participants in the Ottawa region filled up 960 [...]
Editor's Note: On Nov. 19, 2008, former Liberal MP Tom Wappel addressed the Campaign Life Coalition Catholic clergy luncheon and during his talk, presented 13 recommendations to help the clergy and bishops become more effective in motivating Christians to fulfill their civic obligations on political issues. This is an excerpt of that talk. Here are my 13 suggestions - from 13 [...]
Before Tom Wappel retired from politics, choosing not to run for the federal Scarborough Southwest riding he has held since 1988, he had a conversation with Campaign Life Coalition national president Jim Hughes. The CLC leader suggested to Wappel that he join the pro-life lobby group in some capacity and they quickly agreed to a role that best suited the former lawyer: [...]
The jig may well be up for a "temporary" court injunction that has been unjustly squelching pro-life demonstrations and counselling outside some Toronto abortion sites for almost 15 years. On Jan. 12, longtime pro-life demonstrator Linda Gibbons walked out of a downtown Toronto courtroom a free woman for the second consecutive time after beating the rap for allegedly violating terms of the [...]
Canada When Rod Bruinooge (C-Winnipeg South) wrote a pro-life column in the National Post - see page 3 of this issue - declaring that he will fight to protect the unborn, David Sweet (Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale) and Mark Warawa (Langley), two Conservative MPs who signed the CLC questionnaire in 2006 indicating they were pro-life, said that with the current economic turmoil, now is not [...]