One of the strange arguments pro-euthanasia advocates employ is to note that we don't let dogs suffer so likewise we should put grandma out of her misery by killing her. The denial of human exceptionalism (to use Wesley Smith's term) is baffling or revealing, but considering that we don't take people to veterinarians to be treated, perhaps that means they deserve different [...]
A Bloc Quebecois MP’s Private Members’ Bill, C-384, on the right to die with dignity, is frighteningly naïve, and should not be supported. The proposed legislation would amend the Criminal Code to allow a medical practitio-ner to aid a person who is experiencing severe physical or mental pain, or is suffering from a terminal illness, to die with dignity once the person [...]
Politico reports: Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) wants to see abortion language as restrictive as the Stupak amendment in the health care reform bill, his spokesman told POLITICO Monday. “Senator Nelson is strongly prolife and was pleased the Stupak amendment passed with such strong support," Thompson said in a statement. "He believes that no federal money—including subsidies or tax credits--should be used to [...]
The Calgary Herald reports that new Wildrose Alliance leader Danielle Smith told a audience of Alberta business people that her party will focus on economic issues -- "those issues that the majority of Albertans care about" -- rather than "the divisive issues that tear us apart," such as abortion and gay rights, which "are not ones that are going to be on our election [...]
It has taken a while but The Interim has redesigned and updated its website (viewyourenvoymediasite.ca ). It will be updated weekly with material from the latest issue of the newspaper with news stories being rolled out at the beginning of the month, followed by editorials, features, reviews and columns. Some articles will be pre-released on the website if the news is time [...]
Ann Friedman writes at Feministing (there is a non-swearing version at The American Prospect : On some level, I don't care about the nitty-gritty details of this amendment. This isn't just about how the money is allocated or what workarounds exist. This has me so incredibly infuriated because it further segregates abortion as something different, off the menu of regular health care. It [...]
Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of the Diocese of Providence and Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D, RI) have postponed a scheduled face-to-face meeting after the prelate stepped up the pressure on the congressman over his rejection of church teaching on abortion. Bishop Tobin's open letter to Rep. Kennedy can be read at the diocese's website and the story is covered by the Providence Journal. Bishop Tobin [...]
New on the website are articles on the parliamentary debate on euthanasia, the legal challenge to Canada's prostitution laws, the pro-life reaction to an Allan Guttmacher Institute report on abortion around the globe, and a report from the National Campus Life Network symposium in September. There is also our November editorial remembering pro-lifers who have passed away. Remember, we are going to [...]
Josh Kolic is the vice president finance for the Lakehead University Student Union, which recently decertified the Lakehead University Life Support pro-life club and last week he had this to say about the decision. In a great victory for human rights on this campus, Life Support was denied club status in our first board meeting this year... So it is a victory [...]
From the ABC News report on President Barack Obama's interview with Jake Tapper: In an exclusive television interview in the Map Room of the White House, Obama told ABC News' Jake Tapper that he was confident that the final legislation will ensure that "neither side feels that it's being betrayed." "I want to make sure that the provision that emerges meets that test -- [...]
Derek Miedema of the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada has the "Top 5 myths about euthanasia and assisted suicide." Katherine Bradley and Chuck Donovan of the Heritage Foundation look at "12 Policies that Undermine Civil Society" which are supported by Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress. Dr. Miriam Grossman questions the sexual health advice that Planned Parenthood is giving teenagers. Stand [...]
In a typically hysterical post by David Frum, the former George W. Bush speechwriter notes that many women won't be able to have their abortions paid for through private insurance under Obamacare because of an amendment passed on Saturday before the final vote on H.R. 3962. That is debatable -- just as it is still an open question whether the funding restriction will survive the final [...]
The National Right to Life Committee's press release on the passage of H.R. 3962: The House adopted the NRLC-backed Stupak-Pitts Amendment, 240-194. The Stupak-Pitts Amendment removed two major pro-abortion components from H.R. 3962. Specifically: (1) the amendment would permanently prohibit the new federal government insurance program, the "public option," from paying for abortion, except to save the life of the mother, or [...]
“Jon and Kate plus Eight.” “Kate plus Eight.” “Jon and the Other Kate.” If there was ever a time we wanted to shield our eyes from supermarket tabloids, this must be it. Yet, while their story is topping the pop culture charts, it seems fitting to look more closely at it in order to acknowledge not only the emotional wreckage involved, but [...]
The Globe and Mail today reports that falling birth rates are responsible for smaller class sizes and the impending closing of some schools. The paper reports: There are 172 elementary and secondary schools across the province slated or recommended to close over the next three years and another 163 are under review, according to data compiled by People for Education. The Globe [...]