Pro-life blogging tips
Jill Stanek has ten tips for pro-life bloggers. All very good. Especially useful for campus pro-life groups.
Maybe we need a rainbow Maple Leaf
Stephen Taylor notes that Liberal MP Hedy Fry 1) called the Canadian ambassador to Poland the "Polish ambassador" and 2) elevated refusing to fly the rainbow flag abroad to an affront to the Charter of Rights. From Fry's letter to Ambassador Daniel Costello and Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon: The refusal of the Canadian Embassy in Poland to fly the rainbow flag [...]
An endangered species: pro-life Democrats
The Weekly Standard has an article this week on that most endangered of species, the pro-life Democrat. John McCormack goes over familiar territory: Al Gore, Jesse Jackson, Dick Gephardt, and numerous other Democrats were pro-life until they ran for the party's presidential nomination; more recently, Bart Stupak and a bunch of his ostensibly pro-life colleagues voted for Obamacare once it came with a dubious gimmick -- an [...]
G20 & Linda Gibbons
In the wake of the G20 summit and the police reaction, Rod Breakenridge writes in the Calgary Herald how conservatives, who usually are skeptical of state power, are very often supporters of the police. (See, for example, Michael Taube's column in the Toronto Star today.) It certainly is curious. Breakenridge notes that all too often the possibility of violence or the use [...]
The Pill@50
Our July cover story on 50 years of The Pill (in the US, just over 40 in Canada) is now online. Our lead editorial on The Pill as false liberator is also available. An excerpt: So, instead of fulfilling the promise of temporary infertility, that could be turned on and off like a switch, the pill has made infertility the default option [...]
Enslaved by liberation
This year we acknowledge an unfortunate anniversary: the infamous birth control pill – which itself has been responsible for preventing so many births – turns fifty. It was in 1960 that the Food and Drug Administration first approved the contraceptive pill for use in the United States. Nine years later, with the passing of Pierre Trudeau’s infamous Omnibus bill that also legalized [...]
Faith and Freedom Alliance provides free training to lawyers
On June 3-5, the Faith and Freedom Alliance Conference was held in Toronto, during which they educated the public about the threats to religious liberty and trained lawyers to fight back to protect certain freedoms from assault in the public square. J. Scott Kennedy, chair of the Alliance, opened the conference reminding participants that the freedoms of religion, conscience, and expression “are [...]
Youth walk across Canada for life
At least a dozen Canadian youth have been scheduled to take part in at least a portion of the Crossroads walk from Vancouver to Ottawa, the third time since 2007 the pro-life youth group has provided the travelling pro-life witness in Canada. Crossroads was founded in 1994 by Steve Sanborn, a student at Franciscan University of Steubenville, as a response [...]
Religious beliefs about the pill
The 20th century saw a great change in Christian attitudes towards contraception, which previously had been almost universally condemned. As it stands today, the majority of Christian denominations accept birth control to some degree, in one form or another. The Church of England provides a good example of how quickly the change in teaching sometimes occurs. At the Lambeth Conference in 1908, [...]
Side effects of The Pill
PDF of Side effects of The Pill Head/Brain Cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding into the cranial cavity) Cerebral thrombosis (blood clot that drains blood from the brain) Melasma, which may persist (skin discoloration) Migraine Headache Dizziness Loss of scalp hair Acne Eyes Retinal thrombosis Change in corneal curvature Intolerance to contact lenses Cataracts Heart/Blood Thrombophlebitis (blood clots in the veins) Hypertension Mesenteric thrombosis (blood [...]
Detrimental health effects of the pill
In 1969, journalist and women’s health activist Barbara Seaman published a book detailing the horror stories of women experiencing terrible side effects from the contraceptive pill, including blood clots, heart attacks, strokes, depression, suicide, obesity and loss of libido. After U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson read the book, he joined forces with Seaman to instigate a series of Senate hearings on the issue. [...]
The Pill at 50
The so-called liberator of women has actually hurt them History The 1892 Criminal Code of Canada outlawed birth control, declaring it obscene and “tending to corrupt morals.” It also, however, left a clause that permitted the distribution of birth control if it was for the “public good.” The American Congress had already banned birth control information in 1873, citing the same reason. [...]