The Centre for Cultural Renewal has a brief commentary against "creating a right to death" that is worth reading. I want to highlight one part, entitled, "The State's Interest in Protecting Human Life": It is a well-recognized principle of Canadian law that human life should be protected and preserved. In Rodriguez, Sopinka J. rightly correlated this principle with the policy that the value of [...]
Marc A. Thiessen of the American Enterprise Institute writes in the Washington Post about the momentum for the pro-life side in the abortion debate: How did the pro-life position gain 18 percentage points in just 15 years? For one thing, scientific advances have allowed us to see inside the womb as never before. Once-experimental medical procedures, such as fetal surgery to repair [...]
There has been much debate about the impact of gambling on society and whether it has an overall positive or negative effect. Besides problem gambling, there are various societal problems – and benefits – that arise from the state monopoly over gambling. A significant societal problem caused by gambling is an increase in crime rates. It is generally difficult to track gambling-related [...]
Dynamic Women of Faith, an event held on International Women’s Day, attracted women from Toronto, Oakville, Brampton, Milton, Orangeville, Collingwood, Stouffville, Nottawa, Cambridge, Richmond Hill and Scarborough, among other areas. Women of all ages, united by their love of Christ, came together to be replenished and renewed in their journey of faith. Speakers addressed a variety of issues to help women deal [...]
Two reports – one by the Guttmacher Institute and other from the Heritage Foundation -- take differing views on the effects of abstinence and sex education on American teenagers. The report from the Guttmacher Institute, “U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions: National and State Trends and Trends by Race and Ethnicity,” which was released in January, presents the latest teenage pregnancy, birth, [...]
On March 20, Fr. Paul Marx, OSB, passed away at the age of 89, ending a four-decade career opposing abortion and contraception. Fr. Marx created the Human Life Center in 1971 – two years before Roe v. Wade – which a decade later became Human Life International. He traveled to all 50 states and more than 90 countries to proclaim the pro-life [...]
The Euthanasia Prevention Coaltion is urging Canadians to contact their MPs in advance of this Wednesday's vote on Bill C-384, Francine Lalonde's private member's bill that would legalize euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. The EPC has a detailed analysis of C-384 you should read to understand the problems with the bill. They also have sample letters to send to elected officials. A list of [...]
Yesterday I looked at Bill C-510, Rod Bruinooge's (C, Winnipeg South) private member's bill to outlaw coerced abortion and having talked to people on the political and legal end of things, the bill seems solidly written. Some anti-abortion bills -- and Bill C-510 is not about abortion itself but whether women should feel coerced into having one -- concede too much by acknowledging a "right" to abortion [...]
As legal gambling becomes widespread, dangerous addictions grow Gambling has become a widespread practice in Canadian life. It may be found in the form of state-managed lotteries, casinos and even charity raffles. Every province in Canada holds a near-monopoly over the gaming industry. Lotteries, horse racing, charitable gaming, casinos, slot machines, video lottery terminals and internet gambling are all somewhere in Canada, [...]
The Winnipeg Free Press reports on Rod Bruinooge's (C, Winnipeg South) private member's bill which would make it a crime to coerce a woman into having an abortion. Joyce Arthur, one of Canada's noisiest pro-aborts, predictably responds: News of the bill was not met with open arms from pro-choice advocates. Joyce Arthur, coordinator of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, called the proposed [...]
We'll have comment tomorrow on Rod Bruinooge (C, Winnipeg South) private member's bill that would amend the Criminal Code to make it illegal to coerce someone into having an abortion. It's sounds positive but it would be premature to praise the bill without seeing it. LifeSiteNews.com has a short story on the bill being introduced in the House of Commons today. The bill is [...]
Amidst all the hoopla over Helen Guergis resigning from caucus and cabinet, John Snobolen raises a good point: why do we even have a status of women ministry? He says in the Toronto Sun: “This government has proven through its actions, time and again, that women in Canada simply do not matter,” [NDP women's issues critic Irene] Mathyssen said. This is, of [...]
The National Post's Kelly McParland is correct to wonder about the outrage over sex-selection abortions, stating that if one doesn't have a problem with abortionhow does object to abortion to eliminate a child depending on whether it is male or female. As McParland says, "If a fetus isn't human, its sex becomes irrelevant." I agree with the premise of the argument but I want to state [...]
The Wall Street Journal has an article on Solicitor General Elena Kagan's position on same-sex "marriage" and how political opponents of her possible nomination to the Supreme Court could focus on such culture war issues (subscription required). Ed Whelan discusses the article in The Corner and makes the important point that "Kagan has taken actions in her SG capacity that operate to undermine Don’t Ask, [...]
From April 16 to 17, Sudbury, Ont. will once again host the annual REAL Life Film Festival, a pro-life and pro-family event. The theme of this year’s festival is “Life and justice.” Lina Madore, the festival project manager, told The Interim, it is “a Christian film festival promoting the true message about life and the family values of life.” About three to four [...]