For nine years now, March 21 has been designated World Down Syndrome Day, as it signifies the triplication of the twenty-first chromosome. And October’s Down Syndrome Awareness Month will be the thirtieth since the event was recognized by former American president Ronald Reagan. Leticia Velasquez For pro-lifers, these occasions are tinged with sadness, especially given the new availability of non-invasive [...]
Lately, I've been contemplating the extremes pro-life advocates will go to in order to spread our message, and whether those actions are honourable. What about those who oppose our work? We are no strangers to outlandish claims and ad hominem attacks – we've been called “fanatics,” manipulative, and much worse. I hesitate to say anything truly “new” has been added to the list [...]
We had an appeal in the June Interim asking readers to support the paper by helping fund our summer intern program. Please consider giving and to give generously. Taylor Hyatt, who has been blogging here at Soconvivium in recent weeks, is one of the students working for us this summer. Your donation is an investment in not just pro-life journalism of The [...]
Jason Collins Last year, center Jason Collins was by, some basketball metrics, one of the worst players in the National Basketball Association. He was benched for 24 of the final 29 games of the season after the Washington Wizards acquired him. A free agent, he was not expected to find a new employer and would probably retire. Then he came [...]
Social Conservatives and Party Politics in Canada and the United States by James Farney (University of Toronto, $27.95, 168 pages, paperback). Pundits and political scientists like to ponder the differences between Canada and the United States, and one question is why does the American conservative movement have a vital socially conservative element (the Religious Right) while social conservatism has had minimal influence [...]
Douglas Karpen alleged to have twisted the heads off newborn babies Editor’s Note: This article contains graphic descriptions that may offend some readers. An investigation has been launched of a Texas late-term abortionist who reportedly twisted the heads off babies born alive. Douglas Karpen, who works at three Texas abortion facilities, is alleged to have also cut the spines and stabbed the [...]
An investigation by Jillian May Melchior for the National Review shows that the horrific and illegal practices within Kermit Gosnell’s Philadelphia abortion mill are not unique to his House of Horrors. The article focuses on three facilities in Miami, Hialeah, and Miramar located in Florida, operated by Frantz Bazile, Belkis Gonzalez, and Siomara Senises. The abortionists working at the trio’s facilities included [...]
A shortage of obstetrician-gynaecologists in Italy willing to provide abortions is making abortion advocates worried. Government figures indicate that the proportion of gynaecologists conscientiously objecting to providing abortion increased from 58.7 per cent in 2005 to over 70 per cent in 2007 and the rate has remained largely constant since then. The pro-abortion group Gynaecologists for the Application of Law 194/78 (LAIGA) [...]
While 25,000 pro-lifers took part in the National March for Life in Ottawa on May 9, thousands more stood up for life in regional marches across the country. In Victoria, B.C., an estimated 2,000 people, including many high school and university students, walked from Centennial Square to the British Columbia legislature. Like the National March for Life, the B.C. March highlighted the [...]
LeRoy Carhard compared a dead unborn baby to meat. Four new videos released by Live Action show that the killing of newborns is not as unusual an occurrence in American abortion mills as abortion advocates like to claim. In the undercover footage, a part of the organization’s new investigation, “Inhuman: Undercover in America’s Late-Term Abortion Industry,” the actress is assured [...]
Every year from late May through to August, The Interim hires two university students, to assist in the work we do. They become involved in various aspects of the paper from writing and researching stories to developing pro-life curriculum to production and archiving. This benefits both the paper and the students. The Interim has extra hands around to help complete the many [...]
The Supreme Court of Canada is hearing a case on prostitution. Last year we reported on the Ontario Court of Appeal decision overturning the Criminal Code prohibitions against prostitution. One of the arguments made for legalizing prostitution in Canada (and in other jurisdictions) is that it reduces illegal human trafficking. Erik Voeten of the Monkey Cage blog notes new research that debunks [...]
My morning at the abortion facility yesterday did not go as planned. For some reason, the staff did not come in. The centre was not open, but the Campaign Life Coalition team still decided to pray across the street. Seeing the empty staircase and closed doors made me wonder what would happen once we end the killing. What would we as pro-lifers [...]
On May 18 approximately 1,700 people gathered in Quebec City to protest the provincial government’s plan to legalize euthanasia. Plans for the Springtime March, coordinated by the Rassemblement québécois contre l’euthanasie (RQCE), were made after the government’s “Dying with Dignity” committee toured Quebec and sought the opinions of individuals and organizations on the issue. The Springtime March was the beginning of a [...]
When Jason Collins came out of the closet as the first homosexual athlete in a major North American team sport, he was widely praises as a “hero” and everyone was expected to join in celebrating the accomplishment of publicizing his sexuality. Collins was likened to Jackie Robinson, the Brooklyn Dodger who broke the colour barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947. What [...]