Angelica Vecchiato: The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 overturn of Roe v. Wade means that abortions in the United States are no longer (and never were) deemed a constitution right. In protest, the pro “choice” side has gone up in arms — and quite literally at that. As early as the Dobbs leak in May — when speculation surrounding the possibility of Roe’s [...]
The English phrase, a “deal with the devil,” usually refers to pragmatism pushed to the point of compromise or to an arrangement with unlovely characters, daunting costs, or likely downsides. Yet the idiom draws its resonant power from significant sources: deals with devils have been immortalized in literature by the likes of Christopher Marlowe and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in the image [...]
Interim Staff: The Gender Identity Development Service for Children and Adolescents (GIDS) at the Tavistock and Portman National Health Service trust (hospital) in north London was established in 1983, and on July 28, it announced it was winding down its services and closing its doors after charges that it overdiagnosed gender dysphoria (transgenderism) in kids and teens. GIDS is the only child- and adolescent-focused [...]
The infamous Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service for Children and Adolescents (GIDS) in London, England, is going to close its doors following two reports and a court judgement on how they scandalously did not collect any data regarding puberty blockers they prescribed to children and teens. GIDS does not have any data on the number of patients who were given puberty blockers, [...]
Paul Tuns: A CNN report on the May 23 mass shooting at a Uvalde, Texas elementary school began, “we may never know why a shooter gunned down 19 children and two teachers in a massacre Tuesday at Robb Elementary School …” Not specifically, no. Reasonable explanations often betray such evil acts. But it is not impossible to diagnose the moral muck from [...]
Paul Tuns: According to a number of reports released by Statistics Canada in early July based on the 2021 census, more Canadians are living alone and fewer couples who live together are getting married. More people are living alone than ever before, with 4.4 million people living on their own, representing 15 per cent of all adults 15 years or older in [...]
Interim writer, Rick McGinnis, Amusements The story Erich Schwartzel tells in Red Carpet: Hollywood, China and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy reaches a tipping point in early 2020, just after Disney hosts a gala Los Angeles premiere for its live action remake of their hit 1998 animated feature Mulan. The movie was supposed to be a triumphant affirmation of [...]
Interim Staff: The Athena Health Centre abortion mill in St. John’s, Newfoundland received a $1 million bailout from Andrew Furey’s Liberal provincial government after claiming it would close its doors if it did not get taxpayer funding for its operations, according to a report by Campaign Life Coalition. The privately owned abortuary, run out of a two-storey, red house on Lemarchant Road [...]
Angelica Vecchiato: Beginning on July 4, physician training and ultrasounds prior to prescribing Mifepristone were no longer required in Quebec. More than 300 pro-abortion doctors from across the province signed an open letter calling for these changes. The doctors condemned the requirements for the Mifepristone abortion pill as “unjustified” because, they argue, the barriers impede access and increase patient delays for chemically [...]
Angelica Vecchiato: According to a recent report from Statistics Canada entitled, “Violence against seniors and their perceptions of safety in Canada,” elder abuse is on the rise in Canada. Although estimates vary, violent victimization affects approximately one in eight seniors, especially those who are socially isolated, cognitively impaired, physically frail, living in institutionalized settings or dependent upon others for care. Although elder abuse [...]
Paul Tuns: On August 11, the Associated Press ran a 2300-word story, “’Disturbing:’ Experts troubled by Canada’s euthanasia laws,” which shone an international light on the country’s permissive euthanasia regime and how numerous families felt pressured to accept so-called Medical Assistance in Dying in lieu of proper medical care. Maria Cheng, the AP reporter, interviewed the families of Alan Nichols and Sean [...]
Paul Tuns: Health Canada released its “Third Annual Report on Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada (2021),” revealing that there were 10,064 euthanasia deaths, representing 3.3 per cent of all deaths in Canada and a 32 per cent increase over euthanasia deaths the previous year. The Health Canada report is based on data submitted by medical and nurse practitioners who carried out [...]
Paul Tuns, Review - Give Speech a Chance: Heretical Essays...On What You Can’t Say Or Even Think by Harley Price (FGF Books, $31.25, 325 pages) I should admit some biases when it comes to reviewing Harley Price’s Give Speech a Chance: he is a friend and occasional Interim contributor, I blurbed for his book, the author thanks me in his acknowledgements, and [...]
Paul Tuns: Jason Kenney announced in May he would resign as leader of the United Conservative Party of Alberta, forcing a leadership election to replace him and choose a new premier ahead of next year’s provincial election. Kenney had won 51.4 per cent in a leadership review but immediately announced he would vacate the leadership once the party chose a new leader; [...]
Paul Tuns: In early July, People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier criticized the fact Canada permitted late-term abortion and said political parties should not be afraid of an honest debate about abortion, charging the Conservatives with running away from the issue. In a newsletter to party supporters, Bernier, a former Conservative MP and cabinet minister who split from the party after [...]