Paul Tuns: On Oct. 24, the New Democratic Party announced that it would use its next scheduled opposition day – a day scheduled to let an opposition party set the business for the day, including moving motions – to call for increased abortion access. In announcing the motion, the party released a statement titled, “NDP fights back anti-choice movement, pledges to expand [...]
Paul Tuns: Photo: Théovox Actualités/YouTube Campagne Québec-Vie (CQV), the Quebec affiliate of Campaign Life Coalition, is challenging the province’s anti-free speech bubble law that prohibits pro-life activity within 50 metres of any facility which commits abortions. The plaintiffs -- Dr. Roseline Lebel Caron, Brian Jenkins, and Campagne Québec-Vie -- are challenging Article 16.1 of Quebec’s Health and Social Services Law, [...]
Paul Tuns: On Oct. 21, voters in New Brunswick replaced the government of Progressive Conservative Blaine Higgs with a Liberal one led by Susan Holt who wasted no time changing policies lauded by pro-life and pro-family voters and leaders. On Nov. 7, Holt’s office announced that it would reverse the ban on funding abortions at private facilities – a ban that has [...]
Joanna Alphonso: A year after a Canadian Armed Forces directive discouraging prayers from being part of any formal military Remembrance Day ceremonies was rescinded, many such services still eschewed prayer. Brigadier-General Guy Bélisle, Chaplain General for the Canadian Armed Forces, issued a directive in October 2023 discouraging prayer at Remembrance Day memorial services. “While the dimension of prayer may occupy a significant [...]
Paul Tuns: Alexander Raikin published a report in The New Atlantis on Nov. 13, that reveals at least 428 Ontario patients who were killed by the country’s Medical Assistance in Dying regime that did not comply with federal law, or federal or provincial regulations. Raikin begins his report with the stark comment: “For years, there have been clear signals that euthanasia providers [...]
Paul Tuns: On Oct. 29, the Trudeau government introduced legislation that, if passed, would require pregnancy care centres to advertise they do not offer abortion or refer for abortions or lose their charitable tax status. The Finance Department press release offered standard Liberal boilerplate, saying “Every woman should be free to make her own decisions about her own body” and “Every woman [...]
Annual report reveals abortion advocates are misleading about pro-life laws and miscarriage care Mary Zwicker: According to a new report, abortions committed by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America in the United States has reached its greatest number ever recorded in the abortion giant’s history. Planned Parenthood recently released its annual report, an overview of services provided and revenues received during the [...]
When, on the morning of Nov. 6th, the results of the American presidential election were clear, pro-lifers in the United States—and around the world—breathed a collective sigh of relief, as Donald Trump emerged as the victor over his rival, Kamala Harris. Of course, those same pro-lifers also had reason to be disappointed with the way that Trump campaigned. He disavowed any plans [...]
Rory Leishman: It was on June 24, 2022, that the Supreme Court of the UIt was a banner day for pro-lifers when the United States Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson (2022) overturned Roe v. Wade (1973), the infamous ruling that purported to find a right to abortion hidden in the United States Constitution. According to Human Life Review, 18 states have [...]
Trump wins but so do seven of 10 pro-abortion constitutional amendments Oswald Clark and Paul Tuns: On Nov. 5, Donald Trump earned a decisive victory in his quest to return to the White House, winning in all seven battleground states, while Republicans held the House of Representatives and took control of the Senate – developments that should help Trump enact his agenda. [...]