President George W. Bush in his State of the Union address: "We must not overlook the weakest among us. I ask you to protect infants at the very hour of their birth and end the practice of partial-birth abortion" ... President Bush threatened to veto budget legislation if it omitted language that prohibits the use of federal funds for agencies that committ [...]
Mere Christian: Stories from the Light by Michael Coren (Castle Quay Books, 172 pages, $19.95 ) Review by David BoltonWhen asked to review the latest offering by writer, TV, and radio personality Michael Coren, whose column occasionally appears in The Interim, this writer was a little wary. What if I hated this little volume of essays? Could I afford to offend the [...]
The principal of the Catholic University of St. Michael's College - an affiliate of the University of Toronto - has denounced a Nov. 8 lecture given at the university by world-renowned Catholic philosopher Dr. Peter Kreeft. Professor Mark McGowan, who was earlier embroiled in controversy over his support for a "gay and lesbian" group at USMC, said in an open letter to [...]
Gay activists pledge churches have nothing to worry about, but pro-family leaders are leery Religious and pro-family organizations are defending traditional marriage before the House of Commons Justice Committee, which is acting on Justice Minister Martin Cauchon's request to consider options in adressing how the federal government should recognize same-sex relationships. The committee has been forced to examine the issue after the [...]
Roses Responding to complaints from abortion advocates about the state's Choose Life licence plates, South Carolina state representative John Graham Altman said: "They're pro-choice. Well, they've got a choice - whether to buy (the tag) or not." Thorns Wichita, Ks. abortionist George Tiller renewed his annual publicity stunt of celebrating the anniversary of Roe v. Wade by offering women free first-trimester abortions. [...]
A bi-partisan plan to ban reproductive, but not "therapeutic" or research cloning, will result in "the establishment of human embryo farms," according to the National Right to Life Committee. The bill, which falsely claims to make "human cloning a crime," was proposed by Senators Orrin Hatch (R, Utah) and Dianne Feinstein (D, Calf) and would allow the cloning of human embryos while [...]
Her father was one of Hamilton, Ont.'s most popular mayors, a man noted for his Catholic beliefs and leadership in the pro-life Catholic men's organization the Knights of Columbus. Her mother was similarly a highly regarded city councillor, who among other things, spoke against the pro-abortion Planned Parenthood organization when it came to city council seeking public funding. She is a product [...]
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered Dr. Ken Kan of Richmond to pay $325,000 to two separated parents, because he "failed" to diagnose that the unborn child had Down syndrome. The parents would have aborted their baby. It is only the second such ruling in Canada to date, but others are already before the courts. Lydia Zhang, the mother, 42, says [...]
One of the largest stories to go unreported in British Columbia in 2002 was the total and utter failure of B.C.'s feminist movement to maintain control and direction of the Everywoman's Health Centre abortuary, due largely to pro-life pressure that never relented. The move of the abortuary to a new location, which is under the control of the provincial government, was indeed [...]
An Ontario government funding agency has given $177,800 over three years to the pro-euthanasia group Dying With Dignity. LifeSite News, the internet arm of Interim Publishing, found that the Trillium Foundation has provided grants to DWD, perhaps making the provincial government complicit in illegal activity; namely, promoting suicide. The story has caught the attention of the mainstream media, put DWD on the [...]
Organizers say at least 200,000 pro-life citizens, including many from Canada, braved the freezing cold weather to take part in the March for Life in Washington D.C., marking the 30th anniversary of the infamous Roe v. Wade decision, on Jan. 22. Despite media guesses of the number of pro-lifers attending the march being anywhere from "a few thousand" to "tens of thousands," [...]
We made sure to say a prayer before we crossed the border. This is always a good idea when you have a car full of pro-life signs and pamphlets. Between divine intervention and judicious flashing of four years worth of orthodontics, we slipped uneventfully into Buffalo. We were three young pro-lifers on our way to our first March for Life in Washington. [...]
If Bill C-13 were to be a pro-lifer's dream legislation, what would have to be different about it? What is the one thing that it needs to do but does not? This bill has caused an almost unbelievable level of confusion. It is easy to see that people who have no idea what right or wrong is would have a problem saying [...]
It's been 17 years since The Interim printed my first article, a jubilant story of our success in closing down access to abortion in Prince Edward Island. Many other stories followed. It has been a great pleasure to work with some of The Interim's editors - Sabina McLuhan, Mike Mastromatteo, David Curtin, Paul Tuns - all striving to carry out the biblical [...]
The Interim began publishing 20 years ago and there were many then who said it would not last. In some ways, we wish it hadn't, for the primary reason The Interim exists is to report and comment on the many offences against human dignity our society has experienced: abortion, euthanasia, infanticide, contraception, sexual promiscuity, the decline of the traditional family, and the [...]