Aid to Women, the Toronto pro-life crisis pregnancy centre that assists women facing unwanted or difficult pregnancies by providing material, emotional and spiritual support, is facing a crisis of its own: not being able to fully support the women they serve. When the Toronto Catholic District School Board booted out UNICEF in the late 1990s, it permitted three other charities to distribute [...]
Recently, Amelia was travelling on a streetcar in downtown Toronto, when she passed the Aid to Women office. Immediately, she had a flashback. It was here, nine years ago, that her life took a turn for the better. With her twin boys beside her, she quickly exited the streetcar, telling them that they were going to visit good friends who lived nearby. [...]
Editor's Note: These are comments by U.S. President George W. Bush, made during a ceremony marking the signing of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington D.C., Nov. 5, 2003. Thank you very much. Good afternoon. I'm pleased that all of you have joined us as the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 becomes [...]
Let Terri die! No doubt, you find this exclamation surprising. It certainly surprised me when I first read it as the subject heading of an e-mail I received. Along with my wife who was nine months pregnant at the time, our family had spent the past week at a prayer vigil for Terri Schindler-Schiavo. What particularly shocked us was that this e-mail [...]
A pro-life pharmacist is claiming partial victory in a struggle with Alberta's pharmacy college, which is allowing her to refuse to dispense abortificients and contraceptives to her customers. Maria Bizecki, a pharmacist with the Calgary Co-op store, became the subject of a prolonged review by the Alberta College of Pharmacists over her refusal to provide the birth control pill to a customer. [...]
Garry Breitkreuz may be the most persistent advocate in Parliament for women's health rights - and it's all because of his pro-life convictions. For much of his decade-long parliamentary career. the Saskatchewan Alliance MP has doggedly sought to expose the dangers women face from having abortions. His recent motion, M-83, calling on the Commons health committee to study the health effects of [...]
U.S. Representatives Jim DeMint (R, S.C.), Roscoe Bartlett (R, Maryland) and Senator Sam Brownback (R, Kansas) on Nov. 6 introduced "Holly's Law" -technically known as the RU-486 Suspension and Review Act of 2003. The legislation was presented with 59 original co-sponsors in the House, including Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R, Texas). Brownback is introducing a companion bill in the Senate. Monty and [...]
To anyone who has spent any amount of time in pro-life work, you can attest to the constant struggle for life. It can be draining. I admire pro-life heroes such as Jim Hughes and John Hof for their ability to maintain a positive outlook, while at the same time, dealing with death every day of their lives. Everyone learns to cope in [...]
On Nov. 11, as we honour our war dead, I look about our bleak moral landscape. "Did they sacrifice lives, limbs, careers and relationships for this?" I ask. "Did they die that we might have legalized drug use, access to pornography, euthanasia, needle-exchange programs, free condoms in prison, abortion, sex as recreation, bio-tech reproduction, same-sex everything?" The long-dead vets who used to [...]
My cousin, Bertram, hails from Massachusetts and recently joined me in Ottawa for a sightseeing trip through our Parliament buildings, to compare how we run our country with how the Americans run theirs. Bertram is a political junky who lives, breathes and talks politics. But his knowledge of politics ends at the Canadian border. My job was to enlighten him about the [...]
There are so many subjects on which one might write for the pro-life cause that it is not always easy to decide. But, I thought a brief description of the Life Chain in at least one area would be suitable for this month's column. I took part in the Danforth Avenue, Toronto area and found it very encouraging. Those present combined the [...]
"Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good" (Rom. 12:9). Just recently, I heard of a politician in Canada who was working very hard at rousing public opinion to take a stand for traditional marriage. In the course of his labours, he noticed that the leadership of many churches in his riding were saying nothing. He thought [...]
"The greatest kindness one can render to any man," wrote Thomas Aquinas, "consists in leading him to truth." For Aquinas, unlike the contemporary world of politically correct journalism, it is neither necessarily presumptuous to speak of the truth, nor uncharitable to nudge another in its direction. Would not the world be a better place if we were so neighbourly that we kindly [...]
The deal announced on Oct. 16, wherein the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative parties would work to merge and present a united right alternative - the Conservative Party of Canada - to the governing Liberals is both a concern and an opportunity. It is a concern, in part, because listed among their 19 core principles is no mention of protection for innocent [...]
Bill C-250 was passed in the House of Commons 145 to 110 on Sept. 17. This so-called "hate crimes" bill is dangerous, debilitating, and disingenuous; it offends the basic principles of liberal democracy. And yet, our fight against this bill is not over, and our stuggle not in vain. It must first be noted that not only is the bill badly premised [...]