The Speaker of the House of Commons has ruled out of order 13 proposed amendments, while permitting 14, of which a number cover the same ground. RULED OUT OF ORDER - Prohibition Of Abortion After 20 Weeks; - Insistence On Abortions Being Done In A “Medical Facility”; - Insistence on a second medical opinion; - Prohibit abortions “to prevent the birth of [...]
Third and final reading on Bill C-43 will begin on May 22. The Mulroney government hopes the Commons will pass the re-legalization of abortion before the end of the month. IT will be just over 21 years that the original approval in principle of abortion in Canada took place. On May 13, 1969, the House of Commons approved an Omnibus Bill (C-150), [...]
Somewhere in the picture morgue of the Halifax Chronicle Herald is a faded photograph of a nine-year-old runaway from St. Joseph’s Orphanage. If the photo were to be unearthed, it would depict a cheeky little girl seated on a pickle barrel, feasting on chocolate bars and sipping coca cola. Between unladylike bites, she was pontificating at large to a small but most [...]
A novena to St. Therese of Liseux has saved Campaign Life Calgary from threatened eviction, claims its president Michael O’Malley. “It’s adversity leading to a spiritual grace,” Mr. O’Malley told The Interim, as Campaign Life now plans to purchase the property, which houses a pregnancy counseling centre, Campaign Life offices and Mr. O’Malley’s residence itself. Landlord Ben Woo sent one 90-day eviction [...]
Steve Jalsevac, aged 42, once a successful business entrepreneur, is now using his sharp business skills to help Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) in Toronto. Officially, he is their office manger. But he is much more: political and financial strategist, policy-maker (part of a team), Vitality newspaper publisher, marketing director (fund raising), special projects supervisor, treasurer of the CLC national board and “ideal [...]
The rescue movement in the United States continued steady growth in 1989, although there was less national publicity than in 1988. Solid rescue organizations capable of organizing rescues exist in almost every state and in most major cities. There were fewer large national or regional rescues, primarily because pro-lifers were putting their energy into local groups. The Finn family from southern California [...]
Norm Sterling Conservative MPP for Carleton, introduced into the Ontario Legislature on April 26, a private member’s Bill to sanction Living Wills. Mr. Sterling aimed to gauge the response of the House to legislation which would open the door to legalized euthanasia in the province. The bill had the tacit support of Attorney General Ian Scott, but was allowed to die. The [...]
There are two responses to the question of morality. One says that we can distinguish between right and wrong, because there is a real difference between them. The other says that morality is whatever the individual wants to make it. Today’s media The second view of morality and approach to education has produced today’s Yuppies. They are, by and large, pre-eminently comfortable, [...]
Arriving in Vancouver on the last weekend of April for their sixth annual meeting and convention, members of REAL Women found themselves again under attack. This time the furor was caused by a newsletter signed by Peggy Steacey, the president of the B.C. chapter of REAL Women, and sent to members across the country. The letter discussed such topics as abortion, the [...]
This year (1990), was the first time in over 20 years that I found myself part of a permanent parish staff for Holy Week. I must admit that I had forgotten how busy the last three days are – Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday morning. By Sunday evening I felt as if I had climbed Mount Everest at [...]
In Lumen Gentium, one of the key documents of Vatican II, we are told that “They are fully incorporated into the society of the Church who, possessing the spirit of Christ, accept her entire system.” It is therefore somewhat disquieting to find that, while accepting “her entire system,” and presumably being fully incorporated into the universal Church, one can nevertheless be relegated [...]
Even though it in based on a Ph.D. thesis is sociology, and is praised on its back cover by an apostate priest (Gregory Baum), this is an important book. On the basis of 111 interviews which he conducted in the Toronto area in 1985-86, together with other research, Cuneo concludes that Canadian protesters against abortion are not reducible to a single social [...]
Canadians have long lacked serious, in-depth studies of the pro-life movement. Until now, we have only seen books hostile to our principles (Not an Easy Choice by Kathleen McDonnell and The Big Evasion by Anne Collins) which have merely rehashed the pro-abortion party line. Catholics Against the Church by Michael W. Cuneo goes some way in restoring a balance. Cuneo, a sociologist, [...]
Volume 1 Supplement to Number 1 THE INTERIM 1990 February 1990 Something new This month The Interim introduces our new supplement – Insight. To appear quarterly, each issue will deal extensively with a single theme or topic. Our premier issue features three reviews of a single book: Michael Cuneo’s Catholics against the Church: anti-abortion protest in Toronto, 1969-1985. University of Toronto Press, [...]
In the days following the massacre in Montreal which claimed the lives of fourteen young women (December 7, 1989) there has been much discussion concerning the raison d’etre for the murders and how society should respond. The disagreements, however, have often been divisive. There is bitter dispute over whether the rampage should be characterized as an isolated event, or one consistent with [...]