Kevorkian puts culture of death into action
The rhetoric put forward to rationalize the killing of an innocent person, especially one with whom the killer has a close or even intimate relationship, has always required considerable ingenuity. This is not so much the case at the present moment. In recent years, an individual has come into prominence who is the very personification of death-on-request. Shunning the need for laboured [...]
Uncertainity over reprotech bill
Bill C-13, An Act Respecting Human Reproduction and Related Technologies, hangs in limbo as the federal government seems unsure of whether it has enough support to get it passed. As a sign of its desperation to enact the reproductive technologies legislation, the government has indicated that the vote will not be a free one. It has also suggested to Liberal MP Paul [...]
Chretien puts pressure on party to defeat pro-marriage
The Canadian Alliance motion to reaffirm the traditional definition of marriage# was narrowly defeated in parliament on Sept. 16, by a squeaker vote of 137-132, with 30 MPs absent for the important vote. The motion could very well have passed had the few pro-marriage NDP MPs not stayed away and several Liberals not switched their vote at the last minute. Pressure from [...]
Media conceal alleged sex abuser’s abortion past
The case of an abortionist sentenced to four years in prison in 2001 after being found guilty of having "violated the sexual integrity" of nine of his former female patients, is causing havoc for the B.C. College of Physicians and Surgeons. A total of 19 women are suing Dr. Mark Walter Stewart for sexual assault, and have named the College as part [...]
Hate crimes bill will shut down marriage debate
The passage of Bill C-250 is the latest effort by the federal Liberal Government to shut down public debate on the move to redefine marriage, according to CFAC Executive Director Brian Rushfeldt. "Canadians who are speaking out against the redefinition of marriage are already being accused of 'hate' speech by homosexual activists. When C-250 is passed into law later this fall, the [...]
U.S. autoworkers’ union wants abortion benefits
Unions and abortionists have had a long history in Canada The U.S.-based United Auto Workers made an unusual demand last month in national contract negotiations with General Motors Corp. and Chrysler: it wants the automakers to pay for voluntary abortions as part of employee health care coverage. The union, representing 307,000 workers and 522,000 retirees, surviving spouses and dependents, refused to comment, [...]
ABC link is being suppressed by politics
The Summer 2003 Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons published a study that concluded the link between abortion and breast cancer has been suppressed or ignored by scientists, women's groups and the media because of their collective pro-abortion bias and out of a desire to further their own political purposes. The study, "The Abortion-Breast Cancer Link: How Politics Trumped Science and Informed [...]
Thousands pray for sanctity of marriage
On Sept. 7, Sanctity of Marriage prayer rallies blanketed the nation in the hopes of maintaining the traditional definition of marriage. Brian Rushfeldt, executive director of the Canada Family Action Coalition, one of the organizers of the rallies, was pleased that so many Canadian Christians heeded the call to prayer, as an estimated 100,000 - including about 1,000 clergy - participated in [...]
Morgentaler sues New Brunswick for funding
Acting on a threat he has made for years, Henry Morgentaler has launched a lawsuit which, if successful, will force the province of New Brunswick to pay for abortions at his Fredericton abortuary. The suit has national implications according to Peter Ryan, executive director of New Brunswick Right to Life. "It could mean a new Charter 'right' to abortion on demand, as [...]
How to vote pro-life in the election
Ontario pro-life voters are being urged to look beyond party affiliations and closely examine the positions of the candidates. None of the three major parties - the Progressive Conservatives, Liberals and NDP - have a party platform amiable to life, although there are candidates in each of the parties that personally hold pro-life views. On family issues the parties diverge a little. [...]
Roses & Thorns
Rose On Sept. 1, Texas began to legally define an "individual" to include an unborn child from the moment of fertilization. The change in definition offers legal protection for the unborn, but even though it could lead to murder charges for those who cause pregnant women to miscarry, it does not cover legal abortion. Nonetheless, it is a step in the right [...]
Russia’s new culture
History is a wonderful thing. Just when you think you've seen it all, along comes a series of events that happened before proving that you've seen it all. I was in Russia this past summer experiencing life is a nation that for too long was dictated by the culture of death. I say the term "life" because everything about Russia today is [...]
Get with the program, Jim Jim Coyle, a popular Toronto Star columnist, a longtime acquaintance, an occasional reader of my column and a defender of mine at Queen's Park, recently wrote a tirade against the Pope's stand on homosexual and lesbian "sexual-union play acting." (H&Ls mistakenly call it a sex union even though it is a physical impossibility. Study the human body, [...]
Persistance pays off for pro-lifer
Linda and Garth Wood are pro life. They live in Yellowknife, a city of 18,000 in the North West Territories. Linda's story, printed elsewhere in this issue, illustrates some key pro-life qualities. A LIFE GIVING ATTITUDE is a philosophy of life, an approach to everyday living, not just something donned for pro-life week. Linda exhibited that when, despite being a high-risk mom, [...]