There has been a strong effort by the provincial government since 2009 to make sure every school board approves and begins to implement the Equity and Inclusive Education (EIE) policy by September 2011. According to the government, we need this policy because, “Racism, religious intolerance, homophobia, and gender-based violence are still evident in our communities and – unfortunately – in our schools.” But [...]
If you have access to Obstetrics & Gynecology, we would love to see the article, "Abortion Provision Among Practicing Obstetrician–Gynecologists" in the September issue. From the abstract we know that the authors found: Among practicing ob-gyns, 97% encountered patients seeking abortions, whereas 14% performed them. Female physicians were more likely to provide abortions than were male (18.6% compared with 10.6%, adjusted odds [...]
The Interim is selling a daily planner calendar for 2012 and it is only $6 including shipping, handling and taxes. You can read all about it here. We encourage pro-life groups and churches purchase bulk orders ($5 each for orders of 50 or more). Businesses might want to order quantities as gifts for clients. Support The Interim website and this blog by [...]
Around here and in the popular media there has been much discussion about gendercide -- the "disappearance" of girls, mostly in Asia, due to abortion. The thing that started all this discussion is Mara Hvistendahl's book Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men. I reviewed it in the August issue and it had to be [...]
As I write this, a petition asking that the producers of Sesame Street perform a gay marriage between Bert and Ernie, two beloved characters on the long-running children’s television show, has gotten over 9,000 signatures. It seems like a silly sideshow while civil wars rage in the Middle East, riots smoulder in London and the world economy continues to teeter and creak, [...]
Here's our report from the August issue of the recent Toronto Pro-Life Forum. Brian Lilley was a fantastic speaker to kick off the weekend event and the entire lineup of Saturday speakers reinforced the very positive, life-affirming message that the pro-life movement is indeed the pro-love movement. There are other regional pro-life conferences in the Fall in Ontario, including the eastern Ontario conference in Kingston on October 29 [...]
Two of 12 declared, likely or possible Republican candidates for the party's presidential nomination are rated as too pro-life by NARAL Pro-Choice America although two have supported NARAL-backed pro-choice measures in the past (former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty). Pawlenty is very certainly pro-life who signed a few bills he shouldn't have because the bill was overall [...]
New tests will reveal a baby's sex at seven weeks. Ostensibly, this information can be used by parents "at risk" of passing on sex-based diseases, although even in most of those cases, the result will not be treatment of the disease but the elimination of the baby. Andrea Mrozek says this will used for target and eliminate girls babies. Indeed, everyone knows that it [...]
One of the Abortioneers raises an interesting point that is highlighted by Jiving J at Jill Stanek: I’ve never had an abortion. I’ve never even had a pregnancy scare, though that’s probably more because of the lack of opportunity than anything else. Sometimes I start to think that I could have just a teeny bit more Abortioneer cred if I had had [...]
Our editorial from the August issue looks at the issue of gendercide. We were very pleased with the editorial cartoon that accompanied the editorial. The conclusion of the editorial points out the hypocrisy of the feminist Left and the cost of abortion to modern society: Thus, the epidemic of prenatal female infanticide sweeping across the developing world is not the antithesis of modern feminism [...]
LifeSiteNews.com reports that the Crossroads Walkers were banned from entering Montreal's Notre Dame Basilica to pray because the pro-vie t-shirts worn by ten youth were deemed too political by the Sulpician priests who run the basilica. My only comment: I'm not surprised.
Today marks my tenth anniversary of becoming editor of The Interim, Canada's life and family newspaper. I have a column about it in the August issue. The column is a reflection on being at the helm of "Canada's life and family newspaper" -- it was "Canada's pro-life, pro-family newspaper" when I came -- and the culture we cover. A few other thoughts that didn't make the [...]
Michael Coren is a veteran journalist and broadcaster and we are proud that he is part of our roster of columnists. We've been thrilled with the work he's done at CTS for the past 13 years and are very excited to see his new show, Coren Tonight, on Sun News begins August 22. By the way, Sun News is great -- last week [...]
We’re still playing catch up here at Soconvivium after getting the August issue out. On July 20, Human Rights Watch added its voice to those calling for the repeal of the so-called global gag rule, an American policy which prevents United States funding from going to agencies that perform, or advocate for, abortion. Their press release alleges "the Global Gag Rule has exacted a [...]
In the July issue Interim editor Paul Tuns explored the world of infanticide in the animal kingdom and what it means (and doesn't mean) for the abortion debate.