Rebecca Walberg briefly examines the dearth of characters who have abortions in television and movies. Pro-aborts are unhappy that there is no unabashedly pro-choice equivalent of Juno (not that it was an unabashedly pro-life movie). Walberg says the reason for this is simple: that even those who support legal abortion find the procedure distasteful and thus characters who have them generally unsympathetic. In a great analogy, [...]
See the online ad for a list of the fantastic speakers for the Building a Global Culture of Life conference in Ottawa, October 28-30. Purchase tickets online here.
The Globe and Mail interviews filmmaker Katie Aselton, who wrote, directed, co-produced, and starred in The Freebie, a film about a couple whose relationship lacks the spark it once had when it comes to sex. To rekindle that spark, they agree that they can each have a one-night stand with no repercussions. Of course, there are repercussions. The GM's Zosia Bielski and Aselton talk about [...]
Andrea Mrozek has a post at ProWomanProLife on a lawsuit against Dr. Norman Barwin, founder of an Ottawa fertility clinic that is being sued for inseminating two women with the "wrong sperm." He is also a former president of Planned Parenthood Canada, who of course was awarded the Order of Canada in the 1990s. Says Mrozek: "I’m starting to think it really doesn’t take much to [...]
Life Chain is a peaceful and silent pro-life witness in which participants hold signs that say "Abortion hurts women," "Abortion kills children," and "Adoption -- the loving option." It is held across North America on October 2. Locations are listed here.
For many people who oppose euthanasia the issue is one of morality -- intentional killing of innocent people is wrong. But QMI's Brian Lilley raises a prudential question: "Do we want to give the government and government-run hospitals the power to kill us?" As Lilley says, "That’s really what is at the heart of the debate and special commission on euthanasia taking [...]
Support for mercy killing is usually couched in terms of dignity, which seems bitterly ironic since it's hard to think of a more extreme denial of dignity than killing, however benevolent the motive. Still, we accept that those arguing for euthanasia as a dignified alternative are fully sincere in their views...There are, Quebecers should remember, real alternatives to euthanasia. Pain management can [...]
It's a small sample size but 538's Nate Silver looked at 58 Democrats and Republicans (29 of each) in close Congressional races, analyzed the issues they highlighted on their websites and found that more than half of Republicans highlight their abortion position while just 14% of Democrats note theirs. That seems strange considering that polls show the populace is about evenly divided on the issue. [...]
National Review has a long editorial in its September 20 edition making "The case for marriage." It all sounds so wonderfully antiquated. NR takes note that society regulates sex through marriage, that biologically it takes a man and woman to create a child and thus: That does not mean that marriage is worthwhile only insofar as it yields children. (The law has never [...]
Two of our four stories on our cover feature, "The attack on CPCs," are online. "The campaign against CPCs" focuses on a NARAL study that calls crisis pregnancy centers "fake clinics." "Toronto Star attacks crisis pregnancy centres" is pretty self-explanatory.
A record nine Canadian cities will have 40 Days for Life starting September 22. There's a story at LifeSiteNews and here are the links for each Canadian location: Calgary, Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Sudbury, Ontario; Perth, Ontario; Ottawa, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; Moncton, New Brunswick; Halifax, Nova Scotia. In May, we wrote about the success of the Spring 40 Days for Life campaign [...]
This is not really news. The Globe and Mail reports: Despite its refusal to consider abortion in its maternal-health plan, the Harper government has given financial support to an international agency that provides abortion illegally in some African countries. A number of things to clarify. I'm not crazy about the fact that Canada funds abortion abroad, but there is no hypocrisy in not [...]
Reuters and CNN have reports on the hostage situation at Discovery Channel headquarters. As Business Insider reports about James Jay Lee, the man who has explosive strapped to himself and taken hostages at DC HQ: "He is an anti-capitalist Malthusian who wants the Discovery Channel to stop any programming that promotes capitalism, human birth, progress..." Lee's11-point manifesto includes this: 2. All programs [...]
It's taken a year, but every issue and every article from The Interim, since 1983, is now online. We'll be highlighting some interesting articles over the next week or so. Here are the archives.
Our esteemed editor is in Ottawa until Wednesday. We'll be updating the main site with the last of the August issue and first stories from our September issue. For now, check out Michael Coren's column on `Family Values` from the August issue. Also, Rick McGinnis on `The Shrinking Male`about how men are portrayed in the media. On Monday, we`ll have a story on the [...]