By Rory Leishman Merrick Garland is well qualified to serve as Attorney General of the United States, but will he “oversee an independent department” of justice that is free from all partisan bias and outside political pressure as promised by President Joe Biden? One sure way to find out will be Garland's determination to conduct an impartial investigation into evidence compiled by the [...]
By Jim Hughes “It’s young Jim” would begin any conversation with pro-life hero Joseph M. Scheidler. So, you can imagine how long I’ve known and admired him. Scheidler, Zeidler, Marx, & Willke sounds like a German law firm doesn’t it? But they are the names of some of the great U.S. pro-life leaders. Now Joe Scheidler joins Marx and Willke receiving their [...]
By Interim Staff Joe Scheidler, founder of Pro-Life Action League, died of pneumonia Jan. 18 at age 93. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Scheidler was known as "the godfather of pro-life activism," and praise came in immediately for the deceased pro-life leader. American Life League president Judie Brown said he was "the pro-life movement’s gentle giant" -- he stood at six feet, [...]
Last year when Conservative MP Derek Sloan made controversial remarks about Canada’s top public health officer during the party’s leadership race, a number of MPs wanted to boot him out of caucus. Erin O’Toole, who wanted the down-ballot votes of Sloan’s supporters, defended the embattled MP. Nearly a year later, O’Toole is leader, and when the NDP-associated website Press Progress revealed that [...]
Paraguayan and Brazilian politicians criticize move By Interim Staff On Dec. 30, the Argentine Senate voted 38-29 to approve abortion-on-demand up to 14 weeks of pregnancy, affirming the law supported by President Alberto Fernández. One senator abstained from the vote. Earlier in the month, the Chamber of Deputies passed the bill 131-117. It was the eighth legislative attempt in the last 35 [...]
By Interim Staff The organizers of the March for Life in Washington D.C., announced that the massive annual gathering was to be limited to a select number of pro-life leaders who were going to be invited to demonstrate in person, with the masses being asked to join the event online. “The protection of all of those who participate in the annual March, [...]
Canada On Dec. 10, the House of Commons passed C-7, the bill that expands euthanasia to include people who are not terminally ill and those who are suffering psychological pain. On Dec. 11, the House of Commons unanimously voted to create a 9-8-8 suicide prevention hotline to replace the old 10-digit phone number. We’re not saying it’s incongruous; we’re saying it’s curious. [...]
Lianne Laurence Special to The Interim The Canadian bishops’ international aid organization, Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, has admitted that it never stopped funding 52 partner groups under investigation for flouting Catholic social doctrine and moral teaching, despite telling the bishops it had imposed a moratorium on financing these suspect organizations. “It is not true that Development and Peace partners [...]
Interim writer, Joe Campbell, Light is Right By Joe Campbell When I was in Grade 10, one of the teachers bent over my desk and whispered, "Joe, you are a conceited, prodigious ass." I forget what outrage of mine prompted his sibilant complaint. I can't forget the complaint. A student spoken to in that manner today would go to his [...]
By Josie Luetke I don’t think I can recall a single pro-choicer who opposes abortion in cases of fetal disability or deformity. Usually, that circumstance is one that, if anything, buttresses their pro-choice stance. Like rape, disability is used to convince themselves of their moral superiority for supporting abortion, despite its intrinsically distasteful nature. They simply want to spare others from suffering [...]
By Lianne Laurence Special to The Interim A landmark Charter challenge to the Canadian law that denies the humanity of the child in the womb has been filed with the Supreme Court of Canada. Mary Wagner, well-known pro-life advocate and inspiration for the burgeoning Red Rose Rescue movement in the United States, launched the Charter challenge during the course of her 2013 [...]
Interim writer, Rory Leishman, National Affairs By Rory Leishman Until a few decades ago, the great majority of Canadians believed that assisting in a suicide was an appalling crime and a serious criminal offence; now, most of our fellow citizens support the legalization of physician-assisted suicide under the euphemistic guise of Medical Assistance in Dying. Why is that? A large [...]
Book Review By Paul Tuns The Wit and Wisdom of Father George Rutler, edited by Edward Short (Sophia Institute Press, $19.95 USD, 352 pages). I have long been a fan of Fr. George Rutler’s writings, being most familiar with his work in Crisis magazine. Fr. Rutler radiates both erudition and spirituality, so it is hardly surprising that he is both Ivy League [...]
By Interim Staff An embryo created by in-vitro fertilization in 1992 and subsequently frozen, was successfully implanted into her (surrogate) birth mother’s womb in early 2020 and born on Oct. 26. Molly Gibson was technically 27 years old when she was born, making her almost the same age as her mother, Tina Gibson, who is 29. Ben and Tina Gibson adopted their [...]
By Interim Staff After a New York Times column by Nicholas Kristof appeared early last month, there was tremendous pressure on one of the world’s largest websites to finally take down videos featuring “child rape, revenge pornography, spy cam videos of women showering,” and other illegal or otherwise concerning material. Pornhub, owned by Montreal-based MindGeek, has long been criticized for profiting from [...]