Bioethics Articles

IVF … closed door and open windows

May 18, 1987|Comments Off on IVF … closed door and open windows

In January this year an In Vitro Fertilization clinic opened at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre. This prompted meetings and considerable [...]

No condoms in Hamilton schools

May 18, 1987|Comments Off on No condoms in Hamilton schools

Bishop Anthony Tonnos of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hamilton had rejected the idea that teaching students how to use [...]

“You are making a difference”

May 18, 1987|Comments Off on “You are making a difference”

“Western society is at a crossroads: the crossroads of civilization, and a technological scientism in which people may be produced [...]

Explaining the contraceptive mentality

April 18, 1987|Comments Off on Explaining the contraceptive mentality

“It is ludicrous logic that causes them (the Doctors Billings’) to link abortion and contraception” wrote the pastor of Calgary’s [...]

Newfoundland women: a profile on abortion and contraception

April 18, 1987|Comments Off on Newfoundland women: a profile on abortion and contraception

Two recent studies by Newfoundland researchers show that single women undergoing abortion are both knowledgeable about contraceptives available to them [...]

Birth control clinics in North York schools

April 17, 1987|Comments Off on Birth control clinics in North York schools

I’m reminded of a story circulating around Ottawa: A prisoner in Kingston Pen writes a letter to Prime Minister Brian [...]

Arizona State House keeps contraceptives out of schools

April 17, 1987|Comments Off on Arizona State House keeps contraceptives out of schools

A bill, prohibiting Arizona schools from either distributing contraceptives, or from referring students to agencies that dispense birth control without [...]

Contraceptive caused birth defects

March 17, 1987|Comments Off on Contraceptive caused birth defects

In a precedent-setting decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a substantial damage award to a young girl whose birth [...]

Editorial: The answer is chastity

March 10, 1987|Comments Off on Editorial: The answer is chastity

While no one denies that AIDS education is vitally important if we are to halt the spread of the disease, [...]

Pill double talk: birth control and abortion

March 10, 1987|Comments Off on Pill double talk: birth control and abortion

Late last year, the media heralded the arrival of a newly-discovered chemical abortion pill, and followed up with further news [...]

Anti-family policies

March 10, 1987|Comments Off on Anti-family policies

Father Paul Marx, the energetic founder and director of Human Life International, spent the first week of February in southern [...]

Condom crusade based on false premises

March 10, 1987|Comments Off on Condom crusade based on false premises

This article contains explicit descriptions of some sexual practices which will, no doubt, be offensive to many readers. We, too, [...]

Options for abortion policy reform

February 1, 1987|Comments Off on Options for abortion policy reform

      The Law Reform Commission of Canada has issued a recently-completed paper on “Options for Abortion Policy Reform.”  [...]

Condom crusade under way

February 1, 1987|Comments Off on Condom crusade under way

An incredible sex education and pro-contraception propaganda crusade is sweeping North America and Great Britain as the result of the [...]