OTTAWA - In the shadow of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill they gathered. Some 60 pro-lifers of all ages, men, women and children from across Ontario assembled in Ottawa September 22 in what has become known as the Show the Truth Tour. The group gathered in silence to show returning Members of Parliament visual signs of the abortion holocaust. Organizers admit [...]
Mary and Philip Cooper were both born in England but Philip came to Canada with his parents when he was two years old. Philip was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire and Mary Graham Cooper in Darlington, County Durham. She came to Canada after serving in the women's Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) and working as an au pair in France. They met and married in [...]
MANILA (CWN) - The Philippines saw an enormously successful pro-life rescue operation in Manila August 29 as hundreds of Filipinos converged on the offices of suspected abortionists, preventing all abortions that day. Abortion is technically illegal in the strongly Catholic nation, but some doctors get around the restrictions by prescribing oral contraceptives in dosages that would cause a spontaneous abortion in pregnant [...]
Linda Gibbons, the pro-life activist who has been jailed repeatedly for picketing outside a Toronto abortion clinic has found that her personal sacrifice has proved a blessing to some of Ontario's most hardened female criminals. "When one of the inmates says that they're going to have an abortion, the girls say 'uh oh' Linda won't like that," Gibbons explains from her sterile [...]
What began as a single letter questioning the tactics of a pro-life activist has developed into something larger. That activist Linda Gibbons sits week after week in a jail cell should be no surprise to regular readers of The Interim. Linda's activities in defence of unborn children, and her willful defiance of an Ontario injunction restricting pro-life witnessing in the province, have [...]
CHARLOTTETOWN - A May 29 public meeting organized by Canadian Abortion Rights Action League (CARAL) attracted a dozen pro-choice activists, and 70 pro-life supporters of various faiths. In a joint project with the Women's Network and the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women, CARAL had brought in Kathleen Howes to convince Island Catholics they can support abortion with a clear [...]
CHARLOTTETOWN - Late in June, more than 50 young people from across Canada gathered at Maritime Christian College for the 1997 National Youth Pro-Life Conference. Throughout the weekend, keynote speaker Eric Genuis, an accomplished pianist from Ontario, used a combination of music and discussion to educate those in attendance. "Always look critically at what society and the media present," was his opening [...]
Problems faced by supporters of the 1997 Show the Truth Tour are of special interest to noted U.S. pro-life worker Joe Scheidler. The executive director of the Chicago-based Pro-Life Action League, Scheidler is facing a vindictive and potential disastrous lawsuit launched by the National Organization for Women (NOW) in connection with his unrelenting pro-life activity. The lawsuit stems from Scheidler's unwillingness to [...]
Rank and file pro-lifers are of mixed emotions regarding progress in the movement in the new year. Some are cautiously optimistic that the respect for life message will gain a more receptive audience in 1997, while others speak of further inroads by the culture of death and dwindling base of front-line pro-life support. In a random sampling of opinion from across the [...]
The struggle faced by pro-life secondary students on their campuses can be frustrating and disheartening, especially when faced alone. The National Campus Life Network (NCLN) has recently been established to ensure that these young adults have the support they require to bring the message of life to their peers on their campus. On the weekend of January 10-12, a gathering of about [...]
The traffic on Eunice Morgan’s street in the Toronto suburb of Willowdale is a little heavier the first Thursday evening of each month. That’s the night Eunice hosts a gathering of like-minded Catholics who want to keep abreast of current social, moral and religious issues. While a monthly “caffe klatch” might not be big news, Eunice’s group is noteworthy for its longevity, [...]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A May 23 fire of suspicious origin heavily damaged an abortion clinic that has been targeted twice before by arson. The clinic has been a focal point for anti-abortion protesters for years. Nobody was injured in the two-alarm fire, said Portland Fire Bureau spokesman Dave Centers, but the back of the masonry building was blackened by flames. Flames [...]
Someone said that our courts are often like a stand-up comedy act only you can get in for free. It appeared in the Globe & Mail of May 24, 1997 – page A20 – Sport’s section – for you people that think I made it up. Former hockey czar Alan Eagleson was previously ordered by Mr. Justice Joseph O’Brien to pay Boston [...]
There is still time for readers to contribute to The Interim’s Springwater project which will provide women in crisis pregnancies an opportunity for an expenses-paid vacation away from the city. As reported in the May issue of The Interim, the project is for women who have recently given birth, or those who are near delivery, to enjoy a vacation at the 40-acre [...]
Canadian pro-life activists who have been jailed, sued, slandered, attacked and harassed can take some solace in the fact that they are not alone. The persecution of Christians this century is perhaps worse than it has ever been and stands as probably the world’s largest, current human rights issue, according to Paul Marshall, academic dean of the Institute for Christian Studies in [...]