Interim special Pro-life activists Rosemary Connell and Bill Whatcott will lead a “Show the Truth” tour beginning July 1 – Canada Day – in Windsor, Ontario. The tour involves a plea for the general public and the media to understand the truth about the abortion industry. The pair will display large posters depicting the brutality of abortion in an attempt to drive [...]
Interim staff The head of Ukraine’s Institute for Protection of Life has appealed to Canadian pro-lifers for support in counteracting the anti-life mentality in eastern Europe. Dr. Ivan Louts, who also serves as a member of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Life, visited several Canadian cities in April to draw attention to the pro-life scene in his native country. Dr. Louts’ host [...]
Interim staff Ontario’s justice officials seem to be increasing the stakes in their treatment of pro-life political prisoner Linda Gibbons. At an April 2 court appearance, Gibbons was found guilty of breaking probation in connection with her continuing refusal to recognize the provincial injunction against pro-life demonstrations near abortion clinics and hospitals. She had also been charged with disobeying a court order, [...]
Interim staff A Toronto-area businessman may be one step closer to victory in a long-running legal battle involving leased property located one floor above Dr. Henry Morgentaler’s abortion clinic. Robert Blondell, head of a funeral consultant and casket sales company, leads a group of former tenants of 1670 Bayview Avenue who have been sued by the landlord for evacuating the premises prior [...]
The end of April will put the coda to nearly three decades of frontline pro-life work for Alliance for Life’s Anna Desilets. Anna steps down April 30 after a 26-year association – the last 14 as executive director – with the Winnipeg-based educational and research organization. “It’s time for some new talent and fresh ideas,” Desilets told The Interim. “We’re hoping there [...]
A letter purportedly sent by an ultra-fundamentalist group called the Army of God claimed responsibility for the February 22 bombing of a lesbian nightclub and January’s attack on an Atlanta abortion clinic. According to the Los Angeles Times News Service, federal investigators were attempting to determine if the letter was legitimate. A spokesman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms said [...]
A Barrie Ontario artist plans to put her talents and creativity to work in promoting pro-life efforts. Colleen Nagle, a part-time art teacher at Sacred Heart High School of the York Region Separate School Board, may donate a portion of the proceeds from the sale of limited edition prints to support the Canadian pro-life effort. This means $25 or every $125 print [...]
The Unites States Supreme Court February 26 ordered lower courts to reconsider the validity of laws in Arizona and Colorado that restrict the activities of protesters outside abortion clinics. The lower courts had upheld both measures. The action, contained in two brief orders, was not surprising in light of an earlier Supreme Court ruling supporting the free-speech rights of protesters outside abortion [...]
Interim staff Ontario's pro-life community lost two prominent supporters with the recent passing of Monsignor Ralph Egan of Toronto and Dr. Bernharda Meyer of Waterloo. Msgr. Egan, 96, died February 8 at LaSalle Manor in Scarborough. In addition to his long service in the Catholic priesthood, the monsignor was noted for his various publishing efforts, including the St. Maximilian Kolbe Apostolate for [...]
Interim special Efforts to present abortion seeking women with the life-affirming alternative – similar to those practised at Aid to Women – received a boost in the United States in mid-February. In a February 19 decision the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of pro-life counsellors to speak to patients entering abortion clinics. The ruling, which is seen as a tremendous freedom [...]
Interim staff Allison James and Lucy Composano – two women, separated by age, race and circumstance,. Unique lives, yet sharing an experience that would affirm life in all its happiness and struggle, uncertainty and love. Both have faced a difficult, even frightening decision. An unplanned pregnancy, a period of uncertainty and doubt. Where to turn? How to cope? One solution seemed so [...]
The second annual Real Life, Real Love young adult prolife rally in Ottawa attracted 90 young people for a gathering to meet with fellow pro-lifers and learn from the experience of four inspirational speakers. A highlight of the January 25-26 event was speaker Brian Clowes, director of Human Life International's Pro-Life/Family Institute, who demonstrated the importance of knowing true abortion statistics to [...]
One of the more grotesque highlights of 1996 was watching the secular media grapple with the horrifying realization that it really is a pre-born human being that gets killed every time an abortion is committed. Naomi Wolf's controversial feature from the New Republic in October of 1995 (Rethinking Pro-Choice Rhetoric – Our Bodies, Our Souls) was the first sign that the solid [...]
A decision in a Washington courtroom could buoy pro-life sentiments on this side of the border. The U.S. Supreme Court in late February ruled that a 15-foot "floating buffer zone", designed to prevent pro-lifers from approaching abortion-seeking women and staff on any public thoroughfare, contravenes freedom of expression guarantees in the U.S. Constitution. It's not a complete victory for pro-life interests, for [...]
VANCOUVER – Pro-life activist Jim Demers of Nelson, B.C. was released from prison in February on condition that he stay away from the city of Vancouver, unless accompanied by his lawyer, or travelling to a court appearance. Demers was arrested in December for violating B.C.'s "Bubble Zone" legislation against pro-life demonstrations. He spent the Christmas and New Year's holidays behind bars. An [...]