On Saturday may 13 spring was enhanced by Toronto’s first Youth for Life Conference. The conference arose from a need to learn more about how abortion affects our community, and more importantly to network with other young people to give the framework to build support groups within their schools. Over 70 pro-life teens from area high schools congregated in the cafeteria of [...]
It was, for all intents and purposes, a hit list and had it not targeted pro-lifers, they wouldn’t have gotten away with it. In April, a free “entertainment” paper available on the streets of Montreal called the Mirror, (similar to Now Magazine in Toronto) printed an article with the banner headline “HLI’s top 10 extremists.” The article was an attempt to discredit [...]
An organization which has saved hundreds of babies from the jaws of death, marks a decade of fighting abortion on the frontlines “In as much as you did unto the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me.” Matt. 25:40 Choose Life Canada was founded by the Reverend Ken Campbell on December 10, 1984, the day criminal abortions were [...]
Gibbons could face second consecutive six-month sentence Ken Campbell calls her “The Corrie Ten Boom Heroine of the Decade.” Linda Gibbons is following the example of Corrie Ten Boom’s response to Hitler’s holocaust, by risking her life and liberty in a courageous, Christian response to Canada’s “Baby Holocaust.” Linda, a grandmother of four, has been incarcerated since early September. On September 2, [...]
One of the United States’ most repressive anti-demonstrating laws has now been declared unconstitutional by two U.S. judges. In Milwaukee, U.S. District Judge Rudolph T. Randa ruled that the 1994 Freedom to Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE) was unconstitutional. The judge declared that the part of the law which bans “nonviolent, physical obstruction of reproductive health services clinics is unconstitutional,” noting [...]
Three pro-life activists who were convicted of “public mischief” following the October 1992 “Cross of Hope Rescue” at the Morgentaler abortuary in Halifax have filed an appeal. Paul Cheverie and Ken Biso from Charlottetown, PEI and Ann Marie Tomlins of Borden, Ontario filed their notice of appeal on October 21 on the grounds that the presiding judge denied them their right to [...]
In the last couple of months, I’ve been too busy to contribute to The Interim. My excuse is that I bought a new computer to make my pro-life work more efficient. If I were to admit exactly how many hours I’ve spent in front of a screen, wrestling to learn a new system, hook up a modem and step onto the so-called [...]
In a move which caught pro-lifer observers off-guard, a judge ruled that 16 of 18 pro-life activists who were named in an Ontario lawsuit will not receive legal expenses. With the exception of Erroll Alchim, Justice George Adams ruled that the 16 other defendants must cover their own legal expenses. Jane Ubertino (also dropped from the suit), who was represented by Peter [...]
Charlottetown. A panel of young people from different schools spoke during the provincial Realwomen convention in late September, about their efforts to make the world a better place. Sadd Sixteen-year-old Angela Large, a Grade 11 student, represented Students Against Drinking and Driving (SADD), the largest and most active group in her school. They use positive peer pressure to counter teen use of [...]
Gordon Watson who has been a constant thorn in the side of the B.C. government has been jailed for contempt of court and ordered to stay away from an abortuary. However, after serving one day in jail, Watson was granted an appeal and was freed until the appeal was heard. Prosecutor Carey Veinotte asked Judge Mary Southin to order Watson to file [...]
The pro-life movement has seldom received any corporate or media support and for this reason has always survived at a grassroots level. Events such as the September 10 Christian Family seminar are perfect examples of how the movement strengthens its grassroots and stays alive, despite the unfriendly times. Held in a small Ukrainian-rite Church basement, the lively seminar drew over 1000 people [...]
In early October, Canadian pro-lifers took to the streets for their annual Life Chain demonstrations. As in past years, Canadians lined the streets with signs such as “Abortion Kills Children”; “Adoption: The Loving Option,” and “Jesus Forgives and Heals.” As in past years, Vancouver produced the biggest turnout with over 7,000 participants. Across Canada, over 35,000 people took part. Though the numbers [...]
The sexual revolution coincided with “flower power” and the arrival of The Pill. But the sexual revolution of the ’90s has a whole new flavour. Consider the evidence. In July, more than 7,100 teenagers attending the National Baptist Federation conference in Hull, brought thousands of pledge forms signed by their peers across Canada, promising to abstain from sex until marriage. The pledges [...]
It has been almost two years since the “Cross of Hope Mission” rescue occurred at the Morgentaler abortuary in Halifax. On October 21, 1992, nine pro-lifers were arrested for peacefully blocking the abortuary entrance. The nine were charged with public mischief and on February 25, 1994, were found guilty of that offence. However, in a bizarre twist of fate, Judge Albert Bremner, [...]
In the middle of May, Aid to Women received a phone call from a young woman. Dick Cochrane, who fielded the call at the crisis pregnancy center, recalls that she was in a very emotional state. “She was pregnant and her boyfriend had been pressuring her to have an abortion. It was obvious to me that she was against the idea. She [...]