National Week for Life, May 10-17 Alliance for Life, Campaign Life and Coalition for Life, have designated May 10 through 17 as National Week for Life. The reason for this week is to pray for wisdom, strength, and unity within the pro-life movement, and to encourage the participation of all Canadians in promoting the right to life, especially pastors and other religious [...]
Scuttle-butt from the Harbord Street abortuary says that a Metro Toronto policeman is facing a disciplinary tribunal for refusing an assignment to protect the abotuary. The police officer is charged with disobeying a “lawful order” an thus committing a “major offence” against the Police Act of Ontario. His defence is that he does not think guard duty at the abortuary is a [...]
A fourteen-year-old boy who frequently pickets outside the Morgentaler abortuary in Toronto was recently held in custody overnight by Toronto police. The youth was arrested March 26, for allegedly coming too close to the Morgantaler aborturary. The charge is that he violated restrictions placed on him some three weeks earlier by a Family Court Judge. At that time Robbie, (his real identity [...]
Those who understand abortion and want to stop it have an obligation to recruit others into the pro-life movement, and to pass on to them their experience and expertise so that, in time, the injustice of abortion will end. Pro-life activists cannot wait for the legislative and judicial process that will make abortion illegal. The activist has to save lives now… No [...]
The Canadian Youth Pro-Life Organization (CYPLO) will be hosting the IV International youth Pro-Life Conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on September 4-6 (Labour Day Weekend), 1987. The even will be co-sponsored by the American Youth Pro-Life. The two organizations will be working together to attract young pro-lifers from all around the world for a weekend together in order to renew their commitment [...]
“I’m tired of voting for Catholics who aren’t” quipped one middle-aged gentleman, a recent convert to the Christian Heritage Party, who attended their special news conference in February, in Hamilton, Ontario. “We’re all from somewhere else,” laughed a Christian Heritage Party aide. “We’re all ex-NDP, ex-Liberals, ex-Tories. We’re all fed up with that’s going on in Ottawa. You’re going to see a [...]
Saturday, February 14 was a day of celebration for REAL Women of Canada, who were thrilled at the attendance of close to 300 supporters, at their Annual Convention. This was an all-day event held at Toronto’s Royal York Hotel. REAL women sprang up from a small group of women who were very concerned about the breakdown of the family. It is a [...]
O dear, it’s really getting boring! After seventy-four years in this world, it is only in the last two that I have seen the inside of a courtroom. I have stood before a judge as a “defendant,” almost a dozen times, and most recently, on January 21st of this year. I was charged with “trespassing,” at the Morgentaler abortuary, in April 1986, [...]
Saturday, January 24th, a courageous man with an interesting brogue blew in from Australia, carrying with him a message of hope. On his hurried trip around the world, the famous “Abortion Priest,” as he is known in his homeland, made a brief stop-off in Toronto. Reverend Eugene Ahern is a 41-year-old man, who has spent the last fifteen of his eighteen years [...]
In December I received a thank you card from Michael Bray, the American minister “accused of” and jailed for bombing several abortion mills in the United States. Recently Bray was acquitted of the charges. However, anti-lifers in America are outraged and plan to re-try Bray. Bray’s new trial is set for this month.. He writes “for the mean time , [...]
Washington: pro-life physicians in the United States have formed a new organization. The American Academy of Medical Ethics (AAME). This new group will not infringe upon or take over the function of any existing group. However, doctors have felt increasingly that there is a real need for a strong pro-life medical voice on Capitol Hill and before the press. As [...]
(This is the first in a series of short profiles on Federal Members of Parliament who have demonstrated a commitment to pro-life ideals.) A veterinarian and veterinary surgeon, Gus Mitges was born in Greece and came to Canada at an early age. He grew up in Guelph, Ontario, where he completed his education at the University of Guelph. [...]
News agency Brussels. Spanish journalist Andre’s Garrigo has proposed a pro-life news agency for Europe called Euro Life News. Its purpose: to distribute current and reliable information about human life and health. Garrigo explained the need for such an agency to an International Seminar on abortion, euthanasia and genetic manipulation in Brussels, organized by the Dutch “Cry for Life” [...]
It’s as plain as pie that, were the Catholic Church doing its job, we would not have abortion. Nor would the family be as it is, under attack. At least, attacks there may indeed be, and a terrible toll of casualties that increases as you move away from the Church, but very few among those inside the Church. [...]
“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamed of in Your Philosophy.” Hamlet. A month or so ago I received a phone call from a 92-year-old lady. She said, “Father, why can’t you get people to pray more that abortions will stop?” I made what Agatha Christie would term “appropriate noises” on the [...]