Rory Leishman: In yet another deeply disturbing development in the rapidly evolving science of in vitro fertilization (IVF), Professor Shoukrhat Mitalipov of the Oregon Health and Science University announced in a paper published in Nature Communications on Sept. 30 that a research team led by him has succeeded in transforming human skin cells into human eggs. Mitalipov anticipates that once this technique [...]
Rory Leishman: The Free Press is an outstanding, new media company founded and edited by Bari Weiss, a former columnist for The New York Times who quit that newspaper in disgust over its woke, left-wing ideological bias. In her letter of resignation, she charged that at The Times: “Stories are chosen and told in a way to satisfy the narrowest of audiences, [...]
Rory Leishman: The book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible describes an era in ancient Israel when, instead of obeying the commandments of God, most men did what was right in their own eyes. The result was chaos, confusion and disaster. The same is true of our own era. Instead of steadfastly upholding the traditional principles of Judeo-Christian morality, most people have [...]
Rory Leishman: Under the pretense of upholding the 1982 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, judicial activists on the Supreme Court of Canada have subverted democracy and the rule of law in Canada by systematically violating the separation of legislative and judicial powers. Consider, for example, the egregious ruling by the Court in R. v. Bissonette, 2022. At issue in this case [...]
On June 20, the British House of Commons delivered another devastating blow to respect for the sanctity of human life, by adopting a bill to legalize euthanasia on a vote of 314 to 291. However, it is noteworthy that, in comparison to Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying legislation, this British bill is, for now, far more restrictive and contains much more stringent [...]
Rory Leishman: In a landmark ruling on April 16, a five-judge panel of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (the country’s highest court of appeal since 2009) unanimously upheld the plain words of the Equality Act 2010 (EA 2010). Would that the Supreme Court of Canada would do the same in interpreting the laws and the Constitution of Canada. At issue [...]
Rory Leishman: Statistics Canada projects that for the first time in the history of Confederation the total population of Canada will decline this year. What accounts for this momentous turnaround from rapid population growth to impending decline? According to Statistics Canada, the immediate cause was the sudden about-face on immigration last year by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Instead [...]
Rory Leishman: In The Moral Vision of the New Testament (1996), Richard B. Hays, renowned New Testament scholar and professor emeritus at Duke University, convincingly demonstrated that the “New Testament offers no loopholes or exception clauses that might allow for the acceptance of homosexual practice under some circumstances.” Yet in his last book published last September and co-authored with his son Christopher, [...]
Rory Leishman: On Oct. 29, Kimberly Murray issued her final report as Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools. At a press conference to mark the occasion, federal Justice Minister Arif Virani said: “You can’t hear stories about … young girls being impregnated and then (having) their babies being taken away and incinerated, [...]
Rory Leishman: It was on June 24, 2022, that the Supreme Court of the UIt was a banner day for pro-lifers when the United States Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson (2022) overturned Roe v. Wade (1973), the infamous ruling that purported to find a right to abortion hidden in the United States Constitution. According to Human Life Review, 18 states have [...]
Rory Leishman: It was on June 24, 2022, that the Supreme Court of the United States released its judgment in Dobbs v. Jackson that overturned Roe v. Wade, the calamitous 1973 ruling which alleged that women have a fundamental constitutional right to abortion. At the time, Dobbs was widely regarded as the greatest triumph for the pro-life movement in 50 years, yet, [...]
Rory Leishman: Thanks to the appalling Medical Assistance in Dying laws mandated by the Supreme Court of Canada and enacted by the Trudeau Liberals and their NDP and Bloc Quebecois allies, Canada now has both the most and the fastest increasing number of euthanasia deaths in the entire world. More Canadians are killed every year by MAID than die of stroke. Yet [...]
Rory Leishman: According to the latest, most reliable information on COVID 19 vaccines, are they ethical? Have they really been a safe and effective means of drastically reducing hospitalizations and deaths due to the COVID-19 virus? Consider, first, the ongoing controversy over the ethics of the Moderna and Pfizer-BionTech mRNA vaccines. Some well-meaning, but misguided, pro-lifers maintain that no one in good [...]
Rory Leishman: Former president and convicted felon Donald Trump is not and never has been, a sincere pro-lifer. As evidence, consider some of the serious damage he has done to the pro-life movement over the past year. Last September, he denounced Florida Governor Ron DiSantis for signing into law a bill banning abortion after six weeks. In Trump’s misguided opinion, the bill [...]
Rory Leishman: Direct attacks on the God-given, natural right of everyone to freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression are continuing to mount, not just in Canada, but also in Europe. One of the most prominent, recent victims is J.K. Rowling, a resident of Edinburgh Scotland and author of the Harry Potter series of novels. Siobhian Brown, Scotland’s Minister for Victims and [...]