When Kate Michelman of the U.S. National Abortion Rights Action League says a Republican plan to establish voluntary prayer in public schools is “about establishing a theocracy in this nation” her words are taken at face value. Despite the ridiculousness of her claim, she is not accused of promoting a wild conspiracy theory. When members of a pro-life contingent say that the [...]
After decades of irresponsible governments frittering away billions of dollars, Canada has become one of the Western World’s most heavily indebted countries. Now we must begin paying for our fiscal sins and Finance Minister Paul Martin’s budget will be the first in a long run of penitential belt-tighteners. The days of government largesse are gone. Current wisdom says that government cuts will [...]
Saskatchewan farmer Robert Latimer killed Tracy, his 12-year-old daughter, because her cerebral palsy and mental abilities distressed him. His trial and conviction on murder in late November attracted great media attention. Some people suggest he is a folk hero who does not deserve a jail sentence. Others fear this public sentiment will further feed prejudice, making it open season on the disabled. [...]
In early October the headlines of many press stories proudly proclaimed that in 1992, 100,497 abortions were performed in Canada. Statistics Canada had just released its latest numbers on the industry: 275 babies are killed every day; 12 are killed every hour. For every four babies born alive in this country, one is aborted. Perhaps a visitor from another planet might have [...]
The frustration has reached a boiling point and the inevitable has happened. Another abortionist has been shot dead in Pensacola, Florida. On July 29, Paul Hill joined Michael Griffen on the list of activists who went too far. Hill fired shots into the car of abortionist John Bayard Britton, killing him and his bodyguard. As governments continue to crack down on peaceful [...]
Manning on the spot “I am opposed to state-assisted suicides.” “The initial interpretation indicates a strong constituent support for physician-assisted suicide.” “I would be obligated to support that.” The above statements were made by the leader of the Reform Party of Canada and they once and forever illustrate the shortcomings of Preston Manning’s populist approach. Over the past year, this paper has [...]
Dr. Jerome LeJeune is dead. These five simple words have shocked and saddened pro-lifers around the world; five words that mark the end of a life that contributed so much to the betterment of mankind. It Is impossible, in just a few sentences, to do justice to Jerome LeJeune, for he is truly one of the great men of our time. A [...]
Lawyers defending the 18 pro-lifers against the persecution of the Ontario Attorney General have mounted a spirited defence of the rights or their clients – and all Ontarians – to the very basics of free speech and assembly. Now it’s up to the judge to decide whether to grant the government its extraordinary request for an injunction banning pro-life activity at 23 [...]
Rose – New Year’s resolutions. To the countless numbers of “ordinary” Canadians whose New Year’s resolution will be to speak up for the voiceless in 1994. Let’s hope they keep this promise and that everyone has a very happy and blessed New Year. Thorn – Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies. For being a $28 million waste of taxpayers’ money. Among its [...]
At long last, there is hope. Not only the hope which each new year brings but real hope, hope we can put our hands on. We find this hope, of all places, in the usually unfriendly editorial pages of the Globe and Mail. The seemingly rock solid empire that is “choice”, backed by 25 years of incredible media and legal success, has [...]
We seem no sooner over Halloween than Christmas is upon us. Advent is the season before the Nativity in the Church calendar, but in the consumer culture of North America, it is Halloween and then suddenly, overnight, Christmas. Stores remove ghosts and death masks from their window displays and replace them with angels and nativity scenes. Skeletons become newborn babes. In the [...]
Would you vote for a person who believes that the answer to Canada’s economic problems is to kill people? Of course not, you say, such a position is totally unacceptable. And yet, you will be doing precisely this, unless you look at where your candidates stand on abortion and euthanasia, and then vote pro-life on October 25. Well, the life issues are [...]
Do you find politics boring or sleazy? Are you always complaining about this politician or that? In the upcoming federal election campaign, if you, who claim to be pro-life, vote for a candidate who is pro-abortion, you may as well be standing in the abortuary – passing the laminaria, the scalpel, the suction machine, the vacurettes, to your local abortionist. The voter [...]
What an unexpected but welcome development! Near the very end of a dreadful five-year term, Parliament has finally passed a moral issue law with real substance. The new child pornography law, Bill C-128, was not only quickly approved but also strengthened by significant last-minute amendments. Parliament has demonstrated that it is serious about eliminating child pornography in Canada. The so-called kiddie porn [...]
What an unexpected but welcome development! Near the very end of a dreadful five-year term, Parliament has finally passed a moral issue law with real substance. The new child pornography law, Bill C-128, was not only quickly approved but also strengthened by significant last-minute amendments. Parliament has demonstrated that it is serious about eliminating child pornography in Canada. The so-called kiddie porn [...]