In September 1984, we wrote that abortion is the election issue. Nothing has happened in the past four years to make us withdraw that statement. In fact, November 1988, the situation is even more critical. The political report card for the last four years shows that grassroots pro-life work has begun to pay off. In June 1987, the pro-life Mitges’ motion was [...]
No group of people have benefited the physical welfare of individuals as directly and extensively as the medical profession. Applying the technology advanced by other sciences, health care professionals have been able to lengthen lives, to shorten illness, to relieve pain, to give many people a “new lease on life,” from providing pacemakers for heart patients, to new limbs for accident victims, [...]
The coming election Pro-lifers may face the coming election with a degree of confidence. The voting in the House of Commons on July 28 has revealed that pro-life sentiments are far stronger than the media pundits and the pro-abortionists have made the country believe. At the same time the voting has provided a factual record on four out of every five MPs [...]
The media are bombarding Canadians with the false idea that a new federal law must permit abortions. The government, they say, must comply with the January 28 Supreme Court decision. The solution, they claim, should be some kind of compromise. People who do not have sound fixed principles, or who believe that tolerance is the only principle, will talk this way. No [...]
Immediate reaction to the Supreme Court abortion decision was a sick feeling in the pit of the stomach. Images of tiny babies with no more value than a diseased appendix, losing their lives in an orgy of destruction. Images, too, of the scene at 85 Harbord Street in Toronto where as pro-lifers prayed and sang hymns, jubilant women screamed approval for the [...]
Honestly, if you didn’t know better, you might begin to wonder: just whose side is the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on anyway? First, Gus Mitges gets a pro-life motion over all the hurdles and actually before the House of Commons for a vote. Next. Gus Mitges gets a pro-life motion over all the hurdles and actually before the House of Commons [...]
The results of Ontario’s upcoming elections are predictable: no matter which party wins, unborn babies lose. Despite rhetoric spouted by some hopefuls, who easy abortion is a matter of personal conscience or who protest that no action can be taken against illegal killing centers until the Supreme Court has spoken, all three mainstream parties support the status quo at the very least, [...]
The recent Ontario election can be summed up as having a “bad news, good news” result. First, the bad news. Despite the valiant efforts of pro-life activists, the Liberals were elected with a massive majority. Why? We think there are two main reasons. In part, the vote reflected the general mood of disgust with the federal conservatives: Ontario sent a loud message [...]
The results of Ontario’s upcoming elections are predictable: no matter which party wins, unborn babies lose. Despite rhetoric spouted by some hopefuls, who easy abortion is a matter of personal conscience or who protest that no action can be taken against illegal killing centers until the Supreme Court has spoken, all three mainstream parties support the status quo at the very least, [...]
Two thing decided the defeat of Gus Mitges’ motion to amend the Charter to protect the unborn. One was the pressure brought to bear on Conservative MPs by their leaders. Despite assurances that this was to be a “free vote,” Mulroney and his advisors made it clear that a pro-life vote was unacceptable. Congratulations and continued support are due to those Conservative [...]
One pro-family group REAL Women of Canada has had its requests for funding consistently denied by the federal government. Another, the Alberta Federation of Women United for Families, actually got so far as to have a cheque for $8,000 in the mail, only to have Secretary of State David Crombie stop payment. Why? These groups are contaminated in bureaucratic eyes by standing [...]
When a Catholic priest is fired as editor of a church-sponsored magazine, the first reaction is that it is a matter of interest only to Catholics and not a case of censorship. Perhaps that is why the situation of Father Albert Lalonde in Saskatchewan has not received major publicity and why the editorialists of our national newspapers have not [...]
At this time of year, when gift lists surround us and plans are being made to extend warm greetings and hospitality to others, it’s highly appropriate for pro-life people to add the pre-born child to the list. Our gifts need not involve money, just thoughtfulness and time. All three national pro-life groups – Alliance for Life, Campaign Life and Coalition for the [...]
Perhaps in an attempt to spruce up his somewhat tarnished public image, Prime Minister Mulroney recently expressed concern over the drug problem in Canada. Although media pundits have been swift to question Mr. Mulroney’s motives for addressing the drug problem, it is an issue worthy of pro-life concern. Canadians cannot sit smugly back in their armchairs, arguing that the high priority being [...]
At last! The Federal Conservatives appear to have exhibited some backbone: they’ve taken steps to burg the pornography industry. Proposed legislation to ban child pornography has been rightly applauded as a measure necessary to stop the abuse and exploitation of children. However, proposals to define and curtail so-called “adult” pornography has been greeted with derision, and called “obscene,” “censorship” and an “unwelcome” [...]