Charges against Anti-Racist Action members stayed due to unusual 'institutional delay' Interim staff A recent court decision to drop all charges against 11 Anti-Racist Action (ARA) members who violently disrupted a Show the Truth demonstration in Toronto two years ago has left pro-life supporters again wondering about the capricious nature of Ontario's legal system. Mr. Justice Robert Bigelow of the Ontario court [...]
By John-Henry Westen The Interim The United Nations Millennium Summit, the largest gathering of world leaders in history, concluded in New York Sept. 8. The Summit Declaration, a statement agreed to by a vote of the vast majority of world leaders, is regarded by the United Nations as having "sketched out clear directions for adapting the organization to its role in the [...]
By Paul Tuns The Interim The United States House of Representatives is considering a law that would protect newly born infants, including those who survive abortions. The Born-Alive Infants Protection Act would guarantee that babies who survived abortion attempts have the same legal rights as other newborns and that they could not be killed with impunity. According to the Act, a child [...]
Stabbing incident provides pro-abortion groups with ideal propaganda tool By Paul Tuns The Interim The July 11 stabbing of Vancouver abortionist Garson Romalis was denounced by pro-life groups across the country, but that hasn't stopped the abortion industry from milking the incident for all its propaganda value. In a July 12 press release, Canadian Physicians for Life president Dr. Robert Pankratz condemned [...]
Is it possible the animal-rights movement might actually end up helping unborn humans? By David Packer The Interim Editor: The following article was submitted as a response to our coverage last month of "The Great Ape Legal Project," which seeks to establish the personhood of animals in law. When I was a kid, my mother took me in to the local streetmarket [...]
Calgary pro-lifer says prohibition of words ‘killing' and ‘murder' may lead to courthouse protests By Mike Mastromatteo The Interim Pro-life supporters in Alberta have expressed concern that the court system may be turning to libel laws to further restrict right-to-life activity near abortion clinics. In June, Judge Blair Mason of the Alberta court ruled that pro-life signs carried by long-time activist Michael [...]
By Tim Bloedow The Interim Pro-lifers know what it's like to be targeted by government for censorship, particularly when it comes to criminalizing the free speech rights of peaceful protestors around abortuaries. Another attack on free speech for pro-life citizens and many other Canadians was introduced by the Liberals as Bill C-2 at the beginning of the latest session of Parliament. It [...]
By Tim Bloedow The Interim Canada is set to become one of the first countries to ratify the highly controversial Rome statute, which will be used to set up a global criminal court. On June 13, the House of Commons passed Bill C-19, the Crimes Against Humanity Act, the purpose of which is to "implement in Canada the Rome Statute of the [...]
By Pat Hansard The Interim In June, the Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons approved faticide, the deliberate killing of 20-week and older fetuses prior to their mother's abortions. The procedure involves puncturing the heart of the unborn child with a surgical needle full of potassium chloride. Death occurs within seconds, but not without pain, as no anesthesia is used. The college [...]
By Paul Tuns The Interim On June 28, the United States Supreme Court ruled against Nebraska's partial-birth abortion ban, dealing a blow to 30 other states that prohibit or regulate a procedure that is aptly described as infanticide. In the 5-4 Stenberg v. Carhart decision, written by Justice Stephen Breyer, the court faulted the ban for its broad language, which critics claim endangers [...]
By Paul Tuns The Interim The charges against two journalists covering the Linda Gibbons arrest last October have finally been dropped. Eight months after their ordeal began, Steve Jalsevac of Toronto and Gord Truscott of Guelph were vindicated of obstruction charges. After reviewing the evidence, the Crown admitted there was "no reasonable probability of conviction." Blaise MacLean, Jalsevac's and Truscott's lawyer, told The [...]
A mere 40 years ago, the Canadian Bill of Rights recognized that ‘men and intitution remain free only when freedom is founded upon respect for moral and spiritual values' By Rory Leishman The Interim How do we know that abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide are evil? For Christians and Jews who uphold the historic teachings of their faith, the answer is obvious: [...]
By Paul Tuns The Interim On April 25, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the Stenberg v. Carhart case which will decide whether or not states have the right to ban partial-birth abortion (PBA). The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a Nebraska law that prohibited PBA when abortionist Leroy Carhart sued the state saying that such a ban impedes his [...]
For those who may not have heard, Wednesday, May 3 was World Press Freedom Day. Apart from professional journalists, most people would not classify the event among the more significant commemorations of the year. But we all ought to do so - not least because freedom of the press is being violated in our own fair Dominion. Yes, the right of citizens [...]
By Paul Tuns The Interim The 14-year fight against a dubious lawsuit has forced a prominent American pro-lifer to put up his own home as bond while the case winds its way through the courts. Joseph Scheidler, executive director of the Pro-Life Action League of Chicago, is still fighting a lawsuit launched by the National Organization of Women (NOW) in 1986. [...]