Media turning a blind eye to alleged misdeed In a story you would be hard-pressed to find in the mainstream media, abortionist Henry Morgentaler is being sued for at least $185,000 for an alleged botched abortion last year on an Ottawa woman, which she claims caused damage to her reproductive organs and harm to her marriage. A Canadian Press wire story reported [...]
Whew! The election is over. By the time you read these words of mine, most of the signs will be gone. And every baby that was legally abortable in Canada the day before the election will still be legally abortable the day after. And, I suppose, the day after and the day after. Not to say there will not be the brave [...]
Tony Gosgnach The Interim Administering a punch in the face, fifteen hours of community service and a letter of apology. Not a bad deal for Douglas Chase of Vancouver Island, B.C. Chase, apparently upset by certain pro-life signs, attacked without warning Campaign Life Coalition B.C. president John Hof while the latter was picketing with other pro-life supporters outside a Vancouver abortuary in [...]
Parliament Can and Must Act We live with a terrible reality in Canada. Unlike any other modern democracy, there is no law regulating abortions at any stage of pregnancy. A pregnant woman can get an abortion at any time, for any reason, at any stage of pregnancy. For all 9 months, indeed at any time, even during child birth, the unborn child [...]
LifeSite Daily NewsThe request by the Coalition for Life and Health to intervene in the case of Morgentaler vs. New Brunswick has been denied by Mr. Justice David Russell in his ruling of April 2. The Coalition was formed in response to the launching of a lawsuit by abortionist Morgentaler against the province of New Brunswick because of its refusal to subsidize [...]
Abortion advocates challenge ban signed into law last November LifeSite NewsJudge Richard C. Casey did not let partial-birth abortionist Dr. Timothy Johnson off easy. In court testimony March 31 challenging the constitutionality of the partial-birth abortion ban, Casey grilled Johnson about the grisly procedure. Partial-birth abortions often necessitate dismemberment of a live baby while his head remains entrenched in the womb. Judge [...]
As Mary Ellen Douglas says in our cover story on C-6 (formerly C-13) passing the Senate to become law, the battle is not over. In fact, it has just begun. In many ways, March 11 will be like May 14, 1969, when Pierre Trudeau's Liberal government passed an omnibus bill that legalized abortion. With one defeat in the battle to defend human [...]
The National Citizen's Coalition, a pro-free market, pro-individual liberty organization, goes to court in February to oppose the federal "gag law." Its fight is for freedom of speech and freedom of expression during election campaigns. Its fight is also our fight. The law limits how much money an organization or individual can spend to put out issue ads or other political activities [...]
But only pro-abortion groups granted intervenor status By John-Henry Westen The InterimThe European Court of Human Rights heard a case Dec. 10 that sought to establish that unborn children have the right to life. A ruling on the case is expected in several weeks. LifeSite has learned that the only two NGOs to which the European Court granted intervenor status were the [...]
By Tony Gosgnach The Interim The last few months haven't been kind to abortionists' public images (not to say they had good ones to begin with). But things may have hit a nadir for them with the conviction of one of their most celebrated heroes on numerous charges of sexual abuse. Gun-toting, foul-mouthed, in-your-face Brian Finkel of Phoenix, Az. - who ran [...]
Interim Staff The Ontario College of Pharmacists is calling for legislative changes so that pharmacists can dispense early abortifacients - commonly called "emergency contraception" or "the morning after pill." A pilot project that saw the medication dispensed through 40 Toronto-area pharmacies to 7,000 women ended last month, and the provincial ministry of health says it won't make a decision on the matter [...]
LifeSite News Cuban pro-life leader Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet has been released, after the completion of a three-year sentence. Biscet raised the ire of the Communist regime in 1998 by writing to the United Nations condemning the multitude of abortions performed in Cuba. "We honour posthumously the thousands of innocent victims who have been assassinated in this 'concrete pile' (the maternity hospital [...]
On page 20, we highlight a nine-year-old story; namely The Interim's coverage of then attorney-general Marion Boyd's announcement that Ontario's NDP government would seek a court order restricting pro-life activity (such as the counselling of women or peacefully protesting against abortion) at certain locations in the province. The Ontario Court (General Division) issued a "temporary" injunction - and nine years later, it [...]
One of the most important aspects of federal political activity being watched by pro lifers is Roy Romanow's health care commission. Romanow has presented his interim report and announced the beginning of cross-country public consultations. This commission, launched to address the growing crisis in health care, is an excellent opportunity to raise the abortion funding issue. Provincial governments are de-listing previously funded [...]
LifeSite NewsThe Canadian Supreme Court has, for the first time, ruled on a case involving "wrongful birth." The nine justices have ruled unanimously that the adult care of a child born with Down syndrome need not be covered by a doctor who failed to encourage the woman to undergo pre-natal testing which may have identified the disorder. Pam and Murray Krangle of [...]