Edmonton – Henry Morgentaler has finally lost a court case. In what could be a crucial decision for the pro-life movement, a judge has partially ruled against an injunction in front of an abortion facility run by Henry Morgentaler in Edmonton. Representatives of Campaign Life Coalition made the application, arguing that the language of the injunction was excessively broad and an intrusion [...]
British Columbia pro-lifers could soon have to deal with the same intrusions into their rights ass their Ontario counterparts. The government recently announced the members of an “Abortion Access Task Force” which is working on ways to promote abortion in the province. The NDP government has released the names of the six members of the task force. John Hof, president of Campaign [...]
Fetal tissue Deal A research clinic in Santa Barbara, California has signed a deal to obtain fetal tissue from Russia. Though the ban on fetal tissue experimentation has been lifted, researchers note that it will take 3 or 4 years before there is a tissue-bank to draw from in the U.S. This deal will obviously be a big money-maker for both sides. [...]
In 1966 the controversy concerning UNICEF’s collaboration in population control threa-tened to split apart not only that organization but the United Nations itself. As a com-promise solution, the UN created a new fund especially for population-control activities, but one to which nations contributed only if they wished. In 1967 General U Thant an-nounced the creation United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA). [...]
Injunction would set “unprecedented restriction” The Ontario government wants to make it illegal to counsel women or peacefully protest abortion in cities across the province. Attorney general Marion Boyd plans to seek a court order restricting pro-life activity, the government announced April 19. “I am seeking this injunction to ensure that women have access to legal health care services in this province,” [...]
The painful truth In early February, Saskatoon Alliance for Life printed a tabloid called Unmasking Planned Parenthood to be inserted into the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. The insert was instigated in response to Planned Parenthood’s application for provincial funding. The pro-abortion reaction ranged from hate mail and threatening phone calls to breaking alliance for Life’s windows and persuading the Star-Phoenix not to distribute the [...]
Queen’s Park, Ont. We’ve appealed to people in Ontario to reject abortion on the grounds of its cruelty to the preborn, its unfairness ane its innate wickedness. Maybe we’re going about it all wrong. A group of us decided to go around to Gerber (Canada), the baby food company, and test our suspicions. When we told the CEO’s secretary that we had [...]
My first editor used to tell me never to put my trust in special groups. He said a good journalist should ask tough questions and go beyond the press releases and the sound bites. Maybe the rules are different when the subject is abortion. Consider the latest call by the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League for a “multi-site injunction” to curtail pro-life [...]
Abortionists in the U.S. have introduced a gruesome new way to ply their trade and pro-lifers are hoping that it never makes an appearance in Canada. The new procedure, called dilation and extraction (D&X), is capable of shocking the most hardened observer. During the D&X, the unborn and unanesthetized baby us delivered feet first. When all but the head, which remains in [...]
Is it true that the embryo comes from only a part of the cell after the ovum in fertilized? M.P. Toronto What happens is that soon after fertilization the first cell—the zygote—undergoes a rapid series of cell divisions, and within a few days the cells separate into two groups. One group, the smaller inner portions of the cells, gives rise to the [...]
The ordeal has ended for Linda Gibbons. The pro-life prisoner of conscience met friends and well-wishers in Toronto after her release from jail March 18. She served four moths of a six month sentence which she spent in four different jails. This was her seventh time in jail since 1989 and she served almost continually since September of 1992. “It’s great getting [...]
Last month, the city of Edmonton was the scene of two events which have brought the ever-simmering abortion controversy back to a boil. On March 4, doctors told a 28-year-old woman that she was “lucky to be alive” following an abortion performed on her at Henry Morgentaler’s Edmonton facility. Nearly ten minutes after her abortion, the woman developed severe stomach [...]
Rescue America is going on the offensive with “multiple lawsuits” in the wake of news stories implicating the Houston-based group with the shooting of abortionist David Gunn. “During the recent media feast over Gunn’s death, our organization endured a lot of slander and distortion,” said Don Treshman, national director of Rescue America. He said the group will be launching a series of [...]
Women are legally allowed to have abortions. At any time during a pregnancy. For any reason. From the moral perspective of the pro-life movement the legal situation should be different. But it isn’t. The simple fact is: Women are allowed to have abortions. According to the polls most people –including women- are uncomfortable with abortion. Most people-including most women- disagree with the [...]
Ottawa to get free-standing abortion clinic Ottawa may soon have its first fee-standing abortion clinic, but abortion activists in the city aren’t satisfied. The Ottawa-Carleton District –Health Council voted unanimously on February 15th to ask the Ontario Health Ministry to issue a request for proposals for a women’s health center which would provide abortions, contraceptive services and other women’s health programs. The [...]