Mary Zwicker: Prince Albert II of Monaco has vetoed a bill permitting elective abortions up to 12 weeks gestation. A European monarch has vetoed proposed pro-abortion legislation on the grounds that it violates his country’s Catholic foundations. Prince Albert II of Monaco has refused to sign into law a bill that proposed to legalize abortion up to 12 weeks of [...]
Paul Tuns: In October, Quebec Premier François Legault and Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette introduced Bill 1, a proposed constitution for the province which would constitutionally guarantee access to abortion and euthanasia. The bill, if passed, “enacts the Constitution of Québec, the Act respecting the constitutional autonomy of Québec and the Act respecting the Conseil constitutionnel,” and it would have “primacy over any [...]
6. Alberta protects kids, women from transgender ideology Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has shown leadership in not only requiring parents be notified when their children want to socially transition to the opposite sex at school by using a different name or pronoun, ban minors from receiving hormones that stunt their natural growth, and protect women from competing against imposter “transgender” women, she [...]
David takes down Goliath: Student newspaper wins defamation suit against pro-abortion professor The Irish Rover is an independent, non-profit student newspaper at Notre Dame University in Indiana established in 2003. Its mission is “devoted to preserving the Catholic identity of Notre Dame.” (Note: Recently, Notre Dame announced that it was not necessary for the components of the university to continue to ‘preserve its [...]
As the year draws to a close, we enter into a familiar series of sharp contrasts. Along with the calm and quiet of winter comes the frenzy of December’s last-minute preparations: there are decorations to be hung, parties to be planned, and trips to be made—or travelers to welcome. Christmas always has this dual aspect: no other spiritual feast brings such a [...]
From the editor’s desk: In October, Compact published a provocative essay by Helen Andrews titled “The Great Feminization” in which she argued that cancel culture is essentially feminine: “Cancel culture is simply what women do whenever there are enough of them in a given organization or field.” The thesis is not Andrews’. She borrowed it from the pseudonymous J. Stone and an essay [...]
Josie Luetke: The sympathetic protagonist trotted out by pro-choicers is the teenager who accidentally gets knocked up. Think Ellen Page in Juno or Shailene Woodley in The Secret Life of the American Teenager (disregarding the bit of trivia that both their characters gave birth). Yet, this stereotype hasn’t reflected reality for a while. According to Statistics Canada, in 1975, girls under 20 [...]
Donald DeMarco: I had a terrible dream last night. Maybe it was brought about by that extra slice of “everything on it” pizza I consumed before I retired. It was having its revenge. At any rate, the dream was not only terrifying, but it lasted a long time. I hastened to write it down before I forgot the incidents that rose to [...]
Interim Staff On Oct. 6, the British Columbia legislature debated for an hour a motion condemning Association for Reformed Political Action’s (ARPA) “views and policies.” NDP MLA Rohini Arora (Burnaby East) introduced Motion 38, “Views and Policies of Association for Reformed Political Action.” The motion stated, “That this House condemns the intolerant views of the Association for Reformed Political Action (ARPA), including [...]
Oswald Clark and Paul Tuns On Nov. 4, Liberal Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne tabled the the Liberal government’s 2025 federal budget and after two weeks of kabuki theatre of whether or not enough opposition MPs would cross the floor, vote for the budget, or miss the final vote, it passed on a party-line vote 170-168. With a minority caucus that fell just [...]
Richard Dur, Special to The Interim: She said there was “no evidence.” That was the line in a letter from Alberta’s Health Minister, Adriana LaGrange: “Please know that there is no evidence of live-birth abortions occurring in Alberta.” She may even be right, in the narrowest, most technical sense. There is no medical category called a “live-birth abortion.” On paper, what doesn’t [...]
Paul Tuns: Prolife Alberta launched its “Left to Die” campaign demanding protection for babies born alive after botched abortions. The organization hopes to inform Albertans of the Alberta Health Services policy that allows babies born alive after surviving an abortion to die without receiving any care. The campaign was launched in September but gained publicity in late October and early November, forcing [...]
Oswald Clark: The Charlotte Lozier Institute issued its annual report on pregnancy care centres, and it reports that in the United States 2775 pregnancy resource/help centres provided $452 million in medical care, support, educational services, and material goods to mothers and family in 2024. The 2025 report, titled, “Pregnancy Centers: Rising to the Occasion with Unwavering Care,” and produced with Heartbeat International, [...]
Oswald Clark: In November, Planned Parenthood issued an “impact report” detailing the closure of 43 of its abortuaries in 2025, which it blamed on the loss of Title X funds and Medicaid reimbursements after Congress passed, and President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, a ban on federal taxpayer funds being used to pay for abortions. In their report, “The [...]
Oswald Clark and Paul Tuns: On Nov. 4, Liberal Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne tabled the the Liberal government’s 2025 federal budget and after two weeks of kabuki theatre of whether or not enough opposition MPs would cross the floor, vote for the budget, or miss the final vote, it passed on a party-line vote 170-168. With a minority caucus that fell just [...]