20 Years after Morgentaler On Jan. 28, 1988 the Supreme Court of Canada threw out the country’s abortion law. The Interim’s coverage of this sad anniversary includes a reprint of our immediate reaction, an excerpt from David Dooley’s 1992 pamphlet, “Supreme Court and Morgentaler Against Biology” and original contributions from Donald DeMarco (on Morgentaler as a feminist icon), Ian Hunter (on Morgentaler’s [...]
The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons ran a study, re-published in the the British insurance journal The Actuary, on the abortion-breast cancer link. It examined statistics for women in eight European countries and avoided the supposed weakness of other studies that have found a connection between abortion and breast cancer; namely, “recall bias.” Patrick Carroll, director of research at the Pension and [...]
The pro-abortion movement enjoyed tremendous publicity during the month of October because of two major international conferences, one of which was sponsored by UN agencies. The Women Deliver conference in London, England was co-sponsored by, among other organizations, UNICEF, the World Health Organization and the World Bank. The theme chosen was “Invest in Women – It Pays!” The purpose of the gathering [...]
Unborn victims of violence issue comes to forefront After Aysun Sesen, a pregnant 25-year-old Toronto woman, was killed in October, the media focused on the the issue of unborn victims of violence and the absurdity that the unborn child is a legal non-entity in criminal law. Sesen was the fifth high-profile murder in Canada since 2005 that took the life of the [...]
On a bid to divide and confuse the public on the issue of abortion, some pro-abortion zealots have taken to asking pro-lifers how much jail time they think a mother should serve for procuring an abortion for her child. In response, many pro-lifers have been tongue-tied and for good reason: the question is not amenable to any simple answer. The Criminal Code [...]
According to the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute in Brussels, the International Planned Parenthood Federation has issued a document entitled, “Why we need to talk about abortion.” It calls for the legalization of abortion in the European Union. While acknowledging that each member state has “ultimately responsibility” for abortion legislation, the IPPF-Europe urges the European Union Commission and the European Parliament [...]
Our correspondent turns the tables and sits in on a pro-abortion NOW meeting I didn’t relish the prospect of spending my evening sitting in on a National Organization of Women event, but I couldn’t help but be curious. A colleague of mine had chanced upon an announcement for the monthly meeting where feminist reporter Eleanor Bader would be speaking about her experience [...]
British Columbia pharmacies will now offer Plan B “emergency contraception,” the so-called “morning-after pill,” without a prescription and without a mandatory informed consent sheet. The abortifacient drug, used to prevent conception or end early-stage pregnancy, can cause the death of an unborn human being in the first days of life by preventing him from implanting in his mother’s womb. The pill has [...]
To say that something is less important does not mean it is irrelevant, but to call something most important is to call it foundational. Even before the framework of a house is built, the foundation must be laid. Ironically, the strongest and most necessary aspect of the house lays hidden in the ground, and the structure of the house depends on the [...]
The National Abortion Federation has beefed up its assault on Canada’s pro-life movement with a new demand that all doctors in this country be forced to refer for abortions, whether or not they object morally or on religious grounds. The Washington D.C.-based NAF issued the draconian demand May 9 to the Canadian Medical Association. Vicki Saporta, president and CEO of the NAF, [...]
Amnesty International has finally admitted it has adopted a new policy supporting abortion. After pro-lifers exposed the organization’s secret adoption of a pro-abortion position in early May, AI officials admitted May 9 that the human rights organization would begin lobbying for abortion to be decriminalized globally. Widney Brown, senior policy and campaigns director, told Reuters that the board of AI agreed on [...]
New Brunswick has become the site of new pro-abortion battles because of its steadfast refusal to fund abortions in private facilities – and one of the generals is American. At a Fredericton press conference April 13, a coalition of women’s groups that included the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, the N.B. Advisory Council on the Status of Women and the Washington-based National [...]
Today, in our world, there is a crisis in the human rights department. Many countries, throughout the world, have legalized abortion and some even force it upon women, depending on the sex of the baby they are carrying. Some people are asking the questions: so what if these embryos are being destroyed? Does it really matter? Does this actually have anything to [...]
Growing up Catholic, I knew theologically that my church forbade abortion and contraception. Although the church’s stand on abortion was self-evident in my opinion, I didn’t really understand why she took such a hard line on contraception until I found myself judging annulment cases on a Catholic marriage tribunal. With few exceptions, I could trace every marital breakdown to the couple saying [...]
Canada’s leftist, media and feminist establishments fell over themselves in praise of what they described as a leading Canadian “champion of women’s rights,” following her death on March 2 at the age of 85. Doris Anderson was a magazine editor, author and campaigner for women’s rights – and also a virulent agitator in favour of abortion. A woman who ironically lived in [...]