Most Canadians believe that the cost of an abortion must be covered by provincial health care systems. However, there is no legal basis for that argument. The Canada Health Act requires that province must fund only medically necessary procedures. The act does not mention any specific services, including abortion. Neither pro-abortionists nor the government has ever proved that abortion is a medical [...]
What is RU-486? RU-486 was first developed in France in 1981, and is currently being tested in Canada. It is generally used from three to seven weeks gestation, and is referred to as a "chemical" or "medical" abortion, as it does not usually require surgery. RU-486 is actually a combination of two drugs. The first, a steroid, causes the lining of the [...]
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 [...]
For more than a year the daily newspapers have been giving accounts of the death of people in Iraq. The number of military casualties due to the war are not available, or at least not accurately, but one website suggests the total number of combatants and non-combatants as somewhere between 11,000 and 15,000. This is certainly tragic news and the members of [...]
Many people believe that increased sex education in schools will reduce teen pregnancies. But Robert Ruff says in Aborting Planned Parenthood, "The net effect is to aggravate the teen pregnancy problem by increasing the number of teens who are sexually active." He notes that contraceptive-oriented sex-ed courses are correlated with an astounding 50 per cent higher rate of teen promiscuity. More sexual [...]
By Interim staffShanghai, China's most populous city and one of the first to adopt the country's coercive one-child policy 31 years ago, has announced an exception to the rule. The city has declared that if two divorced individuals remarry and they are both only children, they may have a child together, even if they had children in their previous marriage. Previously, such [...]
Interim Staff Jiang Jie was born in Beijing, China in 1963. She was educated at the Arts and Crafts School of Beijing and at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, where she is currently an associate professor in the Department of Sculpture. The Toronto Sculpture Garden is on King Street, just east of Church Street, and is operated by the [...]
By Interim StaffA medical student in his last year at the University of Manitoba Medical School will be denied his degree, because of his unwillingness to partake in any abortion-related activities. The Christian student, who wishes to remain unnamed, received a failing grade in the obstetrics and gynecology portion of his program, for refusing to perform or refer for any abortive procedure. [...]
Interim StaffIn an effort to pressure the Manitoba provincial government to fund abortions in private facilities, a group of Winnipeg women are turning "Jane's Clinic" - formerly Henry Morgentaler's Winnipeg abortuary - into a non-profit facility. Meanwhile, they will continue Morgentaler's crusade to pressure the provincial government to fund his abortion business, even as the province considers establishing a new "women's health" [...]
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 [...]
The U.S. pro-life movement scored a major victory April 1, when President George W. Bush signed the Unborn Victims of Violence Act into law. The new law will treat an unborn child as a second victim when he is killed or injured in the commission of a federal crime. Canada, however, lags far behind the US when it comes to the protection [...]
Commentary By Suzanne Fortin The InterimIn my experience, most pro-lifers don't vote according to their pro-life values. During an election, the majority of pro-lifers look for the party or the politician who offers the best overall "package;" that is, the best policies and the greatest ability to govern and represent their interests. In their minds, pro-lifers place various economic, social and political [...]
On April 19, Statistics Canada revealed that the 2002 birth rate in Canada fell for the 11th time in 12 years and that the fertility rate - 1.5 children per woman of child-bearing age (15-49) - is one quarter under the replacement level of 2.1. The birthrate of 10.5 live births per 1,000 population is the lowest since statistics keeping track of [...]
Pregnant? Alone? Scared? Require unconditional support? Birthright provides advocacy in a non-judgmental, compassionate, and active listening environment. It is a confidential crisis pregnancy service in Canada, which provides free counselling, resources and referrals to women seeking an alternative to abortion. Birthright's objective: "It is the right of every pregnant woman to give birth, the right of every child to be born." Birthright [...]
By Interim staffAfter dragging the matter on for a year, the Ontario Press Council has decided to not even a consider a complaint into an article and two columns by the Globe and Mail's Heather Mallick, which, among other things, urged that Henry Morgentaler be given the Order of Canada, incorrectly described a 12-week-old fetus as a "dot," labelled pro-life members of [...]