Amy Brennerman on birth control Actress Amy Brenneman, star of Judging Amy, sent a video message to the Feminist Majority Foundation as it launched its nationwide "Never Go Back" campaign. Brenneman said: "Reproductive freedom is the most important issue facing our leaders today … It is not a feminist issue. It is not a liberal issue. It is a women's health issue." [...]
Eliminating the unwanted via IVF testing of embryos Ontario Catholic university honours Trudeau Pro-life MP to jump to Saskatoon city politics Kelowna mother scheduled for abortion against her will Vancouver editorial on Bill C-13 and the abortion issue Eliminating the unwanted OTTAWA - The Victoria Times Colonist reports that there is a growing demand for pre implantation genetic diagnosis, which the paper [...]
Florida's 'Choose Life' plates upheld Court rules against God Presidential politics and abortion S.C. readies for pro-life battles Florida's 'Choose Life' plates upheld ATLANTA - The Federal Appeals Court for the 11th Circuit rejected a challenge to Florida's Choose Life licence plates brought by several pro-abortion groups and individuals. Mathew D. Staver, president and general counsel for the Liberty Counsel, which represented [...]
PP Politically motivated exaggeration in Nairobi Botched abortion in England Dutch doctors balk at euthanasia requirements Japanese euthanasia case Politically motivated exaggeration NAIROBI - The International Planned Parenthood Federation told participants at its conference in Kenya, which included the health ministers of Ghana, Mozambique and Namibia, that liberalizing abortion laws in African countries could prevent as many as 30,000 maternal deaths. Campaign [...]
United States Paul Weyrich of the Free Congress Foundation says the vote by most Democrats to maintain the legality of partial-birth abortion demonstrates that the party is captive to the "radical lifestyle lobby" … Pro-life Congressman Pat Toomey (Penn.) announces he will challenge incumbent pro-abortion and pro-cloning Senator Arlen Specter in the Republican primary next year. Pro-life stalwart Senator Rick Santorum announced he will support [...]
The leading British medical journal The Lancet reported last month that the use of oral contraceptives can more than double a woman's risk of developing cervical cancer. British and French researchers with Cancer Research U.K. found that being on the pill for less than five years was associated with an increased risk of 10 per cent, while subjects who took the drug [...]
Murder of pregnant mom thrusts life issue into spotlight The California deaths of Laci Peterson and her unborn son are sending shockwaves across America, as the issue of when human life begins has been reignited. Laci's husband Scott was arrested in April following the discovery of what prosecutors say is Laci's body and that of their "biological child." Scott Peterson, who was [...]
It seems that dissent from the neo-liberal orthodoxy on university campuses is an offence that abortion advocates will not bear. At the first sign of rebellion from the party line, the tanks roll in. When pro-life students met with the full body of the board of directors of RyeSAC - the student government at Ryerson - a representative of the Ontario Coalition [...]
For 20 years, Dr. Joel Brind has tried valiantly to spread the word that there is a link between abortion and breast cancer. The mainstream media have generally ignored or dismissed his work. Now, a British Columbia writer, Lorna R. Vanderhaeghe, is presenting a similar message. Well known in the field of alternative health, she is an editor, researcher, lecturer, and author [...]
It is a very good time to think seriously about pro-life voting in Canada. Recent pro-life victories in the U.S. demonstrate the power of the democratic vote in pro-life matters. However, abortion and many related pro-life issues are not even on the political radar in Canada. Pro-lifers have a profound duty to vote for candidates who will protect the unborn, the sick, [...]
Twice vetoed by President Clinton, a bill to prohibit partial-birth abortion has passed the United States Senate by nearly a 2-1 margin, bringing a ban on what pro-lifers consider as infanticide one step closer to reality. The 64-33 vote moves the bill to the House, where it is expected to pass. The White House has signalled its support for the ban. Repeating [...]
Roses Responding to complaints from abortion advocates about the state's Choose Life licence plates, South Carolina state representative John Graham Altman said: "They're pro-choice. Well, they've got a choice - whether to buy (the tag) or not." Thorns Wichita, Ks. abortionist George Tiller renewed his annual publicity stunt of celebrating the anniversary of Roe v. Wade by offering women free first-trimester abortions. [...]
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered Dr. Ken Kan of Richmond to pay $325,000 to two separated parents, because he "failed" to diagnose that the unborn child had Down syndrome. The parents would have aborted their baby. It is only the second such ruling in Canada to date, but others are already before the courts. Lydia Zhang, the mother, 42, says [...]
One of the largest stories to go unreported in British Columbia in 2002 was the total and utter failure of B.C.'s feminist movement to maintain control and direction of the Everywoman's Health Centre abortuary, due largely to pro-life pressure that never relented. The move of the abortuary to a new location, which is under the control of the provincial government, was indeed [...]
For years, pro-life activists have focused on the babies who are lost in abortions. Now, one group is bringing attention to the women who, years later, still feel the horrible after-effects of their abortions. Silent No More is the brainchild of three organizations - the National Organization of Episcopalians for Life, Priests for Life, and the Justice Foundation. The American campaign aims [...]