In September 1993, at a Seattle Wash., seminar put on the National Abortion Federation, Australian abortionist David Grundmann stated, "Abortion is still a very fringe-type practise. There aren't a lot of people who want to get into abortion provision. And the ones that we do have applying to us for training often have very dodgy histories and backgrounds. And if you dig [...]
As part of our continuing look back at the past during this, our 20th year of publication The Interim reprints this article, the first on partial-birth aborton, which originally appeared in the April 1993 issue. 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 [...]
Lisa Klassen wrote the following essay at the request of the editor of The Titanium, her school's newspaper. But The Titanium was not allowed to print it, even if accompanied by an opposing view. It is reprinted here with permission. Ever since I started wearing a sweater that says, "Abortion is Mean," I have received many comments both good and bad. On [...]
Paladin Labs Inc., the Montreal-based Canadian distributor of the abortifacient morning-after pill. Plan B, announced that it has submitted an application to Health Canada to change Plan B, from prescription-only to non-prescription status. A Paladin press release noted that the Canadian Pharmacists Association and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada collaberated on the submission. Campaign Life Coalition urged Health Canada [...]
LifeSite News A controversial pro-choice group, whose members once attacked and vandalized a pro-life display, is now officially calling for violence to shut down countering opinions. The University of British Columbia's "Students for Choice" has stated on their new web site in an "Activists Guide – Strategy" section that: "Civil disobedience is an option you may choose as well. You can set [...]
LifeSite News In the Feb. 4 issue of Report magazine, "Brave New World" columnist Celeste McGovern writes of a gruesome method of blood doping used by some female athletes to boost athletic performance. Since enhancing drugs and even regular blood doping can be identified by regulators, the pregnancy-abortion scheme, while officially banned, is virtually impossible to stop. Mona Passignano, director of research [...]
The Bush administration again impressed the U.S. pro-life, Christian and conservative communities with the news that unborn children are to become eligible for government health care under the State Children's Health Insurance program. The announcement was made by Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson, who highlighted the importance of health care in a human being's first months of life. "Prenatal services [...]
LifeSite News In an initial report on Estonia by the United Nations Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women, one of the 23 UN "experts" said, "Abortions in many cases were hazardous to women's health." In responding to Estonia's report on its compliance with the UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, the expert (unnamed in the UN report) noted [...]
Like the groundhog, Henry Morgentaler has surfaced again with his perennial campaign to establish government-funded abortuaries – his abortuaries – in every province. He has written a letter to new federal Health Minister Anne McLellan pointing out that five provincial governments – P.E.I., Manitoba, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia – refuse to pay for clinic abortions. As always, he argues that [...]
It is amusing, in a way, that the media claims abortion is not a political issue, that no one but pro-lifers care about it anymore, and yet candidates in the centre-right parties must always answer reporters questions about it. If it is not an issue on the minds of voters, why do some candidates try to use abortion as a wedge issue. [...]
LifeSite News Doctors Without Borders, known internationally by its French title, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), supports abortion, despite an official policy not to take a stand on the controversial issue. Chris Torgeson, spokesman for MSF, told LifeSite that the organization does not take a position on the issue. However, documents on the group's website suggest otherwise. Documents on the MSF website show [...]
Lifesite News The United Nations Children's Fund supports a South African organization that encourages children to engage in sexual and homosexual behavior and to have abortions, without their parents' knowledge or consent. The organization, called loveLife, says on its website that UNICEF provides "major funding" for its programs. LoveLife seems eager to shepherd children towards abortion and provides the toll-free phone number [...]
LifeSite News A presentation to the United States Congress on the complicity of the United Nations Population Fund in coercive family planning programs in China has U.S. lawmakers reconsidering funding for the organization. The controversy over UNFPA funding came to a head in November when the entire $15-plus billion foreign aid bill stalled in conference committee. The foreign operations appropriation (HR 2506) [...]
LifeSite News On Nov. 30, former abortionist Dr. Mark Walter Stewart, 57, was sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of having "violated the sexual integrity" of nine of his former female patients. The Naniamo Daily News reports that Stewart received four years for twice raping a vulnerable and emotionally fragile woman. He was also sentenced to three years [...]
I've had the honor of writing about Advertising Standards Canada in the past. This wonderfully Canadian group, which carries out its self-proclaimed mandate in secret, was the focus of a story dealing with a newspaper ad documenting the wonderful antics of North American abortionists who kill unborn children then proudly sell off their body parts. A complaint was filed by Joyce Arthur [...]