By Paul Tuns The Interim On April 25, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the Stenberg v. Carhart case which will decide whether or not states have the right to ban partial-birth abortion (PBA). The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a Nebraska law that prohibited PBA when abortionist Leroy Carhart sued the state saying that such a ban impedes his [...]
One way to appreciate the force of the argument for "Justice for the Unborn," is to compare and contrast the ways in which Canadian laws and the judicial system treat the cases of (a) a man who has first tortured, and later murdered, a series of victims (often children), having first videotaped the torture scenes, and (b) the deliberate killing, by abortion, [...]
It's a rare occasion indeed when the pro-life movement can tip its hat and say thanks to the wonderful boys and girls who make up Abortion Inc. But I'm never one to neglect to say thanks ... and acknowledge the fine strategy handed to the pro-life movement on a silver platter. All of us who battle the culture of death continuously look [...]
By Michael Trolly The Interim On Tuesday, April 18, Campaign Life Coalition Youth (CLCY) held its first major event, a candlelight vigil that united pro-life Canadian youth from coast to coast. The demonstrations took place between eight and nine o'clock in the evening, local time, regardless of weather, in front of a hospital that commits abortions. The National Campus Life Network [...]
Much lower StatsCan figure based on incomplete and misleading data, study shows By Isabelle Being The Interim A recent custom tabulation of Canada's hospitalization statistics shows that, out of 103,244 women who received legally induced abortions in 1992-1993, 3,931 women were hospitalized for an average of two days because of life-threatening complications. This yields a hospitalization rate of 3.8 per cent, or [...]
By Tim Bloedow The Interim Alberta has now bypassed Ontario in terms of progress on the matter of protecting the job security of health care workers who refuse to participate in abortion procedures. On March 1, Alberta Progressive Conservative MLA, Julius Yankowsky (Edmonton Beverly-Clareview), introduced in the provincial legislature a Private Member's Bill 212 that would protect health care workers who refuse [...]
Analysis by Paul Tuns The Interim The Canadian Alliance leadership race features three candidates - former Reform leader Preston Manning, former Alberta Treasurer Stockwell Day and Ontario Tory strategist Tom Long - who all claim to be "pro-life" but who take three distinct approaches to the issue. Also running is British Columbia MP Dr. Keith Martin, who describes himself as "pro-choice". from [...]
Facing fury from the pews, CCODP denies event is pro-abortion By David Curtin The Interim In the face of a firestorm of opposition, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, and the Catholic Women' s League of Canada, are maintaining their endorsement of an international series of feminist demonstrations, which call for, among other things, [...]
Those of you following the ongoing saga of free speech and open debate on abortion here in the People's Republic of British Columbia should not be at all surprised at the recent pronouncement by Vancouver Crown Council. You know, the folks ordained by the powers that be to see that the Criminal Code of Canada is enforced. Well it seems that police [...]
Pro-life leader helped woman obtain restraining order - says police and courts were slow to offer protection By Mike Mastromatteo The Interim The Toronto and Area Right to Life Association is supporting a local woman who is resisting tremendous pressure and intimidation from a former boyfriend to abort the couple's unborn child. Maria (not the woman's real name) contacted the organization in [...]
„Az 1983 óta megjelenő The Interim című élet- és családi lap a társadalmi struktúrákat, a családi értékeket és az egyéni jogokat érintő sürgető kérdéseket vizsgálja. Az újság felbecsülhetetlen értékű perspektívát nyújt az olvasóknak a társadalomépítésről és az emberi fejlődésről egy gyorsan változó világban. Hasonlóképpen, a digitális kor online játéktrendjeiről szóló tudósításban az olvasók az informatív és releváns tartalmak érdekes keverékét találják. [...]
The facts, however, don't bear out the accusation that the agency hides its pro-life principles Analysis by Sue Careless The Interim Margaret Wente is a highly respected columnist for the Globe and Mail who has recently been nominated for a National Newspaper Award for her column writing. She has also been a managing editor at the Globe. So it is all the more surprising [...]
Delegates to follow-up women's conference fail to agree on abortion and homosexuality By Tim Bloedow The Interim Last month, from March 3-16, feminists from Western countries took another stab at advancing their pro-abortion and homosexual agenda at the United Nations during the so-called Beijing+5 PrepCom. Once again, however, they were beaten back by aggressive pro-family forces and resisted by developing countries, organized [...]
By John-Henry Westen and David Curtin The Interim An international series of feminist demonstrations calling for, among other things, legalized abortion and gay rights has won the endorsement of Canada's Roman Catholic bishops - and a hefty $110,000 donation from the bishops' official social justice agency, the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CCODP). The World March for Women in the [...]
Body parts trade probed By Paul Tuns The Interim The Commerce Committee of the United States Congress has finally begun an investigation into the grisly trade in human body parts procured from aborted babies. During the partial-birth abortion debate last October, New Hampshire Republican Senator Robert Smith had been unsuccessful in his attempt to rein in the gruesome trafficking of body parts [...]