Newfoundl and pro-life community is outraged that the province will provide full funding for abortions at Henry Morgentaler's St. John's clinic. In response to federal government pressure to fully insure what it deems a medically necessary service, the Newfoundland health ministry said in January that it would cover the total cost of abortion at the Morgentaler abortuary. In the past, the Newfoundland [...]
Ted van der Zalm wanted to make the most of his retirement years and today, the Warehouse of Hope in St. Catharines, Ontario stands as a monument to that ambition. A strongely committed pro-lifer, van der Zalm died in St. Catharines April 15 at age 67. After retiring from the flower business in 1987, van der Zalm became active with the Warehouse [...]
BRAMPTON, Ont. - Pro-lifers in Brampton, northwest of Toronto have scheduled a National Memorial of Mourning (MOM), for 11 a.m. Saturday, May 9 to raise community awareness of the wide-ranging impact of abortion. The event, to be held at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Brampton, is part of Respect for Life Week, May 4-9. It is similar to memorial events held throught the [...]
The Pro-Life Society of British Columbia is calling on the Minister of Health to launch an official investigation into incidents of live births following abortion attempts. News of a BC Supreme Court lawsuit were released the week of April 21 involving a girl born alive at Vancouver General Hospital. The lawsuit alleges that doctors and staff allowed the baby to be delivered [...]
On January 28, at Fredericton’s Lord Beaverbrook Hotel, two national organizations allegedly representing Canadian women hosted a high profile event, “Come Celebrate; It’s Your Choice.” This celebration marked the 10th anniversary of the Morgentaler Supreme Court decision granting the unrestricted right to abortion on demand, which was hailed by New Brunswick’s elitist feminists as “one of the most important historic events in [...]
First, it used the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Then it used International Women’s Day. More recently, the United Nations pounced on World Health Day April 7 to push for what it sees as a universal right to abortion. The call was a little more subtle this time, though, and was led by U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham [...]
The phrase has sort of odd ring to it. It seems peculiar that Canada, the true north strong and free, would be associated, at least in recent decades, with something as troubling as a day of infamy. On the other hand, we’ve heard stories from the past; stories about the internment of foreign nationals, or the harboring of war criminals, or CIA-sponsored [...]
(Ed. note: the following is excerpted from an address by Paul Formby to members of the Surrey-Delta (British Columbia) Pro-Life Society. Mr. Formby is one of the founders of Campaign Life Coalition). In surveying key pro-life fronts - the educational, the political, and the legal - it is difficult not to think at times that abortion and the culture of death are [...]
The Pro-Life Society of British Columbia has obtained transcripts of a meeting of the National Abortion Federation in which the province’s leading abortionist Dr. Ellen Wiebe indicated that chemical abortions are being performed in communities outside the Vancouver area. “I know of several other practitioners who are using methotrexate in small communities,” Dr. Wiebe is quoted as saying. “We now have a [...]
Why doesn’t this nation mourn? Until the Morgentaler decision of Jan. 28, 1988, abortion was a generic term to me, a word that brought little response. The day the Supreme Court of Canada decided to strike down what little law was left, I became aware, for the first time, of the emotions surrounding this incredible debate. As I watched the news, I [...]
The morning of Monday March 3, 1998 was just like any other. Employees of Vernon Jubilee Hospital arrived and departed to and from work as they had on numerous other occasions. But this day was different. Discovered in the parking lot was a small briefcase - laying next to it was a sign with the slogan: “Abortion is wrong; our mission is [...]
Police may be putting all Canadian pro-life organizations under the microscope as part of their investigation into the shooting of three abortionists. A March 4 visit by a police officer to the offices of the North Bay (Ontario) Right to Life organization has left its director wondering if other pro-life groups are in line for investigation. Julie Duggan of North Bay Right [...]
Congratulations to The Interim on your excellent paper which is always improving. I would like to share with The Interim some ideas presented by Father Frank Pavone during a talk to the seminarians of the Beda College in Rome in early March. The title of Father Pavone’s address was Converting Abortion Providers: Methods That Work Father Pavone is international director of the [...]
There is no such thing as a “right to abortion.” There is, however, such a thing as “reproductive rights,” though the misuse of such a phrase on the national and international level has tainted it with such immoral connotations that it is almost impossible to use. For example, who would not acknowledge the right people have to be free of the type [...]
Last summer, the clanging sound of empty bottles being wheeled into the morgue made Amanda (not her real name), a registered nurse, curious to enter the hospital room. Amanda was on her way to the laboratory to submit blood for testing. As she tiptoed in, she saw hundreds of bottles on the shelves, with fetuses of all sizes in formaline, and on [...]