NEW YORK - A small abortion rights group announced that it will make the so-called abortion pill available free to 10,000 U.S. women in research trials as a stopgap measure until the drug can be distributed nationally. The New York-based Abortion Rights Mobilization will expand its trials of mifepristone, the drug known in France as RU-486, said Lawrence Lader, president of the [...]
McCAYSVILLE, Ga. They came in limos and pickups, rich and poor, to this remote copper-mining town in the Appalachians. Women in "trouble" from miles around sought the help of Dr. Thomas J. Hicks, who advertised his services in messages scrawled in telephone booths and on highway overpasses. For $100, Hicks performed illegal abortion. And he offered another service: selling unwanted infants on [...]
Doctors are set to reject a revised version of the 2,500-year-old Hippocratic Oath, after the inclusion of a paragraph allowing "ethical abortions." Delegates to a recent meeting of the British Medical Association were asked to approve an updated version of the oath, taken by many graduating doctors. But it appeared that the motion would not be carried, as many doctors rejected the [...]
(Editor's Note: this article originally appeared in the Washington Post and was distributed by Pro-Life E News Canada. It is considered timely and appropriate for Interim readers). According to a friend, 18-year-old Melissa Drexler paused in front of the mirror in the bathroom to touch up her makeup before rejoining her date on the dance floor at the prom. She had just [...]
Abortion quietly decimating French-speaking population Campagne Quebec-Vie President Gilles Grondin would not rate 1993 as one of his most successful campaigns. However, he has learned a lot and more importantly, has managed to keep Quebec’s pro-life political lobby alive. Despite many hurdles which his organization faces, Grondin is convinced that there is hope for the future. “People will come to realize that [...]
Two key figures in the recent Ontario Liberal Leadership race have shown their true colors on life and family issues. Ottawa South MPP Dalton McGuinty, now leader of the party, had previously tried to appeal to pro-life Ontarians. In an Interim interview during the race, McGuinty presented himself as a “moderate” on the abortion issue. Although he promised no concrete measures to [...]
FREDRICTON – New Brunswick’s highest court has ruled that a four-year-old Moncton boy can sue his mother for injuries he sustained while still in the womb. In 1993, Ryan Dobson’s mother Cynthia was involved in a head-on car collision three months before she was due to give birth. The accident left Ms. Dobson in a coma from which she eventually recovered, but [...]
Bergen-Belsen. The name sent a shudder down my spine. It evoked unreal black and white images – images from documentaries and photographs I had seen over the years. Yet what would I find in this place of death? Would it even be real? Not alone on this venture, my 11-year-old daughter Rebecca was with me. I wanted her to see this reality. [...]
Interim special The pro-life office of the Catholic archdiocese of Philadelphia has added its voice to the battle against the gruesome partial-birth abortion procedure in the U.S. In a publication sent to parishioners, Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua of Philadelphia said it is important for Catholics and pro-lifers to educate themselves against “the barbaric procedure known as partial-birth abortion.” He listed a number of [...]
The United Nations Population fund has issued its 1997 State of World Population Report. The slick 76-page document, subtitled “The Right to Choose: Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health,” lays out a program for action designed to turn Third World women into feminist “wimmin.” They will be educated, plied with contraceptives, and their unborn children aborted. The report’s subtitle gives the game away. [...]
Alliance for Life hit the nail on the head in its submission to the Supreme Court of Canada in the case determining the state’s responsibility in protecting unborn children. The Alliance argued that it is time the courts abandoned the “legal fiction” that unborn children have no rights until they fully emerge from the mother’s womb. The case came up in response [...]
The Ontario Knights of Columbus, a fraternal organization supporting the Catholic Church and various charities, have approved a resolution not to fund any provincial hospitals that commit abortion. The motion was put forward by North York Council 4393 during the Knights’ state convention in mid-May. The resolution reads: “Whereas hospitals that do abortions are guilty of a heinous crime, the Ontario Knights [...]
Campaign Life Coalition official shave reiterated the need for social policies which emphasize childbirth and strengthen the family unit as a prelude to safeguarding the rights of the unborn in Canada. The call comes in light of a study published in the U.S. Family Planning Perspectives showing a rising abortion rate in Canada. The study, using data collected by Statistics Canada, indicates [...]
PARIS – Four prominent French pro-lifers are staging a hunger strike to protest the decision by the country’s television networks to ban the film The Silent Scream (Le Cri Silencieux), from prime time broadcast. The film, a graphic, ultrasound depiction of an abortion in progress, is narrated by former abortionist turned pro-lifer, Dr. Bernard Nathason. It is effective for showing abortion’s brutality.
LaGRANGEVILL, NY – Reacting to the announcement that the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy is endorsing the Baby Think It Over infant simulator, STOPP International has issued a statement opposing the target of the campaign and the use of this device. Jim Sedlak, president of STOPP International, said, “there is no secret what causes unwed teen pregnancy – premarital teen sex. [...]