ST. LOUIS – An autopsy was performed April 26 on a woman who died shortly after having an abortion at a clinic here. The 22-year-old woman, whose name has not been released, underwent a first-trimester abortion April 25 at Reproductive Health Services in St. Louis. The procedure was completed about 2 p.m. But staff noticed that the woman’s vital signs were not [...]
Anti-Racist Action (ARA). Arm the Spirit. David Lethbrigde. Allan Dutton. Now these are names of groups and individuals most of you have never heard of. But you should. In fact, some of them spend a lot of time talking about you. That’s right. You. You may not know it, but Canada has a thriving healthy anti-racist industry. One that attracts tens of [...]
Interim Special Cardinal Thomas Winning, leader of Scotland’s 750,000 Roman Catholics, has received overwhelming offers of cash to bolster his initiative – disclosed in mid-March – to stem abortion. Unsolicited donations have poured in to the Archdiocese of Glasgow at the rate of up to $2,000 a day - from a pensioner’s offer of $5 a week to a City stockbroker’s pledge [...]
Campaign to target U.S. Senators WASHINGTON – A pro-life group planned to run television ads in Georgia May 10-11 asking supporters of a proposed ban on so-called “partial- birth” abortions to urge Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga., to vote for the ban. The Senate is expected to vote May 12-16 on legislation that would ban the controversial procedure, in which the unborn is [...]
Hidden by a blue curtain identifiable only by his raspy voice, “Dr. Doe” told a Detroit federal judge what it’s like to perform thousands of second-trimester abortions. “They’re unpleasant and gory. It’s destructive surgery,” the doctor said. “None of us are pro-abortion. Some may be pro-choice. But they’re necessary.” Doe was the first witness in three scheduled days of testimony before U.S. [...]
The Interim Support for abortion “rights,” radical feminism, homosexuality, environmentalism, earth-based religion, New Age philosophies, sexual liberation, gays in the pulpit… Although liberal Christianity, as characterized by these aspects and others, has been making rapid inroads in the last few decades (particularly since the 1960’s), the roots of the crisis within Christianity can be traced back centuries. Some might put the start [...]
Pro-life groups question the recommendations of a survey, which found an increasing number of Ontario hospitals no longer offer abortion. The survey, released in April by the Institute of Clinical and Evaluative Sciences, reported that more than half the hospitals in the province no longer commit abortions. The main reason given for the trend is personal choice by physicians, followed by concerns [...]
Lord, forgive and heal the deep emotional, physical and spiritual wounds of women who have had abortions. Pour the healing power of Your love into their hearts so that they may seek and accept Your forgiveness. God of mercy, be especially merciful to them, for so often they did not know the wrong they were doing. Lead them to those who will [...]
How, by allowing early abortions, does compromise provide ammunition for euthanasia? J.S. Mississauga Charles E. Rice, Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School points to this danger in No Exceptions: A Pro-Life Imperative. The danger is a “functional definition of personhood,” according to which, “You will be treated as a person only to the extent that you can function satisfactorily to [...]
VANCOUVER – A report in Western Report magazine suggests Catholic bishops are stepping up their efforts against abortion. Despite official pronouncements against the practice, some churches have offered a tepid response to abortion. In Vancouver, a Catholic Organization for Life and Family pledges to make abortion an election issue. Other Catholic leaders in North America are in the midst of similar pro-life [...]
The pro-life movement has seen in the Reform party a hope for achieving the legal protection of life from conception to natural death. In fact, some pro-lifers have sought nomination to run for Reform in the election. I was one such aspirant and my experiences expose a flaw in Reform’s appeal to pro-lifers. Attending the meetings of the riding associates, I found [...]
One of the central thrusts of Campaign Life Coalition’s election effort is to evaluate each candidate’s position on right to life issues. It’s a major task, involving the work of staff and volunteers from across the country. The evaluation is based on candidate’s responses to a seven-item Campaign Life Coalition questionnaire. It forces our would-be leaders to declare their views on such [...]
Interim Special In her keynote address May 3 at the REAL Women annual conference in North Bay, Ontario, Liberal Senator Anne Cools documented the alarming incidence of neonaticide – the killing of newborns – by mothers in our society. Among other serious concerns connected with this issue, Senator Cools noted, “The perpetrators of domestic violence are not exclusively men.” In his talk, [...]
By Interim Staff A coalition of pro-life, pro-family voices has come together to provide a fresh perspective on issues effecting women in Ontario. The impetus for the coalition comes from the mainstream media’s tendency to present the feminist/pro-abortion view as representative of the majority of women. This was especially evident in press reports of a March 26 media conference at which Judy [...]
Where the parties stand on the life issues The Liberal Party In 1993, Jean Chrétien said that his government would not revisit the abortion issue. In doing so, he committed the Liberals to the status quo of lawlessness where pre-born children are concerned. The party has recently confirmed that a Liberal government will not entertain measures to re-criminalize abortion. In effect, therefore, [...]