st people have contemplated what might happen to them if they were injured in a car accident and ended up in a coma. Geoff Cauchi completes the second part of his series on the role Ontario’s new Consent and Treatment legislation would play should this situation arise and suggests that you shouldn’t sign a Power of Attorney without proper pro-life medical and [...]
Evil “Indifference to evil strengthens evil.” Elie Wiesel, in an interview to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, (CBC’s Prime Time Magazine, January 25, 1995.) Stopping the plague “It’s a plague that exploits, degrades and inflicts violence on children, women, men and families. It is an evil that contributes to the inter-related problems of sexual violence, child victimization, child [...]
A young man rises above his Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Studies show many social drinkers may worry too much about the possibility of F.A.S. Paul, who turned 25 on his last birthday, is a delightful young man. When he comes home for the weekend, he fills our house with his talented piano playing and is always ready for a game of cards. Paul [...]
Surviving pre-natal prejudice The past ten years have seen huge advancements in the technology of pre-natal testing. Doctors are now able to detect a wide variety of abnormalities during very early stages of pregnancy. Increasingly, parents are opting for abortion instead of taking on the physical, emotional and financial obligations associated with caring for special needs children. No one, not even organizations [...]
As you are going to be in England and Portugal this winter, why not comment on what is happening in the pro-life area there? Toronto: CLC members. My Portuguese is not even basic, but so much is happening in Britain that it is hard to choose. Here are three stories. “Wrong Sex” Abortion On March 2, 1994, an inquest was opened in [...]
“When people die, my name doesn’t go on it.” This is how Suzanne Scorsone, a member of the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies, sums up how she decided which of its recommendations to disagree with. The Commission submitted its final report to the federal government last November. Just before Christmas, Dr. Scorsone spoke to the Interim about her work on the [...]
What exactly are human embryos? The Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies was forced to consider this question for a very basic reason: part of its mandate was to decide what to do about embryo research. There has been a decided push in the last several years to encourage public acceptance of experimentation on human embryos. Ever since In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) [...]
When the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies was formed by the federal Progressive Conservative government four years ago, its mandate was to investigate the baby-making industry in Canada, to listen to the concerns raised by both experts and ordinary people, and give the politicians a guide on how to form public policy in an area which has been allowed to expand [...]
Good news? Now fetal tissue can be used to treat a range of diseases once thought incurable. Andrew Kimbrell reported the news this way in The Human Body Shop: Despite controversy over their effectiveness, fetal transplant operations are expected to continue and increase over the next few years. In fact, according to many in the medical community, Parkinson’s and diabetes are just [...]
Recent reports in the press and on the radio have raised many questions about cloning human embryos. What is meant by “cloning”? The term “cloning,” which applies to plants and animals as well as humans, comes from the Greek word for “two.’ One definition for human cloning is “the production, from one cell, of two (or more) different individuals with identical genetic [...]
Researchers who successfully cloned human embryos in the IVF labs at George Washington University call the experiment a small scientific step. Dr. Robert Stillman says that this was “not the real thing.” Definitions of reality apart, Dr. Stillman and Dr. Jerry Hall do confirm that they successfully cloned 48 separate embryos from an original 17. The cloned embryos were kept growing for [...]
Taxpayers to foot the half million a year bill Ottawa will be the site of Ontario’s newest free-standing abortion facility and Henry Morgentaler will in all probability be its operator. The news comes as no surprise to Eastern Ontario pro-lifers who have been fighting the establishment of an abortion clinic there for nearly two years. Ontario Health Minister Ruth Grieg announced July [...]
The Ontario NDP’s health care cuts are making its doctors rebellious and its residents nervous. Besides slashing many services, Ontario’s health minister Ruth Grier has proposed a $250,000 limit pm the amount a doctor can bill the government. After reaching that limit, they will be paid only a portion of their usual amount for services rendered. Grier has also suggested that new [...]
A distinguished guest slipped into the April board meeting of The Interim a few weeks ago. He was awaiting a ride to Toronto International Airport. Impeccably dressed in gray flannel suit, he sat with us at the board table, sipping coffee, breaking bread and joining in the discussions. When the topic of story ideas arose, someone suggested that we do an informal [...]
Mary Jo’s friends now ask why the hospital staff made no effort to revive her and, even after discovering their error, still left her to die such an agonizingly slow death. The tragic but avoidable death of a Yakima, Washington, woman has raised a number of serious questions on the advisability of signing a living will. In late December 1992, the staff [...]