Repeated pro-life calls for a moratorium – or a halt – to in-vitro fertilization, have fallen on deaf ears. Answers as to the impact of this technology will have on human society, lag far behind its growing use. “Baby Craving” has become big business according to a recent Life Magazine article, creating a huge demand for new baby-making techniques. Is it possible [...]
The abortion horror is about to take a further gruesome turn. The special properties of foetal tissue make its use attractive in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and other nerve disorders. One of the most outspoken medical advocates for the use of foetal tissue is Dr. Robert Gale in California. Gale travelled to the Soviet Union where he attempted (in vain) to [...]
Many people question the ethics of nurses who are forced, or perhaps opt, to become involved with other medical professionals performing abortions. Among these, are nurses themselves, who are frightened that by refusing to assist this ghastly procedure they would jeopardize their jobs. “The destruction of human life is against morals and ethics.” This is the motto of Nurses for Life – [...]
Several scientists, associated with members of the medical profession, want to do experiments with early human embryos produced by fertilization outside the body (in vitro fertilization, or IVF). They have used arguments unacceptable to any scientist in trying to convince the public that these early embryos are not young human beings at all. They also claim that their investigations will contribute importantly [...]
If you happened to have been down at Harbourfront in Toronto the last Thursday in May, you would have noticed an interesting event taking place in the Brigantine Room a panel discussion on “Surrogate Motherhood.” Moderator Jeffrey Wilson, family layer and author of Children and the Law, introduced the topic and then invited each panelist to express his or her views. Interesting [...]
The United States Government announced on April 16, 1987, that it is clearing the way for investors to patent new forms of animal life through gene splitting, and that the new policy would be adopted by the Commerce Department’s Patent and Trademark Office. The policy will allow the patenting of animals with new traits, and one report states that “researches will eventually [...]
In January this year an In Vitro Fertilization clinic opened at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre. This prompted meetings and considerable correspondence between members of the IVF team and the League of Life in Manitoba. As a result;, the recent Vatican document, “On Respect for Human Life and its Origins and the Dignity and Procreation,” which formally condemned IVF, has created more than [...]
Bishop Anthony Tonnos of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hamilton had rejected the idea that teaching students how to use condoms is an acceptable way to prevent the spread of AIDS. In a firmly-worded pastoral letter, Bishop Tonnos stresses Catholic teaching on “faithful and permanent” marriage, rejects extra-marital sexual activity and affirms chastity as a positive and viable virtue. “We believe that [...]
“Western society is at a crossroads: the crossroads of civilization, and a technological scientism in which people may be produced in glass tubes. It is a time of family versus the State; the individual versus big business and is about; the helpless versus the powerful; the right of choice. It is a ‘crucial state’ history and you, [the pro-life movement] are making [...]
“It is ludicrous logic that causes them (the Doctors Billings’) to link abortion and contraception” wrote the pastor of Calgary’s Glamorgan Church of God in January 1987 Interim. Certainly two famous British abortionists don’t think so. Let me cite two of many researchers: Dr. Malcolm Potts, former medical director of the London International Planned Parenthood Federation, has written, “As people turn to [...]
Two recent studies by Newfoundland researchers show that single women undergoing abortion are both knowledgeable about contraceptives available to them and are unwilling either to marry to legitimize the pregnancy or to consider adoption as a viable alternative. For women under 24, age, lack of financial security and single status are the three most common-cited reasons for seeking abortion. Paul Sachdev, a [...]
I’m reminded of a story circulating around Ottawa: A prisoner in Kingston Pen writes a letter to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney complaining about how difficult it has been for him to get parole and he gets a letter back from the PM’s office saying, “…I have taken this matter up personally with Prime Minister Mulroney, and he promises to improve postal service [...]
A bill, prohibiting Arizona schools from either distributing contraceptives, or from referring students to agencies that dispense birth control without parental consent, was approved by the State House of Representatives on Thursday March 13, 1987. At present no Arizona high schools dispense contraceptives, but the co-sponsors of the bill, Lela Steffey and Jim White, object to school clinics referring students to other [...]
On March 10, 1987, the Vatican reaffirmed the special character of marriage and the dignity of human life before birth in a new document on genetic engineering. The document, Instruction on Respect of Human Life in its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation, was published by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith after wide consultation with many experts around [...]
In a precedent-setting decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a substantial damage award to a young girl whose birth defects were caused by her mother’s use of spermicidal jelly. The decision is said to have alarmed pharmaceutical companies, some of whom are in the courts fighting law suits brought by women injured by various brand-name Inter Uterine Devices (IUDs) Ortho Pharmaceutical [...]