The Manitoba Human Rights Commission, following an investigation, dismissed a June, 1983 complaint, alleging that Alliance Against Abortion contravened the Manitoba Human Rights Act, by means of the wording on picket signs at the Corydon Avenue, Morgentaler Abortion Clinic. The signs complained of read "Auschwitz Lest We Forget," "Auschwitz Never Again," "No Death Camps for Winnipeg." The name of the complainant was [...]
The unthinkable has happened. Bill C-169 is now the law of the land. What is Bill C-169? Quite simply, the new Orwellian law makes it illegal for any Canadian citizen to be involved in any actively meaningful way during a federal general election or by-election. Only party hacks of the three registered political parties are going to be allowed to participate in [...]
On November 1 and 2, 1983, the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews held a Colloquium on "Human Rights and Responsibilities - Canadian Religious Perspectives." The Ottawa Colloquium, attended by some hundred invited people, was in honour of the 35th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations and covered three subjects: Pluralist Society; Abortion-Euthanasia-Infanticide; and Discrimination. Mr. Gordon [...]
In Britain, the Medical Research Council has established a programme to test whether multi-vitamin pills given to pregnant women can prevent spina bifida ocuring in their babies. Two thousand high-risk mothers (most of whom already have at least one spina bifida child) will take part in the programme. While 75% of the women will take the vitamin pills, a "control group" of [...]
On June 30, 1983, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop issued a revised "Infant-Doe" Regulation aimed at "protecting handicapped infants from illegal discrimination in receiving health care." The regulations are a response to the 1982 Baby Doe case in Bloomington, Indiana, in which a newborn with Down's syndrome was allowed to starve to death after his parents refused corrective surgery on [...]