Speaking in Toronto, American Life League president Judie Brown was guaranteed the undivided attention of her audience of over 200 when she boldly stated “Canada is a Dictatorship.” Her riveting accusation was in response to the Ontario government’s decision to pay for all abortions, including those in private abortuaries such as Henry Morgentaler’s. Continuing, Mrs. Brown acknowledged that the U.S. government had, [...]
Louise Summerhill, founder of Birthright, died in St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, on August 11. Mrs. Summerhill was seventy-five years of age. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, she came to Canada at the age of seven. In 1968, recognizing the urgent need to provide a practical alternative to abortion, she started working in a one-room office in East York. From that one room Birthright [...]
The basic theme of Father Alphonse de Valk’s presentation at the Winnipeg Conference was that we cannot compromise killing innocent human beings in our attempt to provide acceptable legal protection for the unborn. In his powerfully eloquent address, cogently supported by numerous historical details, Fr. De Valk illustrated carefully that logic necessarily dictates society can’t accept killing of some in an imaginary [...]
Gary Hellard, a pastor from Saskatchewan, addressed approximately 150 delegates on the topic of “Post Sexual Syndrome.” After working with and observing young people for several years, he noticed that young people of both sexes who were sexually active exhibited several negative behavioural characteristics. Most notable were depression, anger and obsession with sex. He further noted that teenaged couples who were sexually [...]
Douglas Scott, Vice President for public policy of the Christian Action Council, based in the Washington, D.C. area, gave an informative lecture on the history of Planned Parenthood from its inception to the present day. Mr. Scott began with a detailed biography of the organization’s infamous founder, Margaret Sanger. Sanger, a leading eugenicist in her day, wanted a pure society, achieved through [...]
Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society, has written yet another book on death. It is called The Final Exit, and is one more formula for “self deliverance” – suicide being too blunt a word to use too freely. Humphry’s preoccupation with death, equaled only by his preoccupation with the Catholic Church, is well known. His first book Jean’s Way is an [...]
Legislation, passed in the spring, has paved the way for the Devine government to consider asking the Saskatchewan voters whether or not taxpayers should pay for abortions. Premier Grant Devine made the announcement following a recent meeting with representatives of Campaign Life Coalition, Saskatchewan Pro-Life Association and the Catholic Women’s League. While pro-life activists in the province consider the cessation of funding [...]
On July 5, 1991, the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia ruled in favour of Henry Morgentaler, allowing his Halifax abortuary to continue its destruction. In a four-to-one ruling, the decision stated that “the Medical Services Act targeted the abortionist specifically and therefore infringed upon the federal government’s jurisdiction.” But Justice Malachi Jones disagreed. He said, “In the absence of federal legislation the [...]
July 18, 1991 Dear Rev. Campbell, Thank you for your response to my letter of May 29, 1991. Let me assure you from the start that in spite of our differences, my personal respect for you is not affected and it remains my deep desire that all channels of communication between us remain open. Your latest letter confirms, what I have implied [...]
June 13, 1991 To Mr. Ed Vanwoudenberg Dear Ed: Warmest Christian greetings. I’ve just received your letter of May 29th, in response to mine of May 16. Seventeen years ago I vowed to God to exercise my influence as a Canadian citizen to affirm that Jesus Christ is the Lord. By the grace of God I have, with good conscience, kept that [...]
NDP MP Chris Axworthy (Saskatoon-Clark’s Crossing) has introduced a Private Member’s Bill to “legalize the administration of euthanasia under certain conditions to persons who request it and are suffering from an irremediable condition.” Bill C-261, which received First Reading in the House of Commons on June 19, would amend the Criminal Code to make it lawful for a qualified medical practitioner who [...]
Through most of July and August, hundreds of ordinary men and women risked arrest to shut down the infamous Women’s Health Care Center in Wichita, a city located in the south-central part of Kansas. As of August 15, what the national office of Operation Rescue originally planned to be a week-long series of pro-life rescues had stretched to a month and showed [...]
Earl Amyotte, past President of Windsor (Ontario) Right to Life, urged “armchair generals” to take a more role in the fight against abortion at the ‘Life, It’s Irreplaceable’ National Pro-Life Convention, held July 4-6 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He joined a host of other leaders of the pro-life movement, who came from every province in Canada to attend the conference jointly sponsored by [...]
When Judie Brown, President of the American Life League Inc., was invited on TV’s Phil Donahue Show a few years ago (with Faye Wattleton, President of Planned Parenthood), he introduced her by saying, “This woman, Judie Brown, believes you should be chaste outside of marriage. Can you believe it? Is this possible? But wait a minute. With all that venereal disease out [...]
This is the second of a series of articles on Catholic Family Life education by Father John McGoey, a specialist in the field. Article one appeared in Insight, supplement to our August, 1991, issue, and discussed the background to current problems n Ontario’s Family Life education, especially the disastrous sex-education courses at St. Jerome’s College in Kitchener. For 20 – 25 years [...]