Pro-lifers across Canada took to the streets on several occasions in May. In addition to the traditional Mother’s Day rallies on May 11, hospital vigils were held on May 14. The May 14 evening demonstrations were co-ordinated by Alliance for Life, the umbrella organization of the pro-life education movement. Pro-lifers from British Columbia to Newfoundland picketed abortion-providing hospitals to mark the anniversary [...]
Campaign Life organizer Stephen Jalsevac has made a formal complaint to the Ontario Press Council regarding a Globe and Mail article of April 29. The article and editorial, published two weeks after the event, concerned the home picket of abortionist Nikki Colodny. Mr. Jalsevac pointed out several falsehoods and distortions in the April 28 article. The most serious concerned a brief, isolated [...]
Have you ever wondered why the true Christian never seems to achieve any changes within the existing political parties to bring about a return of Biblical morality to the Canadian Government? Have you ever wondered why we are getting the same kind of government from the Conservatives that we had under the Liberals – and the NDP is saying the same things [...]
Part Three: Catholic Theology This is the third part in a series on the Churches and pro-life issues. Part One on The United Church appeared in the April 1986 issue and Part Two, covering the Anglicans, in the May edition. Two related articles, “Pro-abortion Catholics?” and “Pro-abortion feminists and nuns” appeared respectively in the February and May editions. Two introductory articles to [...]
Father Paul Marx, Catholic Priest and founder of Human Life International, reports the following item in a report printed as an advertisement in the American weekly The Wanderer (April 10, 1986): Early in 1985, in Ottawa, Canada, a radio talk show host, Lowell Green, had me on his popular three-hour program on station CFRA. I was out to expose the evils of [...]
Guardian Insurance Company of Canada has refused to pay a claim resulting from an illegal abortion that went wrong. The company asserts that it is not obliged to meet the claim because the insured doctor is being sued as a result of an illegal act which could result in a life sentence for the doctor. The case which will soon be heard [...]
On May 1, 25 people picketed in front of the Toronto Press Club at 5 Wellesley Street West in Toronto where Attorney General Ian Scott was speaking. He was scheduled to arrive at 7:00 p.m. but he came 45 minutes late. He brushed off questions about laying charges against the new Harbord-Street abortionist Nikki Colodny, and ignored a question from a pro-lifer [...]
The Parliamentary Task Force on child Care is presently holding hearings across Canada. It should be a forgone conclusion that it will recommend universal Day Care centers across our nation, but first the charade of public hearings must end. Of the Seven parliamentarians sitting on this special committee, only one has three children. (2.1 children per family are required to replace Canada’s [...]
Abortionist Robert Scott opened his own abortuary on Monday, May 25. Both Premier Peterson and the Attorney General promised that charges will be forthcoming. “We will prosecute under the law,” said Premier Peterson. “ We will use the power of the law not to allow free-standing abortion clinics.” (Star, May 13, 1986) Plans for the facility were discovered when ads appeared in [...]
On May 17, 30 pro-lifers picketed Attorney General Ian Scott as he entered St. Thomas Parish Hall in Belleville for a seminar. Ironically, the seminar at which Mr. Scott spoke was entitled “ The Rights of the Victims of Crime.” Peter Wheatley, picket organizer, questioned Mr. Scott on bail conditions; closing the Toronto Morgentaler abortuary; the refusal to charge the new abortionists; [...]
At 7 a.m. on April 28, a healthy 8 lb. boy was born in one of Toronto’s hospitals. What makes this birth so remarkable is that he is one of the small number of babies snatched from death by the sidewalk counsellors at the Harbord Street abortuary. A very important aspect of saving this baby’s life ( and also the life of [...]
On the weekend of May 2, a very positive pro-life event took place—the second meeting within six months of the newly-formed Campaign Life Ontario, a provincial branch of the national political pro-life organization. Held in Niagara Falls, the meeting brought together pro-life activists from across the province to discuss such important items as election strategy; building support; the role of The Interim; [...]
At a press conference on May 6, Reverend Ken Campbell of Choose Life Canada announced his intention to lay charges against the Attorney General of Ontario, Ian Scott for obstructing justice by failing to close the Morgentaler abortuary. The move, which was made after consulting with “a top criminal lawyer,” was thwarted just 24 hours later when Justice of the Peace Gerald [...]
The nature of belief is very different from what we think it is. In fact, if we knew the limits of knowledge and the extent of human ignorance in the modern world, it would quickly shake our confidence in modernity. Just to give you an example, I have heard many people talk about an unborn baby as “just a blob,” which can [...]
On January 23, 1986 at 10:22 a.m., 18 year-old Erin Shannon suffered a massive and fatal cardiac arrest during a D&E abortion at the Ottawa Civic Hospital. She was 18 weeks pregnant. The inquest into her death was held in Ottawa on April 14, 15, and 16. Sue Hierlihy was in attendance and the following is her account of the testimony presented [...]