On Sunday, March 9, Campaign Life Alberta held an Open House to celebrate their move into a new, well-equipped, modern office. The office, shared with Edmonton Pro-Life, is located on 107th Avenue at 10th Street and the phone number is (403) 428-0661). Campaign Life Alberta has worked for this day for a long time and is very pleased with the new set-up. [...]
Lesbian “marriage” affirmed by B.C. court It appears that the legal concept of homosexual “marriage” has been established by the B.C. Supreme Court, at least through inference, if not in fact. The decision came when Justice Patrick Dohm awarded the plaintiff in a lesbian “marriage” a half interest in the “family” home and a 20% interest in two properties owned by the [...]
For the first time ever Campaign Life has entered a school board election. Some 20,000 leaflets were distributed by Campaign Life BC in Vancouver at the end of January 1986. The leaflets endorsed Non-Partisan Association candidate Pam Glass and independent candidate Ean Rankin and warned the public against the nine Committee of Progressive Electors (COPE) candidates. The Vancouver Sun reported Anita Parker [...]
A new song has just been released by the group Horizon called Dear Brother which seems to have significant pro-life overtones. Musically, it is a delight to listen to, with soft voice and soft keyboard overlays. The song is partly sung and partly spoken and consists of conversation in the womb and consists of conversation in the womb between twin brothers. One [...]
On Tuesday March 4, Toronto’s City TV aired a program entitled “Whatever Happened to the Women’s Movement,” part two of a four part series. The program referred to Real Women as the “anti-women’s liberation movement.” Its aim, it said, was to “slow down the march towards equality.” The TV program represented the media at its worst: it was a blatant attempt to [...]
The pro-life film A Matter of Choice was sponsored by the Peterborough chapter of Physicians for Life and was shown on CHEX-TV (Channel 12) on Sunday March 2, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. TO meet time requirements the film was shortened by six to seven minutes. As well as the film, Dr. David Hurst, 1985-86 president of Physicians for Life, presented pertinent [...]
On January 20, some University of Windsor students took a stand against abortion by writing a letter to U of W president Ron Ianni, requesting the removal of physician Walter Wren. The Association of Students Against Abortion Funding (ASAAF), chaired by Mark Kahabka, noted in their letter that …the question that must arise here is whether or not there is a conflict [...]
A pro-abortion pressure group, most of who are connected with the local community college in Sainte-Therese are fighting under the banner of “Libre-Choix” to contest the closing the abortion clinic at the town’s CLSC. However, Coalition Pour La Vie-Groulx, the group that succeeded in closing the clinic, have no intention of losing round two in the struggle. Gillles Charron vice-president of Coalition [...]
In January, Campaign Life organizer Earl Amyotte, in an interview with the Windsor Star stated that “…Windsor Western Hospital wouldn’t get a dime from any Catholic” for their $11.5 million chronic-care fund-raising because of the abortions performed there. Mr. Amyotte and a group of pro-lifers have protested at the hospital for the last two years on Tuesdays and Thursdays, the days when [...]
I am writing this in January 1986. It was announced on the radio this morning that Maureen McTeer, a “practising Roman Catholic” and wife of Joe Clark, has agreed to become an honorary director of CARAL. The announcement went on to say something to the effect that, while Ms. McTeer would not have an abortion herself, she supports the right of any [...]
I find myself in a most unlikely position: feminists and I appear to see eye to eye on the matter of the contraceptive drug and devices which are still claiming thousands of victims. The women’s health networks currently are working hard to raise public awareness of the dangers of the IUD, and are lobbying strongly to prevent the federal government’s blessing on [...]
Two more Intrauterine Devices (IUDs) have become the focus of so many lawsuits in the U.S. that their makers have removed them from the American market. The CU-7 and the Tatum-T (two versions of an IUD called the Copper 7) are manufactured by the C. D. Searle Company. However, only one, the CU-7, is sold in Canada. Searle’s Canadian subsidiary has announced [...]
On Feb. 1, Canadians for Decency held its 4th Annual Seminar on Obscenity, Violence and the Future of Society at the Prince Hotel in Don Mills. As in the past years, the society’s president, Nancy Pollock, produced a stimulating array of speakers, and again there was a large and appreciative audience for them. Dr. William Marshall, a psychologist from Queen’s University, first [...]
On January 26, 1986, Edward Greenspan, a renowned Toronto lawyer and editor of the courtroom bible Martin’s Criminal Code, charged that Canadian courtrooms are cowed by feminists. The credibility of Canada’s judiciary is being undermined by attacks by feminists and other lobby groups, he said. When groups unhappy with a decision, they simply launch an appeal to the judicial council, he said. [...]
The National Action Committee on the Status of Women has set up a new subcommittee formed specifically “to help raise the profile of the abortion rights struggle.” NAC receives large government grants. The December issue of NAC’s Feminist Action newsletter announced a nation-wide campaign to “expose the injustice of the existing abortion legislation,” centering around testimonies of women about their abortion experiences. [...]