The Pro-Life Society of British Columbia has learned that the national president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada –a long time activist of Planned Parenthood of British Columbia –is helping run a Vancouver abortuary, and possibly conducting her Planned Parenthood work out of a taxpayer-funded hospital. Barbara Hestrin is the Program Director at the British Columbia Women’s Hospital and Health Centre [...]
Charlottetown, PEI – Planned Parenthood wants to re-open here after an abrupt departure 13 years ago. “If ever there was a place that needed Planned Parenthood, it’s PEI,” declared a fund raising letter circulated nationally this summer by Bonnie Johnson, the Federation’s Executive Director. An astute BC recipient promptly faxed the letter the REAL Women’s national leaders, who alerted the PER chapter. [...]
With reports from the Surrey/North Delta News Leader Planned Parenthood has been banned by the Surrey Board of Education as a resource for its sexuality program. The ban began January 25, when board vice-chair, Robert Pickering, submitted a motion to ban Planned Parenthood as a resource in the school district. The motion passed 3-1. Two trustees, Jim Chisholm and Laurae McNally, were [...]
Sue Careless The Interim With reports from the Surrey/North Delta News Leader Planned Parenthood has been banned by the Surrey Board of Education as a resource for its sexuality program. The ban began January 25, when board vice-chair, Robert Pickering, submitted a motion to ban Planned Parenthood as a resource in the school district. The motion passed 3-1. Two trustees, Jim Chisholm [...]
Life sentences Two recent U.S. rulings have gained close scrutiny from both sides of the abortion battle. In September ’93, Month in Review reported on a case of a man who shot a pregnant woman during a hold-up, and caused her to miscarry. The 4th District Court of Appeals in San Diego has since sentenced Robert A. Davis to life in prison [...]
U of T students fight to oust racist organization Planned Parenthood’s own history came back to haunt it as the organization narrowly survived a student-led attempt to ban it from participating in activities at the University of Toronto. The Student Administration Council voted 13-9 to continue ties with the organization which promotes birth control and is closely tied with the abortion industry. [...]
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 [...]