September 1988 Parliament’s rejection of the government’s abortion on demand motion of July 28 pleased both sides of the controversial issue. But despite claims of the pro-abortion lobby that the defeat was a victory for them, the facts revealed to Canadians nationwide and the pro-life forces had much greater strength than the media had given the public to believe. The only pro-life [...]
In the opening address to the national convention of Alliance for Life and Campaign Life Coalition, petite Halifax lawyer, Mary MacLennan, spoke of the wisdom shown in the way ancient civilized societies carefully guarded the rights of their unborn members. She gave a bird’s-eye view of twentieth century developments. “We’ve come a long way since Hammurabi and Hippocrates,” she said. “A long [...]
Charlottetown. The people are “for life,” but they feel helpless, and they don’t know what to do,” Helen Walsh of Bedford, N.S., told the national convention of Campaign Life Coalition and Alliance for Life, meeting in Charlottetown, June 23-26. “I want them to know that they’re not helpless.” The slender, ash blonde, 44-year-old mother of five ser out on foot from St. [...]
Over 250 people participated in a pro-life walk and rally in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. The most moving speech came from Candace Robichaud who related her personal experience with abortion. The Sunday June 26th pro-life rally was moving along uneventfully until politics was mentioned. Two Nova Scotia MLAs in the audience, Jack McIsaac and Donald Cameron, both PCs, also addressed the audience, indicating [...]
CHARLOTTETOWN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND June 25, 1988 WHEREAS the motion which has been introduced into the House of Commons accepts abortion on demand as a solution to an unwanted pregnancy in its early stages and introduces only minor restrictions in later stages. AND WHEREAS Amendment A accepts abortion where a mother’s life or health will be adversely affected. AND WHEREAS Amendment B [...]
Saturday, May 14, 1988 Calgary Pro-Life Association held its 8th annual fund raising Hike for Life. The walk was blessed with a sunny but windy day. Approximately 600 hikers pledged nearly $40 000; but over 1000 people of all ages participated this year. The amounts collected enable Calgary Pro-Life to continue its increasingly popular teacher/resource programme for another year. St. Rose of [...]
Early Monday, May 30 at 12:01 A.M., three pro life activists from Toronto began their vigil of fasting and prayer on the front lawn of the Parliament Buildings. Gerard Liston, 28, said he felt fine on the third day of his fast when interviewed by the Ottawa Citizen on June 1. He was prepared to continue his liquid-only diet for up to [...]
On May 18, Liberal Senator Stanley Haidasz introduced for first reading in the Senate Bill S-16 to give full protection to the unborn. The bill is co-sponsored by Tory Senator John MacDonald. Second reading followed on May 24. Senator Haidasz’s bill is reprinted in its entirety on page two. The void left by the Supreme Court’s decision of January 28, leaving the [...]
Donald DeMarco, In My Mother’s Womb: The Catholic Church’s Defense of Natural Life, Manassas, VA., Trinity Communications, 1987. In Canada: Mission House Publications, 101 Silver Spring Crescent, Kitchener, Ontario, N2M 4P3, 234pp., $11.95. This book, which is dedicated to Father Alphonse de Valk, “a priest for life,” collects essays which have appeared in various periodicals, including The Human Life Review. It contains [...]
A potentially great new pro-life organization, Athletes for Life, has been founded in the United States, with two vitally important objectives: to halt the killing of unborn children and to help establish legal protection for all human life from conception to natural death. This growing group of professional athletes has as its director, Tom Herr, second baseman with the Minnesota Twins, who, [...]
In Toronto, police constable David Packer refuses to guard the Morgentaler abortuary; he is punished with the loss of his career. In Nelson, British Columbia, Jim Demers rebuilds into a book trolley a machine used to suck unborn children from their mother’s wombs; he is convicted for defending those whom the law will not. And across the world, in Auckland, New Zealand, [...]
In this province the most exciting pro0life event occurred in the Legislative Assembly where a motion urging a ban on all abortions, brought by the Conservative opposition passed and was sent on to Ottawa to all three federal parties. The motion was introduced by former Minister of Health, Albert Fogarty (a Catholic), and seconded by Prowse Chappell (a member of the Board [...]
Olivia Gans, Executive Director of the Washington-based American Victims of Abortion, met with Members of Parliament on March 8, International Women’s Day. The luncheon event was organized by Alliance for Life as a contribution to International Women’s Day celebrations on Parliament Hill. As Executive Director of National Right to Life’s American Victims of Abortion lobby group, Olivia Gans has traveled extensively in [...]
Hundreds of pro-life supporters crowded into the auditorium of James M. Hill Memorial School in Chatham, New Brunswick, sent a clear message to Northumberland-Miramichi MP, W.R. (Bud) Jardine that they will not accept any law that fails to protect the unborn from the moment of conception. Three provincial MLAs also addressed the mid-March rally organized by the Miramichi Branch of the New [...]
Pro-Life activist Joe Borowski’s Supreme Court challenge has been postponed until the Fall Court session. Borowski and his lawyer Morris Schumiatcher of Regina were in Ottawa on April 11 to petition the Court to hear the case in June as previously scheduled. However, Justice William McIntrye rejected the petition and instead scheduled the hearing for the first day of the Fall Session [...]