America has given a great gift to the world, a gift that drew upon the accumulated wisdom derived from centuries of experiments in self-government, a gift that has irrivocably changed humanity’s future. Our gift is twofold: the declaration as a cardinal principle of all just law, of the God-given, unalienable rights possessed by every human being; and the example of our determination [...]
On January 30, 1988, the Ramada Inn in Mississauga was the scene of almost 100 FCP Party and Riding Executives, bringing executives from as far away as Thunder Bay and Ottawa. In his major speech, Party Leader Don Pennell stressed the importance of educating pro-family voters as to the value of their vote. He expressed his disappointment at the great number of [...]
Preachers and politicians got together at a pro-life rally and it was something to see. “Any church that calls itself Christian and doesn’t have a sermon against abortion this Sunday doesn’t deserve to be called Christian!” charged Rev. Ken Campbell, Baptist minister and founder of Choose Life Canada. Rev. Campbell said this to an enthusiastic crowd of 1,500 at the Queensway Cathedral [...]
A public poll commissioned by the Toronto Star showed that, abortion on demand supporters are losing influence, while those who demand full protection from conception are growing in strength. Abortion on Demand Protection From Conception 1978(Gallup) 16 per cent 14 per cent 1883(Gallup) 23 per cent 17 per cent 1984( Newsweek)U.S. 21 per cent 21 per cent 1988(Star) 10 per cent 22 [...]
Canadians are being urged to demand a strong new law to prohibit abortion at any stage, Cardinal Carter told Prime Minister Mulroney in a letter dated February 29, 1988. In a strongly worded letter, endorsed by a range of officials including the president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Emmett Cardinal Carter told Ottawa that “ permanent legislation… must be introduced [...]
Canadian pro-life leaders have demanded a public apology from the Chairman of a Senate Committee which last summer identified pro-life groups a possible terrorist threat. The Report of the Senate Special Committee on Terrorism and the Public Safety identified “extreme elements of certain anti-abortion groups” in its listing of “those groups that have recently been, are currently viewed to be, or could [...]
Joan Andrews, 39, from Newark, Delaware, is a pro-life prisoner of conscience serving a harsh five-year sentence to “teach her a lesson,” for saving the lives of unborn children during a Rescue Mission in Pensacola, Florida, on March 26, 1986. The plan called for Joan and three other activists to enter a local abortuary and unplug the killing machines. Even though the [...]
This past December 21, members of Nurses for Life and Campaign Life Coalition armed with blown-up pictures of both unborn and aborted babies, staged a sit-in at the office of Elinor Caplan, Ontario Minister of Health. The pro-lifers were there to protest the abortion clinic policies of the Peterson government. Caplan did not emerge to speak to them, but while they occupied [...]
“Unless we determine the key factors that contribute to abortion and concentrate on overcoming them, our energies and resources will be split and split again, as we try to battle all the evils abortion spawns,” Beverly Hadland of Toronto warned Prince Edward Island listeners during a whirlwind lecture tour sponsored by PEI Right to Life. “The single most important factor leading to [...]
Over the last 20 years the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has tackled a large number of economic and political issues, both in and outside Canada, while by and large avoiding the ethical issues thrown up by the “permissive society” and its so called New Morality. Should this avoidance be questioned? Should it be recognized as a problem? If so, how [...]
Q: How would you define a pro-life activist? A: Somebody who believes very firmly in the value of human life and then does something about it. If you believe life is valuable, and you see life being destroyed randomly, you go out and try to stop that in a very positive and effective way. If you were being executed tomorrow, what would [...]
Rob Nicholson is serving his first term as a Member of Parliament and at 35 years of age is one of the youngest Members of the House of Commons. A life-long resident of the Niagara Falls area, Nicholson is a former partner in the law firm Coy, Barch in St. Catharines, Ontario. He was educated at Queens University and the University of [...]
At a time when many Pro-life organizations are struggling to obtain charitable status, the Saskatchewan Pro-Life Association (SPLA) took a most unusual step. It wrote to Revenue Canada to surrender it’s charitable status. For years SPLA restricted itself to educational activities in the belief that if people were better educated on foetal development, the law would change. In the process, we firmly [...]
The “Crusade for Life Walk” organized by the Knights of Columbus (Our Lady of Grace Council) in October attracted hundreds of people from The Queensway-Lakeshore area of Etobicoke. Under sunlit skies, the marchers prayed and sand their way, for ten kilometers, visiting five Catholic churches en route. Walk Chairman, Frank Larkin, was obviously pleased by the success of the Walk, a first [...]
Jim Jepson, Member of Parliament for London East, was first elected to the House of Commons in September 1984. A native of Hamilton, Ontario, Mr. Jepson is a businessman, owning a canvas manufacturing firm. He and his wife Beverly have three children and are members of West Park Baptist Church in London. Mr. Jepson has made many statements in the House of [...]