This year’s U.S National Right To Life Convention, held in Washington, D.C, saw Dr. Bernard Nathanson honour a young married couple from Toronto for composing what he called “by far the best pro-life song I’ve heard in my years as a pro-life advocate.” The song in question, entitled “Where the Miracle Takes Place” was performed live at the Convention [...]
Mr. Michael Wilson’s first budget speech on May 23 included a sentence on charitable institutions that is of interest to pro-life educational groups. According to the Globe’s report (May 24): Charitable institutions need no longer be concerned about having their registered tax-exempt status cut off when they carry out lobbying campaigns on public issues as long as charitable institutions are not [...]
Just after noon on Friday, June 28, two pro-life picketers were attacked by abortionist Robert Scott outside the Morgentaler abortion clinic on Harbord Street in Toronto. Provoked by the activities of pro-life counselors with regard to two approaching female clients, abortionist Scott (6’4”) rushed out the door and threw Fred Huston, a 71- year old man off the steps [...]
On Tuesday, June 12, private member’s bill No. 53, died a natural death in the Saskatchewan legislature when Minister of Justice, Gary Lane, moved that the bill be referred to the Court of Appeal for a legal opinion on its constitutionality. Bill 53, originally titled the Freedom of Informed Choice (Abortions) Act, proposed that women seeking abortion [...]
Forgive me for interrupting the peaceful moral slumber of CBS Morning News, but in the interest of balance (something to which the national media profess a ferocious commitment) certain observations are in order regarding the segment dealing with the videotape film The Silent Scream aired on March 4, 1985. To begin with, the terms of the debate were [...]
Several weeks ago, through The Interim mail, I was surprised to learn from supporters in Manitoba that their group was praying for us. Well, we need all the prayers we can get, but the reason given was that they had heard we were going out of business. Not long after that, a friend in B.C. reported that a similar [...]
On February 16,1985 the Toronto Star reported the proposal of the present Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, Rev. Alex Calder, to tighten the abortion law in order to permit abortions only where there is “imminent threat to the mother’s life.” ( See The Interim, April 1985). One month later, on March 16, the same newspaper, on its [...]
Two months ago I related what might be called “The Sad Saga of the Pro-Life Postcards” or “How to Get Thumped in Your Own Church!” Soon after that experience (and I am still waiting patiently for a reply to my letter to our temporary Rector) another bombshell hit: the Canadian Churchman, which is the “National Newspaper for the Anglican [...]
On January 29, 1985, Member of Parliament Bill Gottselig (Moose Jaw) condemned in Parliament the misuse of public funds by the National Film Board to promote pro-abortion views in the film “Abortion: Stories North and South.” He said it was outrageous that the National Film Board provide funds “to pro-abortionist Gail Singer to present her one-sided view of this matter, which [...]
The Attorney-General of Ontario’s appeal of the jury acquittal of Morgentaler and his two associates on November 8th, 1984, and, the request for a new trial, began on Monday April 29, 1985, before a panel of five judges from the Ontario Supreme Court of Appeal. Because of the importance of the appeal, which will require rulings from Ontario’s highest [...]
Montreal. Henry Morgentaler announced on May 9 that he would campaign in the next Quebec election if anti-abortion groups try to force political parties to make abortions more difficult to obtain. Abortion laws have not been enforced since 1976 when the Parti Quebecois formed the government. In August 1984, during the federal election campaign, Morgentaler endorsed the NDP [...]
“I’m here to warn and support you in that I’ve found abortion is not the answer,” keynote speaker Barbara Kolby told Moncton pro-lifers on Mother’s Day eve. Ms. Kolby is a member of WEBA (Women Exploited by Abortion) and she told the crowd that members of WEBA are the voices of experience. “We are just beginning to speak [...]
St. John’s on April 5, Good Friday, the sixth annual pro-life demonstration at the Health Sciences Centre of Memorial University attracted some 2,500 concerned citizens. The Health Sciences Centre is responsible for 412 – or most of Newfoundland’s official recorded – annual abortions. The demonstration started at 9:30 a.m. and lasted about 90 minutes. Among the participants were [...]
Joe Borowski’s large pro-life sign, placed on the side of his Winnipeg store, was vandalized recently when someone threw black and red paint on it. Mr. Borowski did not believe juvenile vandals were responsible. “My guess is that it’s either an NDPer or an abortionist,” he said. The sign, nine foot by fourteen foot, shows a graveyard [...]
On Saturday April 13, some 3,000 pro-life demonstrators protested Morgentaler’s visit to Vancouver. Speaking at John Oliver secondary school, Morgentaler, once again, received a standing ovation from his audience (900 people) for telling them that he will bring them an abortuary, train more doctors who then “will have the tremendous satisfaction of offering nice, secure, confident medical help to women in [...]