Tony Gosgnach The black American community is bringing to the pro-life sphere the spiritual principles which guided Martin Luther King’s civil rights campaigns. U.S. blacks are planning their first Annual National Hour of Prayer between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. on May 11, says Reg. Johnny Hunter, National Director of Life Education and Resource Network (LEARN), which is sponsoring the event. LEARN [...]
Amidst the chaos of U.S. inner city-life, whites and blacks strive to free their community from the cycle of welfare and abortion Tony Gosgnach The Interim A unique and independent community service center in Orlando, Florida, is crossing racial lines and avoiding government handouts while putting a pro-life philosophy into action. Frontline Outreach is based out of a 3,780 square meter facility [...]
Berton, Callwood, Hall, Forrester, Christie and Morgentaler honour founders of abortion group Pro-lifers put a crimp in plans to honour long-time abortion supporters Norma Scarborough, founder of the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League (CARAL) and Toronto Star columnist Michelle Landsberg. Guests attending a January 29 dinner for Scarborough and Landsberg ran headlong into an orderly line of demonstrators, who braved cold temperatures [...]
The fifth annual Skate for Life was held on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa on February 10. “The Skate,” as it has become to be known, is an event where young pro-lifers come together and encourage one another in their pro-life views. It sends a powerful message to Ottawa: These young people stand for Life. This year highschool students from London, Sarnia, [...]
Linda Gibbons: “Common Sense Revolution is meaningless if it doesn’t protect life” Pro-life defender Linda Gibbons has wasted no time in again sacrificing her personal comfort and security in defence of the unborn. Gibbons, who was released from the Vanier Correctional Institute February 16, was re-arrested February 19 after demonstrating in front of the Scott abortuary on Gerrard St. East in Toronto. [...]
Ontario Attorney General Charles Harnick failed to tip his hand about the province’s plans for a lingering injunction and court case against 18 pro-lifers. Speaking Febraury 13 to the North York Retired Men’s Club, Harnick said it would be inappropriate to comment on a case still before the courts. He said rulings made since the injunction and court case were launched will [...]
No other part of the Gospel is as challenging, or as difficult, or as important, as these words are for people doing pro-life work. The call to be non-judgmental lies at the very heart of Jesus’ message. As the Messiah, he spent time with and dined with the notorious sinners of his day, including prostitutes and tax collectors. At the same time, [...]
The emergence of Pat Buchanan in this year’s U.S. Republican Party Leadership race has a special significance for pro-lifers. By the sheer force of his views, Buchanan has brought the abortion issue front and centre. Described as a rogue Republican, Buchanan is considered by some a serious threat to party unity. His success in the early primaries has befuddled many political observers, [...]
A Colorado man’s unauthorized detention in a psychiatric hospital was the direct result of his opposition to abortion, say several U.S. pro-life officials. Kenneth Scott of Denver, a long-time pro-life activist, was arrested December 20 and spent the next 42 days in the Boulder Community Hospital psychiatric ward. He was released without conditions January 30. Scott plans to file a lawsuit against [...]
Life is Life Randy Dyer R & D Productions, Box 60072, Oakville, Ont. L6M 2S0 Life is Life is a recently released compact disc with an obvious and admirable aim to promote the sanctity of human life. Randy Dyer’s strong pro-life and Christian convictions come through clearly in his lyrics. We need more Christian musicians like him. Life is Life is a [...]
British cab-driver’s son turns focus from print to radio and television. His fresh outlook is music to the ears of Canadian talk-radio junkies. In a mainstream media culture dominated by liberal and pro-abortion voices, Michael Coren stands as a notable exception. The 36-year-old native of London, England is an anomaly because he has held to conservative and pro-life views throughout a prolific [...]
Pro-life supporters must strive to overcome the “insidious voices” calling for the elimination of society’s weak and vulnerable members. Speaking December 28 at the Feast of the Holy Innocents Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto, Father Tom Lynch said there is a danger of the pro-life message becoming obscured in a society of conflicting voices. Archbishop Aloysius Ambrozic of Toronto was [...]
As pro-life people, part of our goal is to change the way people act. We hope to see a world in which no one chooses to end the lives of their unborn children. However our goal is not to control people, but to instill a genuine respect for human life. The struggle to restore respect for the unborn is proving to be [...]
Pro-life supporters must strive to overcome the “insidious voices” calling for the elimination of society’s weak and vulnerable members. Speaking December 28 at the Feast of the Holy Innocents Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto, Father Tom Lynch said there is a danger of the pro-life message becoming obscured in a society of conflicting voices. Archbishop Aloysius Ambrozic of Toronto was [...]
An incident at Metro West Detention Centre has raised concern that inmates are being pressured into having abortions. One yung woman who was diagnosed by two separate doctors as bing 18 weeks and 20 weeks pregnant was told that she “ought not to have the child.” It was suggested to heer by a counsellor that she could have a late abortion in [...]