Parliament is due to return September 18. In the past six years of praying, fasting and witnessing on Parliament Hill some of the victories I have noticed are these: The defeat of Bill C-43, the essentially flawed abortion bill passed by the Mulroney government at the end of May 1990, by a 43-43 tie vote in the Senate at the end of [...]
Off the wire A euthanasia bill was rejected by the state Parliament of South Australia on July 27. The bill would have allowed terminally-ill adults to have themselves killed within a year of their anticipated date of death. The Italian National Committee on Bioethics has rejected the idea of euthanasia and called for palliative care. The committee referred to euthanasia as “gravely [...]
The National Public Affairs Office (Lobby Office) of Campaign Life Coalition is embarking on a fundraising project to supplement the personal donations received from dedicated supporters on its mailing list. The lobby office, located in Ottawa, is finding it increasingly difficult to manage financially and has found it necessary to look for more ways to raise funds to help maintain the efficient [...]
Fr. Pavone calls on priests to “preach vigorously and act decisively” Priests for Life is the only organization exclusively dedicated to motivating the clergy to bring about an end to abortion and is committed to providing information and materials of an educational nature to enable the clergy to better support and promote the Church’s teachings on life issues. The name Priests for [...]
Recently, Aid to Women, an agency dedicated to counselling women not to go through with abortion and then caring for their baby once its born, celebrated its tenth anniversary. Joanne Dieleman, director of Aid to Women, recounts the story of Ashley, a baby who was saved this year. Ashley is one of the countless (over 1,000 confirmed) babies who have been saved [...]
Restrictive freedom of speech bill draws little opposition On June 27, 1995 one of the most restrictive freedom of speech bills in all of North America passed in the BC Legislature with an over-whelming majority and scarcely a word of opposition was heard. Bill 48, also known as the Access to Abortion Services Act was designed specifically to make illegal what was [...]
On Saturday may 13 spring was enhanced by Toronto’s first Youth for Life Conference. The conference arose from a need to learn more about how abortion affects our community, and more importantly to network with other young people to give the framework to build support groups within their schools. Over 70 pro-life teens from area high schools congregated in the cafeteria of [...]
Anyone who has been involved in the pro-life movement for any length of time knows or suspects that the mainstream news media are generally unfavorable to the pro-life cause. However, a closer look at the issue reveals that the news media’s position extends beyond one of unfavourability into the realm of outright bias and hostility. There are numerous examples of this. In [...]
Why is it that for any demonstration on behalf of a “left wing” cause, the same mob of hoodlums shows up? David Dooley explains. Rent-a-mob is a term used by Peter Simple, the pseudonym of a London (England) Telegraph columnist. For any demonstration on behalf of a “left wing” cause – be it against nuclear power stations or in favour of animal [...]
“A precedent-setting victory for the Canadian unborn,” said Campaign Life Coaltion PEI President Paul Cheverie when the Nova Scotia Supreme Court squashed criminal charges against himself and eight other pro-lifers. The nine included Cheverie and Kenneth Biso of Prince Edward Island, Ann Marie Tomlins of Borden, Ontario, and Ellen Chesel, Paul Morre, Noreen Moser, Pauline Mullen, Sharon Keddy, and Anne Ashford-Hall, al [...]
To Ontario pro-life voters, the main task of the June 8 provincial election was to get rid of the New Democrats. It seemed this was uppermost in the minds of all voters as Mike Harris and the Progressive Conservatives were swept into Queen’s Park with a strong mandate to clean up the five year mess left by the NDP. Harris’ tough talk [...]
Despite disruption, controversial pro-life group concludes successful convention About 1,500 delegates from around the world attended Human Life International’s 14th annual world conference on life, love and family at the Hotel Radisson in Montreal between April 19-23. The delegates heard from a number of prominent speakers, including Randall Terry, James Sedlak, Jim Hughes and Dr. Donald DeMarco. Although the conference was met [...]
It would be impossible to give an exhaustive account of this wonderful Human Life International Convention in a brief article, so I shall try to stress the salient and exciting aspects of it. The Convention commenced with a High Mass in the beautiful Basilica of Notre Dame, in Montreal. After came the much talked about Rosary Procession from the Basilica to the [...]
I would now like to say a special word to women who have had an abortion. The Church is aware of the many factors which may have influenced your decision, and she does not doubt that in many cases it was a painful and even shattering decision. The wound in your heart may not yet have healed. Certainly what happened was and [...]
As the large, heavy doors of Old Montreal’s beautiful Notre Dame Basilica slowly swung open, I could hardly believe what I was seeing. Dozens of helmeted and visored riot police clutching truncheons were roaming the street in front of the church. Behind them, several hundred protestors kept back by metal barricades, were throwing various objects – glass-filled condoms, vegetables, firecrackers, bottles, eggs [...]