On Thursday March 11, 1993 a gunshot fired in Pensacola, Florida, struck at the heart of the pro-life movement. Abortionist David Gunn was shot in front of an abortuary by a man who, claiming to be a pro-lifer, immediately gave himself up to police and confessed to the crime. David Gunn died a short time later during surgery. Michael Griffin, aged [...]
Kim Campbell seems set to romp to victory in a June convention but many are starting to ask questions about the federal Conservative Party’s great new hope. Pro-life leaders, in particular, are trying to decide how dangerous the current Defence Minister will be if, as the polls indicate, she is given a mandate by convention delegates to take over from Brian Mulroney. [...]
Rescue America is going on the offensive with “multiple lawsuits” in the wake of news stories implicating the Houston-based group with the shooting of abortionist David Gunn. “During the recent media feast over Gunn’s death, our organization endured a lot of slander and distortion,” said Don Treshman, national director of Rescue America. He said the group will be launching a series of [...]
On March 8, 1993, the Family Coalition Party of Ontario announced that it will be running two candidates in the recently vacated provincial ridings of St.George-St.David and Don Mills. The elections will be held on April 1. Louis DiRocco, past president of the FCP, has thrown his hate into the St.George-St.Devid race, one of Ontario’s most bizarre ridings. The area includes the [...]
It’s a challenge to interview a man who has lost his power of speech. That’s what happened to 72-year-old Leo Beecher when he suffered a stroke four years ago. Since then, he’s had to rely upon others to speak for him. A retired bachelor, Leo was one of the early, faithful picketers at Morgentaler’s abortuary. Every morning for four years he and [...]
Of the many forms of pro-life action, there is one which we think it is prudent to raise questions about – the picketing of the homes of abortionists. There is no doubt home picketing has an impact. Many doctors have either ceased doing abortions altogether, or moved their practices to another location where they resume this deadly activity. Nevertheless, is home picketing [...]
A new radicalism is breaking out on college campuses in America. It has the familiar ring of student activism—the sit-ins, the confrontations with authority. The students march, they talk about a “cultural revolution,” they turn current wisdom on its head. The group calls itself Collegians Activated to Liberate Life. They’ve taken the year off from their studies to immerse themselves fully in [...]
Whatever happened to Joe Borowski? It’s one of the most common questions pro-lifers ask of the man who almost single-handedly took on the Canadian system in a monumental battle for the unborn. From being on the leading edge of the pro-life battle for almost two decades, Borowski seems to many to have fallen off the face of the earth. “I’m not dead,” [...]
We hear a lot about Roe v. Wade, but what exactly did the U.S. Supreme Court say? L.M. Toronto The Court announced a new constitutional right. The majority said that the 14th Amend-ment to the U.S. Constitution shelters a fundamental right of privacy “broad enough to encompass a woman’s decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.” The judges did not know [...]
I have spent my few hours of leisure time over the last few days and nights digesting some political junk food in the form of John Laschinger and Geoffrey Stevens’ book Leaders and Lesser Mortals. Ir’s a must-read for political junkies and hopefuls alike, an anecdotal manual of political campaigning as practiced in Canada today. As I read, I endeavoured to glean [...]
Now that the Republicans George Bush and Ronald Regan have both moved out of the White House and into the history books, it’s time for pro-lifers to assess their administrations. Under both men, federal government spending on abortion was curtailed. The armed forces, third world relief agencies and medical clinics were prevented from using federal funds to promote or provide abortion. For [...]
On January 25, Catherine Callbeck was sworn in as the first woman premier of this province, two days after she won the Liberal leadership convention. The Member for the federal riding of Malpeque since 1988, she had been prevailed upon to seek the party leadership when Premier Joe Ghiz decided to leave politics. Many in the party were unhappy about the process [...]
Charlottetown – After several years of on-again off-again efforts, Birthright has opened an office in downtown Charlottetown That it has finally become reality is largely dues to the efforts of Marg Hoganson, who moved here four years ago, brining with her six years of experience as a volunteer in Halifax. Birthright is non-sectarian, non-profit and designed to help any women greatly disturbed [...]
Liberals for Life notched another victory on February 22, when a slate of candidates for the executive of the association in the Southern Ontario riding of Durham were elected. This is the second year Liberals for Life have been successful in the riding, and the win provides a friendly executive for potential candidate Rosemary Connell. Connell, a long-time pro-lifer, has obtained the [...]
Of the frontrunners to replace Brian Mulroney as leader of the federal Progressive Conservatives, Perrin Beatty is the only one to have shown pro-life sentiments and voted pro life. In an interview with the Toronto Star (February 14, 1993) Beatty stated that he was pro-life. “As a politician it would be a lot easier to waffle on the middle ground but on [...]