At their policy convention in Hull (Feb. 20-23, 1992) the Liberals did it again, to the applause of the media. Back in the years of 1967-1969 Pierre Trudeau “hijacked” the Liberal Party of Canada for his permissive society ideals. Parachuted into the leadership by a party clique, he launched his career by wondering out loud in December 1967 what God could possibly [...]
During his confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the new U.S. Attorney-General, William P. Barr, said that Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion on demand, was “wrongly decided” and should be rescinded. The Roe v. Wade judgment opened the way to the mass killing of unborn children. Mr. Barr, 41, who succeeds Dick Thornburgh as the [...]
On January 22, 1992, American pro-lifers gathered in large numbers in the nation’s capital to mourn the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. President George Bush, like his predecessor Ronald Reagan, reiterated his opposition to abortion. “I am with you in spirit,” he told the crowd by telephone. Unlike Reagan and Bush in the U.S., no Canadian Prime Minister has championed [...]
On March 22, NDP Health Minister Elizabeth Cull ordered 33 pubic hospitals in her province to provide “abortion services.” This includes such hospitals as the Vernon Jubilee Hospital, where the board of directors had ended the practice. From now on Boards of Directors, despite being elected by the people of the local community, will no longer have a say. Thus in the [...]
The warning sign for pro-lifers came early. Three days before the Federal Liberal policy convention opened in Hull, Quebec on Thursday, February 20, the Ottawa Citizen blew the whistle on the efforts of pro-life Liberals to restore their political party. Pro-life faction Under the heading “Battle shapes up over abortion,” the Citizen noted that “A pro-life faction within the Liberal Party will [...]
Whenever I find myself in the vicinity of Brampton, Ontario, the car veers almost automatically in the direction of the home of Ray and Rita Holmes, where I am always sure of a good meal. Dr. Ray invariably has something interesting to tell me or show me, usually within the pro-life context. The other day he met me with the words, “I [...]
A pro-life religious order to be known as the Sisters of Life has recently been formed in the United States. As reported by Chuck Lindberg in the Knights of Columbus publication Columbia (January 1992), the new order was founded to provide spiritual support for the pro-life movement. The Sisters of Life are committed to pray and work for the protection of life [...]
My assignment from Campaign Life Coalition President Jim Hughes was simple. Go to Port Charlotte, he said, and close down every abortion “clinic” down there. And he gave me two weeks to do it. The good news is that Port Charlotte is in Florida! I told Jim that I wouldn’t be very effective going alone. He agreed. So I brought along my [...]
Adoption: Part II Part I appeared in our October 1991 issue. Editor I’ve counseled street kids and sheltered kids, some on drugs and some in trouble with the law but I’ve never had a client I didn’t really like. There is always something to admire in each of them. Sarah* doesn’t place her child for adoption easily. No girl does. Sarah’s girlfriends [...]
In June, 1991, Mike Farnan, former Ontario Solicitor General, MPP for Cambridge, and a Catholic, handed a statement on abortion to a member of the Galt Council, Knights of Columbus. (see sidebar) It is another exhibit in the continuing saga of Catholic politicians taking wrong stands on the abortion issue. It is a good example of the kind of self-deception which pro-life [...]
Newfoundland Newfie abortuary one year old St. Jon’s, Nfld. – On the Morgentaler ‘clinic’s’ first anniversary here, CBC’s regional radio newscast featured an interview with Peggy Meisner, the abortuary’s head nurse and office manager. She stated that the past year has gone very smoothly. “Except for a couple of rowdy demonstrations in the early days, Right to Lifers have been really very [...]
Winnipeg, MB A Manitoba driver runs a stop sign at 90 kilometers an hour, hitting a woman who is eight months pregnant. The woman survives and regains her health. Her baby dies. The driver is fined $54 for running a stop sign. The judge rules that no one died, since the child is not a “person.” He bases his argument on the [...]
MP John Nunziata (York South-Weston) has charged that Liberals for Life are subverting the democratic process in the party and using the pro-life issue to further their own political ambitions. He has accused them of blackmailing prospective candidates for party positions and riding nominations. Mr. Nunziata also demanded that Liberal Leader John Chrétien should stop “accommodating the group within the party. If [...]
Judy Anderson, national president of REAL Women of Canada has accused Joe Clark, Minister of Constitutional Affairs, of excluding from the constitutional Affairs, of excluding from the constitutional process the organization which represents some 50,000 Canadian women. Mr. Clark is defrauding the Canadian public by stacking the constitutional conferences now under way with feminists, Mrs. Anderson stated in Toronto in early February. [...]
Conservative Jews Montreal. In December 1991 the Canadian Council for Conservative Judaism (CCCJ) passed resolutions on Quebec, AIDS, firearms, rape, social services, nuclear weapons, war and abortion. The Conservative movement claims 50,000 members in Canada. The abortion resolution states the Council’s opposition to “any attempt by the federal and provincial governments to legislate control of abortion, leaving all decisions in this area [...]