How many times have you taken your kids to a movie, or rented a video for them, only to be shocked by the gratuitous sex, violence and profanity that seem to have become so common in today’s films? It’s getting more and more difficult to find good movies these days; movies that both your whole family can enjoy, and that don’t put [...]
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 [...]
Now that a lot of dust has settled on the announcement by former Health Minister Frances Lankin that she would implement the recommendations of the Task Group on Abortion Services, we can take another look beneath the surface. We’re quite to arrogance of politicians and their delicious contempt for the intelligence of the ordinary voter. But it seems to me that the [...]
In Cap-de-la-Madeleine, not a mile from my home, a young man died last week, consumed by the bitter coldness of poverty. Hydro-Quebec shut off his electricity for non-payment and he was asphyxiated by the propane barbeque with which he had tried to warm himself. The St. Maurice region of Quebec (which includes Trois Riviers and the “Cap”) was one the pulp-and paper [...]
…or, How I became sucked into the pro-life movement Twenty years ago last November, I came to Canada. I was single and in my mid-twenties. I came to work for a while, to see another part of the world. Back then I had long brown hair, and described myself as a pro-choice feminist, Today I have medium-length grey hair, one husband, three [...]
For almost a quarter of a century now, very few Canadians have opened their morning papers without seeing some kind of news on abortion. Arguments have changed, people have come and gone, laws have been revamped and courts have ruled but, through it all, there has been one constant – Henry Morgentaler. Morgentaler is, and always has been, the icon of the [...]
Over a year ago, the Ontario Minister of Health set up a “Task Group” to make proposals regarding changes in the health policy of the provincial government. One proposal is that all hospitals with obstetrical and gynecological services perform abortions. Presumably, the price of refusal would be the loss of government assistance. This appears to me to be directed at the Catholic [...]
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 [...]
“The only thing that I was thinking of was – get the baby out” (Hamilton Spectator, February 4, 1993) The above quote refers to the heroics of a policeman who rescued a frightened child in a dark, smoke-filled apartment unit. The officer risked his life to find the victim under a bed, unconscious. As he dragged her out, almost overcome with smoke, [...]
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 February 9, the Dutch Parliament approved the most liberal euthanasia laws in Europe. This legislation must still be approved by the upper house but the observers feel it will not face stiff opposition. For years, euthanasia has been accepted in Holland but removal of life-support systems has been going unpunished for years and the new bill will remove the possibility of [...]
Sexually transmitted diseases—commonly referred to as STDs—have now reaches epidemic proportions in North America; In fact, some see the epidemic as a disaster in the making. A factor which has contributed in no small measure to the present STD epidemic is the unjustified and blind faith placed by medical “experts” in the “mythical protective power” of the condom against sexually transmitted diseases. [...]
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 [...]
Upon visiting many physicians’ offices in this province, patients are greeted with an ominous warning from the B.C. Medical Association. One large poster features eight NDP MLAs, including Premier Michael Harcourt cautioning, with bold red lettering, cautioning “Known health risk in your area.” It states, “These NDP MLAs voted for Bill 71, the new law that rations health care services and limits [...]