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 [...]
The destruction of the Morgentaler abortuary on Harbord Street last May has become another unsolved mystery for the Metro Toronto Police Force. The investigation, which began with eight officers and has since dwindled to one, wraps up this month. After eight months, police have “absolutely nothing” on the fire bombing which eliminated one of the enduring symbols of the abortion industry in [...]
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 [...]
Lawyers for Sue Rodriguez attempted to change the focus of this precedent-setting court case when they appeared before three judges of the B.C. Court of Appeal on February 15 and 16. Ms. Rodriguez wants the court to allow a doctor to set up an intravenous drip that would deliver a lethal dose of drugs when she presses the button. Lawyer Chris Considine [...]
Mr. Justice Allen Melvin of the B.C. Supreme Court has ruled that the law forbidding assisted suicide is constitutional and does not infringe on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The judgment, released on December 29th, 1992, dismissed arguments made by lawyers on behalf of Sue Rodrigez. They asked the Court to strike down Section 241 of the Criminal Code, which prohibits [...]
Soon after Mrs. Mary Hughes moved into her apartment at St. Joseph’s Place retirement home in Toronto, a woman knocked on her door. She was collecting money. Mrs. Hughes explains, “No one knew anyone else in this building when it opened twelve years ago. Two residents had just died and this woman wanted to send flowerd.” Mrs. Hughes thought it was sad [...]
On December 18, 1992 at Queen’s Park, Toronto, when Health Minister Francis Lankin wholeheartedly endorsed the report handed down by the Task Group of Abortion Services Providers, the NDP government took another step towards making Ontario a police state. No one should really be surprised by Ms. Lankin’s enthusiastic acceptance of the report, which dealt with access to abortion services in Ontario. [...]
“I hope you’re not going to show us any of those gross pictures!” exclaimed the high-school student as I entered a class to give a presentation. Nothing else the pro-life movement does earns such derogatory comment. To hear our detractors speak, you would think we do little else but hand out photographs of aborted babies. The fact is that the pro-life movement [...]
Father Carl Matthews will step down as editor of The Catholic Register February 28 at the request of Archbishop Aloysius Ambrozic. Matthews published his letter of resignation in the January 30 edition of Canada’s national Catholic weekly. In the letter he states he was asked to resign because of the “poor judgement” he showed in urging readers to vote ‘yes’ in the [...]
When the daily survey question in our local newspaper recently asked, “Should the public library buy the Madonna book Sex?” I didn’t bother to call in my answer because I thought the question was absurd. It never occurred to me that anyone would seriously consider the purchase of a book that has been acclaimed by even the most liberal entertainment personalities, including [...]
Shenzhen, China. We sweat and struggle our way past street hawkers poking umbrellas at us, others offering everything from snakes to edible nests coated in bird saliva. A spindly, wizened old man accosts us with a monkey, backing us toward a gaping hole in the road, demanding money and yanking at the string tied around the non-performing creature’s neck. We escape the [...]
“Political Correctness 101” becoming required course on Canadian campuses When The Interim reported last month that 75% of Canadians would support legislation requiring informed consent for abortion, it reported that this support legislation requiring informed consent for abortion, it reported that this support was lowest among the university educated. Some might infer that the brightest minds see something in the proposal that [...]
If a pamphlet just published by Maureen McTeer represents a trend in feminist thinking, do not be surprised if the radical feminist movement joins with the pro-life movement in rejecting the final report of the Royal Commission on Reproductive Technologies (due later this year). McTeer was an orignal member of the Royal Commission, established by the federal Conservatives in 1989 to examine [...]
In the United States, Jack Kevorkian has “assisted the suicides” of eight people so far – all women. In Canada, Sue Rodriguez is going through the courts, arguing that physician-assisted suicide be legalized. Publicity given to Rodriguez, who has Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS). Bill is unable to talk, but communicates efficiently, if slowly, with a computer. He requires round-the-clock assistance, and a [...]