Society & Culture

Jockeying for position on Parliament Hill

Kim Campbell front-runner in race to succeed Brian Mulroney  Pro-lifers may have breathed a collective sigh of relief at the news that Kim Campbell is no longer Justice Minister; however, rampant media speculation places her as front runner in the undeclared race to succeed Brian Mulroney.   “The only thing worse than Kim Campbell as Justice Minister would be Kim Campbell as [...]

2009-08-07T08:05:35-04:00February 7, 1993|Abortion, Politics, Society & Culture|

The dawn of the powerless parent

"The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grief’s and fears”   This new ate of unbridled freedom and “damn the consequences” is scary! Even worse, those of us still trying to raise a family with traditional values find ourselves in a time warp. “Not living in the real world,” the school counsellors moan as we look askance at the [...]

2009-08-07T08:01:37-04:00February 7, 1993|Marriage and Family, Society & Culture|

New law a ticking bomb for B.C. parents

B.C. parents are mobilizing to try to regain the authority they say their government is wrestling away from them. The province’s Infants Act has received Royal Assent and is now law. Passed in the legislature last summer, its provisions, which allow children under the age of 19 to choose their own health care, were pushed through with a minimum lf fuss. Parents [...]

2009-08-05T08:34:24-04:00February 5, 1993|Bioethics, Marriage and Family, Society & Culture|

Top Lib pushes ‘choice’

The Liberal Party of Canada should “bite the bullet,” come out of the closet, and declare itself “pro-choice,” its senior strategist said recently. Liberal Senator Keith Davey, candidate recruiter for the federal liberals, said Jean Chrétien should go ahead with plans to block pro-life candidates by appointing his own. “I think the party should just bite the bullet (and declare) this is [...]

2009-08-05T08:30:36-04:00February 5, 1993|Politics, Society & Culture|

Pennies for the unborn

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 [...]

2009-08-21T15:14:42-04:00January 21, 1993|Pro-Life, Society & Culture|

Pro-lifers feed the world

How many times have you heard pro-lifers called single issue “fetus worshippers?”  Far too many, according to one group who, over the past few years with very little fanfare, have gone about changing this misconception. Business for Life, an organization formed in 1989 to give business people an opportunity to help in the fight to save the unborn, have decided to contribute [...]

2009-08-21T13:59:45-04:00January 21, 1993|Activism, Pro-Life, Society & Culture|

CBC intimidation

Cheryl Eckstein senior, chief executive officer of the newly founded Compassionate Healthcare Network (CHN), has just learned how difficult it is to get out a pro-life message in the face of media opposition. During a presentation on euthanasia to a parliamentary sub-committee in Ottawa last November, Mrs. Eckstein showed a brief clip from a CBC Fifth Estate programme.  Her video clip was [...]

2009-08-21T13:55:10-04:00January 21, 1993|News in Brief, Society & Culture|

Erin loses her innocence

1992 has been Ireland’s year of disaster.  It all started with the case of a fourteen-year-old girl, Miss X, who was two months pregnant, allegedly as a result of statutory rape.  Her parents informed police that they had arranged for her to have an abortion in England and they wanted to know if fetal tissues from her baby would be acceptable in [...]

2009-08-21T13:45:41-04:00January 21, 1993|Abortion, Society & Culture|

Abortuary site sparks community protest

As the opening date for the new Mogentaler abortuary in Toronto approaches, opposition from local residents and businesses is heating up. A contentious meeting, December 7, saw opponents and supporters of the abortuary square off. Tom McDonnell, a local resident, and chairman of the meeting said the overwhelming majority of the neighbourhood is against the proposed location.  But a vocal minority took [...]

2009-08-21T13:43:10-04:00January 21, 1993|Abortion, Society & Culture|

Alive or dead: it’s money in the bank

It’s strange how facts can be manipulated.  When I read Alanna Mitchell’s three part article about adoptions in the Globe and Mail recently, my eyes happened to light on a paragraph which said: “Three years ago, Missouri’s largest abortion clinic started offering adoption services as well, in an attempt to serve women who want neither to have an abortion nor to raise [...]

2009-08-21T13:40:30-04:00January 21, 1993|Pro-Life, Society & Culture|

Answering life’s hardships

“Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own: He who, secure within, can say: ‘Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have liv’d to-day.’” -Horace Once in a lifetime, if one is fortunate, something extraordinary happens, in the pattern of daily existence that touches and changes one’s outlook permanently.  Seemingly mundane activities take on special significance when [...]

2009-08-21T13:35:30-04:00January 21, 1993|Pro-Life, Society & Culture|

And the debate goes on

“Right to die” advocate ready to defy law and assist in Sue Rodriguez’s suicide As I write this, the Sue Rodriguez case has not yet been heard by the B.C. Supreme Court.  By the time you read this, the case will not only have been heard but a judgment may already have been announced, and Sue might even be dead. At the [...]

2009-08-21T13:31:41-04:00January 21, 1993|Euthanasia, Society & Culture|

Television violence hits home

A child is missing.  Sent to the corner for a loaf of bread, she has not returned.  We all know the horrible feeling in the pit of the stomach such news brings.  We hope against hope, but in time, the inevitable outcome is reported: her little body has been found in a field, raped and murdered.  Her family’s grief is shared by [...]

2009-08-21T13:30:06-04:00January 21, 1993|Marriage and Family, Society & Culture|

Maternal health care

“Motherhood is no longer a high priority.” This, claims Dr. Robert Walley in a December talk at Toronto’s Holiday Inn, is the core of the abortion problem.  Dr. Walley, an obstetrician from Newfoundland via England, is more than qualified to speak on the subject of motherhood.  He delivers babies all over the world – from the east of Canada to the west [...]

2009-08-21T12:30:32-04:00January 21, 1993|Bioethics, Society & Culture|

A visit with Canada’s pro-life youth

I was invited to be a speaker at the Human Life International Conference in Cork, Ireland.  The Conference was held at the Blarney Park Hotel, outside Cork City, October 30 to November 1, and it was a great success.  I had intended to stay in Ireland with my family until November 16.  But, just before taking off for my native land, I [...]

2009-08-21T12:24:05-04:00January 21, 1993|Events, Pro-Life, Society & Culture, Youth Activism|
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