What was the wording of the Irish constitutional amendment on abortion after the referendum? J. McC. Toronto The amendment in 1983 included this provision in the Irish Constitution: “The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn child, and with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother guarantees in its laws to respect and, as far as [...]
We have a quaint custom in this country. We cheerfully accept that our political leaders will defend their decisions and policies with rationales which are pure fabrications. Their real motive may be expediency, greed or pride but we will listen with straight faces as political leaders explain their actions with fancy and fanciful rationales. The excitement begins when a politician is so [...]
Pro-life Liberals are getting support from some unlikely sources in their bid to keep the party open to the rank and file. Prominent Liberal Styli Pappas says a growing number of party members have become dissatisfied wit the “draconian measure” which allows the leader to appoint candidates in whatever riding he chooses. Jean Chrétien assumed the power to appoint candidates after the [...]
Monday, December 4, 1992 will be remembered as the day that Ontario’s NDP government passed three bills – 108, 109 and 110 – which catapulted the province into the forefront of the euthanasia movement in Canada. Although the new laws contain a myriad of dubious initiatives, pro-life objections inevitably emphasize one area: The new laws legalize living wills in Ontario. Living wills [...]
A heavily-biased pro-abortion task force has called on the provincial government to provide more abortions throughout Ontario and to crack down on pro-life counseling and peaceful protest. The report, issued December 18, recommends that the province leave no minority or disadvantaged group untouched. It calls for greater access to abortion among “young women, poor women, women with disabilities, women of colour and [...]
Interim Staff A pro-euthanasia group is using an emotionally-charged video of a terminally-ill woman to manipulate the public and Members of Parliament into changing the Criminal Code to allow euthanasia into Canada. The meetings of the Sub-Committee of the Standing Committee on Justice and the Solicitor General on the Recodification of the General Part of the Criminal Code do not usually receive [...]
Environics survey says 75% favour Informed Consent laws The results for a national survey released November 25, indicate that nearly three-quarters of Canadians believe women seeking abortions should be informed about the development of the unborn child and the negative effects of abortion. In the survey, conducted by Environics for the Citizens’ voice Association, 74 per cent of those polled responded affirmatively [...]
Voluntary Death January 6 – Montreal – Mr. Justice Jacques Dufour rules in favour of terminally ill, 25 year old Nancy B’s request to have her life support system disconnected. Nancy suffers from Guillan – Barré Syndrome, a crippling sickness for which there is no cure. She appealed to the courts after doctors were hesitant to act on her behalf. The ruling [...]
As this is the month of December, I thought it would be fitting to write on the wonder and mystery of Christmas. These are my thoughts as a priest and Catholic. I do not ask every reader to agree with them but to accept the sincerity of my sentiments. Billions of babies have been born into this world in the past 2000 [...]
From July 26 to August 5 Toronto Catholics brought the Missionary image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to 12 churches scattered throughout the Toronto Archdiocese, form Toronto to Brampton and as far North as Phelpston. Most services entailed Mass, a Holy Hour and a talk by Peter Yelovich, Guardian of the image during this Canadian visit. They were very well attended, with [...]
The Montreal Catholic School Commission (MCSC) voted October 21 on the issue of installing condom dispensing machines in its high schools. The nays have it…but not by much. The stormy, nine hour meeting was a media circus with reporter, a documentary film crew, health care professionals, parents and even a condom machine salesman in attendance. Commissioners were presented with a survey 711 [...]
Washington – The U.S Food and Drug Administration has approved Depo-Provera for use as a new contraceptive that would block pregnancy for three months after its injection. Presently, officials from Ottawa’s Department of Health are in consultation with the FDA to determine whether the drug should be allowed into Canada. Depo-Provera, like most contraceptives has a number of side effects such as [...]
When Karen and James Hanlon of Langley B.C. were married four years ago, little did they know that after only one year of marriage, they would be abruptly separated and sent to jail. In fact, that’s where James spent Christmas of 1989. Their “crime”? Disobeying a court injunction prohibiting pro-lifers from picketing or rescuing outside the Everywoman’s Health Center, a newly opened [...]
Don Pennel, 55, of Burlington, Ontario, won the leadership of the Family Coalition Party (FCP) of Ontario over Medical Doctor Ted Kryn, 41, of Waterloo, Ontario on Saturday, November 7, 1992. The vote was 69 against 26. It confirmed Pennel in the post he has held since the legal recognition of the party in 1987. The leadership race concluded the annual FCP [...]
On November 8, Toronto Star columnist Slinger launched the second of two vicious attacks against Citizens United for Responsible Education (CURE). This group of parents is trying to get the Toronto Board of Education to reverse its new policy allowing homosexuals to proselytize in the schools, with the aid of a manual heavily slanted in favour of homosexuality and against normal family [...]