“I believe that every baby is born when and where he ought to be, to the parents he ought to be with.” What rights does an unmarried father have regarding his newborn child? Canadians may soon be exploring this issue, if a recent news story develops as expected. Nineteen-year-old Montrealer Peter Brassard went to court last December and had his infant son’s [...]
On March 20, the decision of an Anglican Bishop’s Court that homosexual minister James Ferry should be suspended from his duties was announced. Welcome as the decision was, it had disturbing aspects. Farce The proceedings of the Court, followed with great attention by the press, contained elements almost of farce. • When Ferry’s lawyer Valerie Edwards tried to press her claim that [...]
Coalition of Concerned Canadian Catholics Pro-lifers are very much aware of the battle for the “soul” of their respective religious communities: will they, or will they not adopt the immorality of the permissive society and thereby earn the world’s approval as “progressive”? CCCC Within the Catholic Church in English Canada, the Coalition of Concerned Canadian Catholics (CCCC) is the current vehicle through [...]
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Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion on demand, was “wrongly decided” and should be rescinded.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 federal budget tabled by Finance Minister Don Mazankowski in late February has shown once again that feminists have nothing to fear from the Mulroney government. Startled In a move that must have startled many Tory back-benchers, the budget for the Status Of Women Co-ordination Office shot up from $3.98 million to $10.24 million, a 157 per cent increase. The budget for [...]
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 [...]
Shopping St. John, N.B. In November 1991, R.C. Bishop Edward Troy wrote premier Frank McKenna deploring the sudden and arbitrary decision to permit Sunday shopping on a temporary basis. It opens the door to the exploitation of workers and the erosion of family values, he said. In early December, Bishop Troy wrote an open letter to Dan Cameron, leader of the CoR [...]
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 [...]
“Tax reform is a moral choice to minimize one’s complicity and to resist exploitation.” It’s become a familiar sight: the waiter is struck dumb for a moment, then, regaining his composure blurts out, “You mean…?” “Yes. Separate checks, please.” There are only five of us in our party, so while it may be a nuisance, it’s hardly unprecedented. In fact, when I [...]
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 [...]