Over the last hundred years there have been many changes in the position of women in society. But there have been changes in the place of men (and children) as well. In general they seem to have kept pace with one another. If, for example, it took women in Britain till 1928 to win the right to vote on the same basis [...]
Editor’s note: the following article about recognizes leaders of feminism is the first of several dealing with the nature of secular feminism. Subsequent parts will examine the feminist influence in Canada and among Canadian religious communities. The controversy over feminism which has agitated so many over the last three decades – spreading also into Christian circles with the issue of women’s ordination [...]
Manitoba keeps Morgentaler closed The Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench has ruled that the injunction forbidding Henry Morgentaler to practice medicine in the province should be continued for the time being. The injunction, brought by the Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons, is to remain in effect until the College’s civil suit, seeking a permanent injunction, is heard. “The evidence is overwhelming,” [...]
Question: Is there anything the police could do if either side did not abide by that? [agreement to limit picketing] Scott: We may have other, we may if that eventuality occurs, have to deal with other steps. But let me just put this to you. What you’re asking is “What do we do if people do not follow this [...]
Three years ago, in 1982, a large number of parents and parent groups approached the Toronto School Board about its sex education programme. Some of the materials recommended in the Board’s guidelines, these parents felt, do not reflect community standards of sexual morality. The message that seems to come across is that sexual morality is purely a matter [...]
The pros and cons of day care have been hotly debated for some time. Critics of day care have often been portrayed as self-satisfied middle-class mothers who do not need to work outside the home and who have no sympathy for the problems of mothers who do. Day care’s critics question whether day care is damaging to the [...]
Delegates at the recent annual general meeting of Alliance for Life passed a resolution urging all Canadian pro-lifers to join the Upjohn boycott, initiated by National Right to Life in the U.S. Upjohn is the first modern pharmaceutical company to turn from making life-saving drugs to producing drugs whose only purpose is to kill. Their Prostin F2 alpha is [...]
The practice of homosexuality is an offence against God and against nature. As an offence against God it leads one further into sin, darkening the intellect and weakening the will. Like all vices, unchecked it corrodes the moral values of its practitioners while helping to spread other evils. As an offence against nature, the practice of homosexuality [...]
Studies show tat the number of AIDS cases in Canada is doubling each year. There is no known cure for this still-mysterious disease and men and women and children can be infected with it. And while AIDS is spreading, the medical establishment and the government are telling people not to become alarmed about AIDS. Networks of doctors, nurses, scientists, government officials and [...]
Now that our Charter of Rights and Freedoms has become firmly entrenched in our Constitution, and its benefits loudly proclaimed, it might be a good idea to make things even better. Certainly the citizens of any country stand to gain when they receive the protection of a charter such as ours. But does the legislation go far enough? By focusing solely on [...]
“I can’t pay for the killing of babies,” says pro-life activist, Leo Coyle who is in trouble with Alberta Health Care insurance Plan for non-payment of health care insurance premiums. Recently AHCIP employed a collection agency to try to collect from Mr. Coyle the $800 it is alleged Mr. Coyle owes. Mr. Coyle has not paid his Medicare for five years. “As [...]
Pornography destabilizes marriage. It is desensitizing and affects “normal people” whether or not they realize it. It is addictive. And it is “the literature of the sex offender.” These are all conclusions reached by psychotherapist and author, David Scott, in a recently-published U.S. study. “Pornography and its Effects on Family, Community and Culture” was funded by the Washington-based Free Congress Foundation. It [...]
J. Edgar Newall, formerly from Little River, Yarmouth County, was elected president of the national Alliance For Life, co-coordinating body for the 255 educational pro-life groups across Canada, at the 13th annual general meeting and conference held in Sydney on June 27-29. Speaking at the conference, Newell stated that, “During the past 16 years since the change in the federal law regarding [...]
Statistics Canada shows that almost 53 000 babies were born in 1983 to single women, compared to 38 600 in 1979 and 17 700 in 1974. The “single woman” category does not include separated or divorced women, only those who have never been married or those whose baby is from a common-law relationship. The federal data reflects the incidence of teen-age pregnancies [...]
Some of the Catholic women who attended the “Prelude to Nairobi” conference recently (see article by Nancy Pearcey elsewhere in The Interim) are highly critical of the way in which conference organizers, some of whom are Catholic, handled the abortion issue. Guest speaker, Elizabeth Parker (head of the prevention program at Toronto’s Department of Health and a board [...]