Provincial announcements concerning abortion have been coming almost daily since the Supreme Court judgment of January 28. The information given below is correct as of February 29. British Columbia Premier William Vander Zalm has announced that the province will only pay for abortion if it is necessary to save the life of the mother. No exceptions will be allowed for rape, incest [...]
Nikki Colodny received a cold welcome in Edmonton on April 11, when she addressed a public forum sponsored by the Abortion Caucus of the Alberta Status of Women and other feminist groups. Colondy was in Edmonton attempting to set up an illegal abortuary along the lines of the Toronto clinics. Since extra billing was banned in Alberta in November 1986, many doctors [...]
The three national pro-life groups, Alliance for Life, Coalition for Life and campaign Life, met in Ottawa last December to discuss further initiatives aimed at unifying the pro-life groups across Canada. The meeting came at the end of a year during which all three groups had worked closely together. The two political groups, Campaign Life and Coalition for Life, [...]
Across Canada Socreds for Life, a newly formed pro-life lobby group within the Social Credit Party in British Columbia, was well received by delegates at the recent leadership convention at whistler. The group, consisting of 15 Party supporters and delegates and organized by Campaign Life B.C., was present at the convention handing out flyers and buttons, and speaking to delegates. The flyer, [...]
St. John’s Newfoundland Elizabeth House, a home for unwed mothers in St. John’s, was opened in 1980 when a two-story house was donated to the local Right to Life Association by the Sisters of Mercy. The facility has accommodated about 20 expectant mothers every year since it’s opening. They are limited to five mothers at a time by local housing by-laws. [...]
In a precedent-setting case, a British Columbia woman has been awarded $10,000 damages against a doctor who failed to abort her twins, now seven years old. In 1978, Beverley Hack, a 17 year old high school student, underwent a suction and curettage abortion, performed by Dr. Ellen Wiebe, at Vancouver’s Shaughnessy. She was in her fifth week of pregnancy, having become pregnant [...]
A Vancouver couple has taken the provincial social services department to court in protest over the apparent right of social workers to remove children from their parents. It promises to be a precedent-setting case, since it is the first of its kind in Canada. Wanita and Maurice Gareau, a Mormon couple, are suing three social workers and the provincial superintendent of family [...]
Picketer Dan McCash was charged with trespassing on April 3 at the rear of the abortuary. Mr. McCash was walking beside a woman who was heading for an abortion, asking her if she would consider alternatives. He followed her on to the property of the abortuary where he was told by the Barnes Security guard, R. Fletcher, “You are not supposed to [...]
For years now Morgentaler has been attempting to change the law by violating it. His long-range business strategy depends as much on public acceptance of the killing of the pre-born as it does on Morgentaler-type abortuaries becoming an ordinary part of the Canadian service environment like the corner post-office or variety store. So, it is not an incidental public-relations ploy that, while [...]
A Stellarton, Nova Scotia, community worker was fired from her government-funded job after exposing the “radical lesbian feminist” policies of the Pictou County Women’s Centre. Judy Davidson, 39, designed a project to inform the public about all aspects of sexual abuse against women and children. Under the sponsorship of the Pictou County Women’s Centre, the project received government approval and a grant [...]
On October 1st, 1985 the long-awaited judgment of the Supreme Court of Ontario Court of Appeal concerning the Morgentaler Trial was handed down. In a unanimous decision the five judges set aside the jury verdict of acquittal, and ordered a new trial. Their concluding statements included the following: “The errors at trial were so fundamental that there has been no trial according [...]
Single pregnant women often feel isolated and afraid. Because they become vulnerable to pressure, some of these women will see abortion as their only solution. But the North York Crisis Pregnancy Centre has opened to help women and girls of all ages and backgrounds who are confused and frightened about their pregnancy. The centre [...]
The Manitoba struggle with Morgentaler resumed in early March of this year after a long pause of almost a year and a half. It started with Morgentaler ‘s promise to re-open his abortion clinic; Attorney General Penner’s earlier refusal of the League of Life’s request for an injunction to close the abortuary, if re-opened; and the subsequent March [...]
The North York Crisis Pregnancy Centre has now been open for four months. During that time, we have had 83 clients. The age range is from 14 to 35 years; almost half of the clients (37) have been in their teens. Most clients come in for a pregnancy test and, of 73 pregnancy tests done, [...]
British Columbia Christmas at Langley Memorial 1983 Most of us in the pro-life movement at this time of the year tend to feel jaded and battle-scarred, and yes, even depressed occasionally. We’ve fought our annual hospital meeting battles, with mixed results; the current year’s national abortion statistics are again obviously going to be depressingly high; Morgentaler and his abortuaries are still with [...]