Christian marriage commissioner faces rights tribunal REGINA – In response to a complaint made against him before the Saskatchewan Human Rights Tribunal, Orville Nichols, a marriage commissioner in that province, has said his faith “takes first place” in his life and therefore, he cannot in good conscience officiate over the “marriage” for two homosexual men. He added: “I couldn’t sleep or live [...]
Congress votes for ESCR funding WASHINGTON – By a vote of 253-174, the newly elected Democratic House of Representatives voted to lift current limits on federal funding of embryonic stem cells. In 2001, President George W. Bush restricted federal funding for ESCR to existing stem cell lines, but some scientists complained these stem cell colonies were insufficient for their research. In 2006, [...]
Canada Liberal leader Stephane Dion named his shadow cabinet, including pro-abortion advocatesMarlene Jennings (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Lachine) as justice critic, Bonnie Brown(Oakville) as health critic and Maria Minna (Beaches-East York) as Status of Women critic …Gai Ecoute is running an ad campaign designed to provoke discussion and reverse critical attitudes toward homosexuality. The posters include a pink and white milk carton labelled, “10 per cent homo” with [...]
Marriage rates at record low OTTAWA – Statistics Canada reports that the marriage rate has plateaued, with just 653 more couples getting married in 2003 compared to 2002, for a total of 147,391 marriages. The marriage rate stayed at its record low of 4.7 marriages for every 1,000 people – less than half the rate in the 1940s, when it reached a [...]
Woman’s death exploited by Nicaraguan pro-aborts MANAGUA – Hot on the heals of Nicaragua tightening its already strong pro-life laws, abortion advocates have claimed Jazmina Bojorge and her unborn five-month baby died in a Managua hospital after she was admitted for an unknown cause with symptoms that included abdominal pains. Juanita Jimenez of the Women’s Autonomous Movement of Nicaragua claimed that doctors [...]
Canada Ed Stemlach, a populist whom Campaign Life Coalition rated pro-life with exceptions, won the leadership of the Alberta Progressive Conservative party and has become premier of the province. He upset the front-running former Alberta treasurer and Red Tory Jim Dinning and rookie socially conservative MLA Ted Morton ... Former interim Liberal leaderBill Graham, about whom it was once reported that he paid a [...]
Poll shows pro-life support VANCOUVER – An Environics polls commissioned by Life Canada found that 64 per cent of Canadians support protecting unborn life at some point before birth, with 31 per cent supporting protection from the moment of conception, up from 60 per cent according to a similar poll last year and up from 56 per cent in 2002. The poll [...]
Canada In an interview with LifeSiteNews.com, London Bishop Ronald Fabro said that when it comes to voting, Catholics should give abortion and euthanasia a priority over issues such as war and the death penalty ... By-elections will be held in Repentigny (Quebec) and London North Centre (Ontario) on Nov. 27. Possible contenders in the London North Centre election include Diane Haskett, the [...]
Comatose patients could be used for experiments MELBOURNE – An Australian medical official has suggested using incapacitated patients - people in a so-called permanent vegetative states - for medical experiments. Dr. Steven Curry, of the University of Melbourne, says that, “Those who are in a PVS ... have no continuing interest in their own survival,” and thus could benefit others. U.S. Supreme [...]
Ottawa hasn’t decided on New Brunswick abortion funding CHARLOTTETOWN — At a meeting of the Canadian Medical Association, federal Health Minister Tony Clement told reporters no decision has been made on how to deal with New Brunswick’s refusal to fund private abortion sites. New Brunswick only pays for “medically necessary” abortions in public hospitals up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. Under the [...]
Canada A National Post story has confirmed the suspicions of pro-life organizations that claimed Conservative MP Leon Benoit’s Unborn Victims of Violence private member’s legislation, which was deemed non-votable by a parliamentary committee, was influenced by the government. Reporter Peter O’Neil, through a Freedom of Information search, discovered that Justice Minister Vic Toews was advised in an unsigned document from Justice Ministry [...]
Columbia court “de-penalizes” abortion BOGOTA – The Columbian Constitutional Court has “de-penalized” abortions, which has made way for “authorized” abortions to take place. “De-penalization” means that no criminal charges can be laid for abortion, even though it is not actually “legal.” Dan Zeidler, the U.S. representative of the Latin American Alliance for the Family, believes that such action is only making way [...]
Vietnamese pro-lifers become active HO CHI MINH CITY - Vietnam's high abortion rate - 74,000 in Ho Chi Minh City alone in 2005 - has led to the development of an indigenous pro-life movement. Local pro-lifers have set up a cemetery where aborted babies are buried, with more than 400 burials from January to March. Also, more than 1,000 pro-lifers attended a [...]
Canada A Leger Marketing poll has found that the gender gap on the question of opposition to abortion is small: 35 per cent of men and 33 per cent of women say abortion is immoral ...Sue Wilkinsonand Celia Kitzinger, a lesbian couple in England who married in Canada in 2003, want the British government to recognize their marriage. Britain High Court has [...]
Canada The Conservatives are pushing for passage of a bill that would raise the age of consent from 14 to 16 although Justice Minister Vic Toews has attempted to dull criticism that the Tories would criminalize “puppy love” with a close-in-age exemption. The exemption applies to 14-16 year olds who have intercourse with another who is no more than five years older. [...]