Co-motherhood recognized TORONTO – The Ontario Supreme Court recently changed it’s definition of biological parenthood to allow lesbian “couples” with children as a result of artificial insemination to be registered as “parents.” This move was made in reaction to a previous system, which apparently targeted and ostracized this kind of parenthood in the eyes of society. Since this ruling, the live birth [...]
Canada Columnist, broadcaster and Interim contributor Michael Coren wrote a column in the National Post claiming that he was “blacklisted” from a political panel on the CBC News Sunday program in which he was originally scheduled to appear. He said it was because of the Mother Corps’ objections to “certain conservative, particularly morally conservative, voices in the media” ... Canadian Catholic and [...]
Amnesty closer to supporting abortion ‘rights’ LONDON – Amnesty International U.K. has supported a motion advocating abortion as a human right that is scheduled to debated on at the prominent human rights international convention in 2007. The New Zealand branch of AI also voted in favour of a similar resolution. New Zealand Right to Life condemned Amnesty’s decision “to actively fight to [...]
Canada Social liberals Paul Martin, Belinda Stronach and Paul Godfrey announced they will not be running for the leadership of the federal Liberal party. All supported abortion and same-sex "marriage." Stronach was thought to be interested in the leadership, but party rules that limited spending and fundraising and emphasized party connections were probably prohibitive for the former Magna International executive. Godfrey, a [...]
Canada Speaking at the party’s policy convention in Niagara Falls, Ontario Progressive Conservative leader John Tory said that parents with children in private religious schools will get help, most likely in the form of tax credits, with tuition fees if his party is elected in next year’s election. When he ran for the PC leadership in 2004, Tory indicated that he opposed [...]
Canada Peter Merrifield, an RCMP officer who sought the Conservative Party nomination in Barrie, Ont., was punished for his political views after it was discovered that his campaign material was deemed hate literature for defending traditional marriage. The RCMP said it "would be in the best interest of the RCMP ... if he was assigned to other duties, not related to politics," [...]
$700 million lawsuit over Depo-Provera TORONTO – Pharmaceutical firm Pfizer Inc., manufacturer of the birth control medication Depo-Provera, has been hit with a $700 million class-action lawsuit by Canadian young women alleging the drug caused the onset of early osteoporosis. The suit also alleges Pfizer failed to adequately warn physicians to conduct bone density tests on the drug’s users. Pfizer said it [...]
Conservative Anglican paper banned BRANDON, Man. — Anglican Bishop Jim Njegovan has banned The Anglican Planet, an independent monthly paper, from his diocese of Brandon, Man. According to the CBC, Bishop Njegovan charged the publication was “sowing the seeds of distrust and disdain within the church” and failing to respect “those in authority over them.” It appears that the bishop is concerned [...]
Canada The Canadian Abortion Rights Action League is changing its name to the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada. In October, CARAL officially closed its Ottawa doors, only to reopen under its new name. CARAL’s website explained: “Now that abortion is just one of the many reproductive services available to women, CARAL has closed its doors and discontinued its activities” ... Svend Robinson, the openly [...]
Quebec eliminates religious instruction in schools QUEBEC CITY – Quebec lawmakers have quietly passed Bill 95, a law that effectively eliminates all religious instruction from public schools in the province. Religious education is to be replaced in 2008 by a course in “ethics” or “religious culture,” if desired. Education Minister Jean-Marc Fournier introduced Bill 95 in May, claiming it would meet “the [...]
No jail time for unborn baby’s death MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. – A teenage boy, now 17, who beat his pregnant girlfriend’s belly with a miniature baseball bat, inducing a miscarriage, has pleaded no contest to criminal charges and will avoid jail. Macomb County prosecutor Eric Smith had earlier described the crime as “shocking and reprehensible” and pledged he would not entertain a [...]
Canada B.C. Supreme Court Justice Nicole Garson rules that contrary to statutes, a homosexual affair constitutes adultery. Thus, she grants Shelley Pickering an immediate divorce, rather than require her to wait for the mandatory one-year separation period to end under Canada’s no-fault divorce law ... The Toronto Star reports that some federal Liberals are urging former Ontario NDP premier Bob Rae to seek a seat in [...]
Bishop Henry continues defense of marriage CALGARY – Writing in the Calgary Sun, Roman Catholic Bishop Fred Henry quoted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states, “The family is the natural and fundamental group unity of society and is entitled to protection by society and the state,” before noting: “The state has no authority to alter the fundamental meaning of marriage [...]
Group wants pro-abortion Catholics removed MANASSAS, Va. – The Cardinal Newman Society has written to 75,000 people, asking for assistance in its campaign to have pro-abortion and pro-euthanasia academics removed from their positions in U.S. Catholic universities. They seek to remove the likes of Fr. Kevin O’Rourke, a bioethicist at Loyola University, who has argued that it is morally permissible to remove [...]
Canada Justice Minister Irwin Cotler has again said he would explore how to make the appointment of judges more “transparent” and “accountable.” He said he will invite the public to send the Justice Department suggestions on a replacement for Supreme Court justice John Major, who is retiring in December ... Former Reform and independent MP Jim Pankiw is petitioning the Federal Court to exempt politicians [...]