Canada Former Superior Court of Ontario chief justice Patrick Lesage has called for a more open and accountable way of choosing judges. He told the Globe and Mail that a standing committee made up of MPs, senators and lawyers should compile a list of candidates for judicial appointment to submit for consideration by the prime minister. Quebec Chief JusticeMichel Robert also called for a [...]
Filthy abortuary draws sanction KANSAS CITY, MO. – A state medical agency has permanently revoked the medical licence of a Kansas City abortionist cited repeatedly for violating health and safety standards at his facility. An inspector found the facility unclean and that Krishna Rajanna and his staff kept syringes of medications in an unlocked refrigerator. A dead mouse was also found in [...]
New Westminster defies Anglican primates VANCOUVER — Although top Anglican leaders in February had requested there be a complete moratorium on same-sex blessings worldwide across the Anglican Communion, the Synod of New Westminster has not complied, and voted on May 14 for only a partial moratorium. The Synod adopted a report recommending that same-sex blessings be allowed to continue in seven parishes [...]
Canada A Catholic Insight analysis of voting records and public statements finds that 72 per cent of Catholic MPs support Bill C-38, the government’s legislation redefining marriage to include homosexual couples. The situation is exacerbated by the fact that 93 per cent of Quebec Catholic MPs support C-38, compared to 60 per cent of Catholic MPs in the rest of Canada ... [...]
MP David Kilgour (Edmonton Southeast) has quit the Liberal Party and announced that he will not run again ... Liberal MP Pat O’Brien (London-Fanshawe) flirts with quitting the Liberal caucus. But he pledges to stay when Prime Minister Paul Martin promises to ask a legislative committee to hold public hearings on the issue of same-sex “marriage,” instead of closed hearings that would [...]
Hospital withdraws ventilator from baby HOUSTON – At the order of a county judge, Sun Hudson, a five-month-old baby diagnosed with dwarfism and suspected of having lungs to small to support life, was removed from the ventilator which assisted the child with breathing since his birth. The Houston Chronicle reported bioethicists say it was the first time a U.S. judge has ever [...]
Canada Prime Minister Paul Martin appointed nine new senators including the pro-abortion former leader of the Alberta Liberal Party, Grant Mitchell, and Nancy Ruth, co-founder of both the feminist legal outfit Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) and the Charter of Rights Coalition. Commentator Adam Daifallah noted on his website of the appointments: “I just love how he appoints two out [...]
Iran closer to legalizing abortion TEHRAN – Mehrangiz Morovati, a member of the Iranian parliament, claimed that abortion is not prohibited by the Quran and that she will seek approval of a proposed law legalizing the practice. “The draft of abortion therapy was passed with the official permission from supreme leader of Islamic Republic and other religious authorities, so in this respect, [...]
Canada Justice Minister Irwin Cotler introduces Bill C-38, the government’s legislation to redefine marriage to include homosexual couples. International Trade Minister Jim Peterson co-sponsors the bill ... Conservative leader Stephen Harper puts forth a motion to amend C-38 to maintain the legal definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others, with the [...]
Canada Liberal MP Pat O'Brien on his government's attempt to redefine marriage: "At the moment, we have a bit of an uphill fight, but we aren't giving up and we are going to wage that fight. And I think the side who wants this to pass might be a little over-confident" ... Harold Ball, the mayor of Deer Lake, Nfld., resigns his [...]
Canada Liberal MP Pat O'Brien on his government's attempt to redefine marriage: "At the moment, we have a bit of an uphill fight, but we aren't giving up and we are going to wage that fight. And I think the side who wants this to pass might be a little over-confident" ... Harold Ball, the mayor of Deer Lake, Nfld., resigns his position as [...]
Montana lawmaker Roger Koopman is sponsoring a bill that would provide death certificates for aborted babies. He said it as "a small way for our society to acknowledge that a life did exist, even if they didn't get to see a sunrise or blow out a birthday candle." The Billings Gazette reports that pro-abortion critics are calling the measure "mean-spirited" … The U.S. Justice [...]
Canada Ralph Klein's Progressive Conservative Party was re-elected in Alberta. Ted Morton, a pro-life professor from the University of Calgary and the author of Borowski and Morgentaler, won his seat in the provincial legislature in the riding of Foothills-Rocky View. Morton is rumoured to be interested in running for the Conservative leadership when Klein steps down. In the Alberta Senate elections three [...]
Spain lurches to licentiousness MADRID - Spain's socialist government approved a bill to legalize same-sex "marriage," but put off liberalizing the country's abortion law until at least 2005. Parliament is expected to approve gay "marriage" in January, when Spain would become the third European country to legalize homosexual nuptials. The same bill includes a measure allowing adoption by same-sex parents. Meanwhile, a [...]
Archbishop Exner worries about future of Canada OTTAWA - Speaking at the Priests for Life annual symposium, Archbishop Adam Exner, retired Catholic archbishop of Vancouver, said, "I am becoming more and more worried about the state of freedom in our country." Exner warned that growing judicial activism in Canada is changing laws and institutions beyond the restraint of democratic process. "Same-sex marriages [...]