Pro-lifer takes helm of British Tories LONDON, U.K. - Socially conservative Iain Duncan Smith was elected leader of the Conservative Party, defeating the socially liberal Kenneth Clarke following an often nasty two-month leadership race. The UK's Society for the Protection of Unborn Children reports Duncan Smith voted pro-life in Parliament on issues of cloning and euthanasia. He made family values central to [...]
Prisons ordered to allow sex changes VANCOUVER - The Canadian Human Rights Commission ruled that the federal prison system's ban on sex change operations for inmates is discriminatory and gave Corrections Canada six months to come up with a new policy. It also directed Corrections Canada to improve the way it serves the needs of transexualists in jail. The ruling is based [...]
IRELAND Youth Defence victory DUBLIN - Youth Defence, one of the Republic of Ireland's leading pro-life groups, scored a partial victory in July with the overturning of convictions against six of its members. The six were charged with obstructing police and disturbing public order for their role in a May, 1998 picket outside a Dublin hospital that offers abortion counselling. The six [...]
UNITED STATES Unborn stay of execution WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives approved a new bill July 25 that would prohibit the state from imposing the death penalty on pregnant women convicted of capital offenses. The bill prevents the executing of a woman "who carries a child in utero." Presumably, the bill allows the death penalty to be imposed once the [...]
IN BRIEF CANADA Day would overrule court TORONTO - In a recent interview with a homosexual magazine, Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day said he would invoke the constitution's "notwithstanding clause" to block any court rulings that would sanction gay marriage. In an interview in Toronto's fab magazine, Day said he would use the notwithstanding clause after wide debate and a free vote [...]
BRITAIN Scotland repeals Clause 29 Edinburgh-The Scottish parliament will repeal a law prohibiting the promotion on homosexuality in schools, despite a privately-funded poll showing overwhelming support for the prohibition. Clause 28 was supported by nearly 90 per cent of Scottish voters in an unofficial poll financed by Scottish businessman Brian Souter. A bitter "Keep the Clause" campaign pitted pro-family groups against gay [...]
UNITED STATES AMA Conscience clause Chicago-The American Medical Association is attempting to tread a middle ground between abortion supporters and those advocating conscience clause legislation for health care workers. At its annual meeting June 16 in Chicago, the AMA adopted a resolution calling on U.S. hospitals to provide sterilization and contraception services, while protecting workers whose religious views are opposed to such [...]
NEWS-IN-BRIEF CANADA Over-the-counter abortion Montreal-Canada's obstetricians and gynaecologists appear to be lobbying the federal government to make the morning-after abortion pill available to patients without a prescription. At the society's annual meeting in Montreal, the medical specialist's group called for the drug to be sold over the counter in a bid to promote easier access. The move appears to be a priority [...]
Private genome research advancing NEW YORK - A Maryland-based research organization has taken the next step in sequencing the human genome, in effect creating a blueprint for the human DNA molecule. The company, Celera Genomics Group, revealed in early April that its have gone to the next level in decoding the human life's basic, but complex molecule. DNA research has generated tremendous [...]
Bureaucrats frequenting Internet porn OTTAWA - An internal survey on Internet use by staff of Ottawa's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) revealed that employees visit pornographic and match-making websites up to 70,000 times each day. The survey, reported in the National Post and elsewhere, suggests that up to 10 per cent of federal employees' time is squandered on dubious internet searches. [...]
Ontario pays five abortuaries' rent TORONTO - Henry Morgentaler is not the only abortionist getting rent and other expenses paid for by the Ontario taxpayer. Morgentaler is halfway through a ten-year agreement with the provincial government that will pay him $5-million dollars to cover the rent on his Toronto franchise. Now The Interim has learned that five other Ontario abortuaries are at the [...]
China rethinks one-child policy Abortionists meet in Australia Pro-lifers rally in Africa British abortionist has grisly history from B.C.China rethinks one-child policy BEIJING - The Chinese government, faced with demographic imbalance, an aging population, youth suicides and instances of wife selling, is rethinking its policy of one-child families. A new law on birth control, to be passed within the next three years, [...]
Congress investigates fetal parts sales More young people standing up for life California abortionist's licence suspended Fox network forbids Drudge showing prebornInvestigation of fetal parts sales The House of Representatives has passed a measure urging its members to investigate whether private companies are violating federal law by profiting from the sale of fetal parts used in medical research. Congress had lifted a [...]
Alberta pro-life doctors warned B.C. public money to pro-aborts Sask. Lawsuit filed against Fully Alive sex-ed CFAC jumps to Stockwell Day's defence B.C. late abortions investigated Toronto murder charge against nurse dismissedPro-life doctors warned CALGARY - Canadian Physicians for Life is calling on the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta to verify its allegations that women are being "bullied" by pro-life [...]
Pro-life campaign in Scotland Pro-life March in Nicaragua Kenya VP backs sanctity of life Vatican corrects UNFPA Abortionist to be hanged Vatican clarifies UN claim Infanticide said to be rampant in Senegal Two arrested in illegal abortions in Spain Abortion seekers to view photos Dead babies' hearts kept Pro-life campaign in Scotland GLASGOW - A new Scottish pro-life group says it will [...]