Europe, Strasbourg On March 12, the European Parliament approved a resolution calling for the legalization of abortion throughout Europe. It was adopted by a vote of 146 to 60. A similar resolution was passed in 1982. At the moment resolutions such as these have no binding force on the members of the European Community, but they do exert pressure on parliamentarians in [...]
Calgary Pro-life activist Michael O’Malley could be considered living proof of a remark by Erasmus, who once observed: “Some men delight in litigation.” The president of Campaign Life Calgary, currently involved in not less than four court cases, characteristically summed up this essential aspect of the pro-life struggle with a few well-chosen words: “You just have to be patient.” And with equally [...]
On October 19, 1989 the Supreme Court of Canada agreed to hear an appeal of a British Columbia court decision that a fetus is not legally a person until it is born alive. Studio D, the feminist section of the National Film Board, has produced a film entitled The Sanctuary of the Earth Goddess. It is directed against “the patriarchal society.” On [...]
Stockholm Stockholm’s Karolinska Hospital has announced it will test abortion pill RU-486 on 30 women for six months to establish whether a single monthly dose could prevent pregnancy. RU-486 is made by Roussel-Uclaf of France. Florida, U.S.A. A strong pro-life advocate, Ileana Ros Lehtinen, defeated a strong pro-abortion candidate, Gerald Richmond, August 29 to gain the Florida seat in the U.S. House [...]
In the Washington Post (Feb. 26. 1989), Dr. Blake Kerr reported on China’s program of coerced abortion, sterilization and infanticide in Tibet. Dr. Kerr was in Tibet during the fall 1987 to help organize a U.S.-Tibet medical expedition. While there he met a woman who said that her baby had been killed by a lethal injection and that she herself had been [...]
Seventh Toronto Rescue Toronto – For the seventh time in ten months, on June 28, pro-life rescuers effectively shut down a Toronto abortuary – this time Robert Scott’s Gerrard St. “clinic.” Early morning picketing preceded the actual rescue. After some 20 pro-abortion demonstrators had left, the Rescue took place at 12:30 p.m., with 180 rescuers and supporters taking part. Over a period [...]
New Rescue Edmonton – On May 24, six pro-life rescuers succeeded in shutting down the Family Planning “Clinic” of the Royal Alexandria Hospital here for most of the day. The Clinic is a separate unit of the hospital, rescue spokeswoman, Maria Voss told The Interim, and its only business is abortions. From 8:30 a.m. on, rescuers blocked access by chaining themselves to [...]
Washington, U.S. – The Worldwatch Institute, a private organization, wants to save the world from pollution. In its latest 250 page book, the first of four steps calls for a drastic restriction of people. In this respect the totalitarian regime of China is its ideal; families should have only one child with mandatory abortion and stiff penalties for parents who break the [...]
New York – Auxiliary Bishop Austin Vaughan of New York, perhaps the first U.S. bishop to serve a jail sentence, said that his night in jail in Chester Country, Pa., on November 18, gave him no sense of guilt – and that he slept well. “I had even more than a clear conscience,” he said. “I had a sense of purpose.” Along [...]
Washington – U.S. President George Bush declared legalized abortion “a great American tragedy” on January 23, his first working day as President. He urged the Supreme Court to overturn the 1973 decision which opened the gates to a flood of abortions. He told 45,000 cheering pro-life demonstrators at the White House on the anniversary of the decision: “I think the Supreme Court [...]
The problem of giving witness counter to one’s beliefs is as old as mankind. Each generation has to choose between expediency and principle according to the circumstances in which it finds itself. History seems to show that most people incline towards expediency and compromise, leaving the defence of principle to the few. Yet unless the few manage to garner enough support at [...]
On Thursday, December 15, 1988, at six o’clock in the morning, Operation Rescue went into action at Everywoman’s Health Clinic at 44th and Victoria Street. Goal: to shut down, if only for a few hours, Vancouver’ free-standing abortuary opened the previous month. More than six hours later abortuary personnel were ready to resume executions after police had removed 69 protestors blocking the [...]
Ottawa – Mother Teresa will speak at a pro-life rally September 17 on Parliament Hill. Mother Teresa, renowned for her work with India’s poor, was asked to speak as a special guest, by Ian Speirs of Christians for Life the organizers of the rally. Others taking part in the day-long rally include Heather Stillwell, president of Alliance for Life and Jim Hughes, [...]
Vernon, B.C. On August 2, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney finally broke his (pro-abortion) silence when he told B.C. radio listeners that he opposes abortion on demand, but accepts it under certain circumstances. He refused to clarify what these circumstances might be. Ottawa. On August 4, John Turner repeated the classic “personally I am for life, but publicly I am for killing” evasion. [...]
Alert readers may have noticed a difference in The Interim last month: my only contribution to that issue was my column. I am now taking a much needed (although probably not deserved) break and will not be contributing very much now until the October issue. It does feel rather strange. It is something like standing on the doorstep that first Tuesday after [...]