Nearly three quarters of all Americans believe that religious leaders have a right to express their views against abortion to elected officials. The poll was conducted by the Worthlin group. It found that 69 per cent of the 1000 people surveyed agreed with the statement: “A Church that believes it is morally wrong to have an abortion has the right to advocate [...]
Amnesty International (AI) should push for the release of persons jailed for barring access to abortion ‘clinics’, claims pro-life activist Vickie Bellaire of Kitchener, Ontario. “If anyone can be called a prisoner of conscience, it is certainly someone who risks arrest and imprisonment for the prevention of what they know in their hearts and minds is the destruction of human life,” Ms. [...]
Toronto NDP municipal councilor Jack Layton wants to be Toronto’s mayor. Much to the surprise of Mr. Layton, his followers and reporters, his formal announcement at Toronto’s City Hall on February 13 was met by immediate opposition. Several people, including some carrying placards, heckled Layton. Jack Layton is “completely unacceptable” as a candidate for mayor, said Paul Dodds, legal counsel for Campaign [...]
Despite the serious objections of concerned teachers, abortion defender Sheila Copps opened the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OECTA) late January ‘Poverty Hurts’ conference in Toronto. Another pro-abortionist, ex-NDP MPP, Richard Johnson was to have closed the conference, but in the end did not appear. Ms. Copps, the third place finisher in last year’s Liberal leadership race, is party leader Jean Chretien’s [...]
The French pharmaceutical giant Roussel-Uclaf produces RU-486, a steroid whose sole purpose is to bring about an abortion. It does so by destroying the lining of the uterus, thereby dislodging the already attached fetus (baby) who dies and is then expelled. In the summer of 1990, the French government sold its 40 per cent share of Roussel-Uclaf to Rhone-Poulenc, a leading French [...]
I was one of those who represented Campaign Life Coalition before the Senate Committee on the question of Bill C-43. I was very honoured to be chosen. While the senators were courteous and attentive, we did not feel any optimism regarding the outcome of the meeting. Our position was one of “total non-compromise” on a bill which, had it passed, would have [...]
Quebec birth rate rises Despite expectations that the Quebec government’s policy of paying cash bonuses for newborn babies would not work, the number of babies born in the province increased for the second year running. The bonuses range from $500 for a first child to $6,000 for three or more children. Parents are also given special provincial income tax deductions. As a [...]
The year 1990 brought many ‘signs of hope’ to the pro-life movement said the executive secretary of the American Bishops’ Pro-Life Activities Secretariat, Father John Gouldrick. He noted the following successes in the United States: • An August poll found that most Americans believe human life begins long before birth and that the unborn child deserves protection; • Media bias against the [...]
It was just one tiny sign in a sea of placards with the words “Whatever happened to patriotism?” In cities and towns across the U.S. last week, citizens began taking a stand against the pacifists and peaceniks out on the streets protesting war in the Persian Gulf. The growing phenomenon of the ‘pro-troops’ demo is something I wish would be echoed in [...]
Prince Edward Island is widely regarded as a pro-life province. After all, five years ago abortion was banned in this province, and two years later the Legislative Assembly declared itself pro-life. (Politically, there was little choice.) It is true the Right to Life movement still exists, but it is struggling for membership, understanding and support. On almost all other fronts, the family [...]
Ontario Citizenship Minister Elaine Ziemba addressed a group of about 50 homosexual and lesbian students January 29, 1991, at the University of Toronto on the occasion of ‘Lesbian and Gay Awareness Week.’ Throughout the hour-long meeting, Ms. Ziemba bent over backwards in her attempt not to appear ‘homophobic’. Myth The first thing she did was to dismiss the idea that homosexuals are [...]
“Prospects called grim for groups fighting abortion,” bannered a Globe and Mail headline following the defeat of Bill-43. “They gave it the good fight, and they lost,” said Jack London, a Manitoba law professor. Fade away Professor Bernard Dickens of Toronto agreed, saying that the abortion controversy will gradually fade away. He predicted a series of harassments of doctors performing abortions, and [...]
Ontario Premier Bob Rae has responded to a letter from the Ontario Bishops (November 1990) and from the Knights of Columbus (December 1990), both of which objected to the underwriting of free-standing abortion ‘clinics’ in Ontario. Both are reaffirmations of the NDP government’s aggressive pro-abortion policy. Two months It took almost two months for Premier Bob Rae to reply to bishop John [...]
In late January, Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives elected industry Minister Donald Cameron as the new leader. This automatically makes him the new provincial Premier as well. No changes The premier presents himself as pro-life, yet, according to The Daily News, he does not intend “to make any changes that would curtail abortion services” in Nova Scotia. His nearest rival for the leadership [...]
On January 31, 1991, just over three years since the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the 1969 Trudeau law, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney’s attempt to re-legalize abortion on demand went down to a bizarre defeat in the Senate. In many ways the tied vote 43 for, 43 against – was victory of pro-life Senator Stanley Haidasz who waged a one-man pro-life [...]