On October 1st, 1985 the long-awaited judgment of the Supreme Court of Ontario Court of Appeal concerning the Morgentaler Trial was handed down. In a unanimous decision the five judges set aside the jury verdict of acquittal, and ordered a new trial. Their concluding statements included the following: “The errors at trial were so fundamental that there has been no trial according [...]
Ontario Attorney General Ian Scott continues to insist that the province is powerless to close the Morgentaler abortuary. He is wrong and he is misleading Canadians. Independent lawyers have confirmed that the correct legal avenue to harness Morgentaler and his co-conspirators from continuing their illegal activities is to apply to the courts for bail conditions to be imposed. However, Scott insists that [...]
Over the past ten months a number of cases concerning abortion and activities at abortuaries have come before the Courts. In Toronto some minor charges (of trespassing) against pro-lifers have been dismissed without trial, other cases are due to be heard just after The Interim goes to press, still others have been postponed for the second time. In British Columbia the case [...]
At the end of August, the political stalemate over Morgentaler took an unexpected turn in Ontario. Instead of showing some backbone and legally closing down the illegal abortuary in Toronto, the Liberal government showed itself to be as spineless as the previous Conservative administration. Attorney General Scott’s wheeling and dealing is covered fully elsewhere in this issue, but I want to address [...]
Victoria The Catholic Women’s League passed a resolution condemning the funding of pro-abortion propaganda by the National Film Board. The League met at its national convention here during the week of August 19-23. League members also identified the film Behind the Veil: Nuns as anti-Catholic. Like the abortion movies (Morgentaler and Stories North and South) it, too, was produced by the NFB’s [...]
Don Getty understands oil. He is learning to understand agriculture. But he does not understand the abortion issue and it shows. Wallowing in a sea of slogans, Mr. Getty is trying to please supporters on both sides of the issue and as a result is pleasing neither. Speaking to an Evangelical Minister, the candidate said that there was “No way” that he [...]
Ron Ghitter: Abortion Clinics, Si! Christian Schools NO! Ron Ghitter, one of three contenders for the Alberta Tory leadership opened his Edmonton campaign office on August 13. Around 400 conservatives (and a handful of Liberals in Tory colours) gathered in a warehouse overlooking a cemetery to meet the candidate and to listen to his platform. A former MLA for Calgary Buffalo, Mr. [...]
The Annual General Meeting of Canadian Physicians for Life was held in Ottawa on August 20, and the guest speaker at the dinner was the Hon. James A. McGrath, M.P. Mr. McGrath’s major theme was that if the Pro-Life movement is to move ahead, there must be a change in tactics. This, of course, is not news. Dr. Bernard Nathanson said the [...]
The Annual General Meeting of Canadian Physicians for Life was held in Ottawa on August 20, and the guest speaker at the dinner was the Hon. James A. McGrath, M.P. Mr. McGrath’s major theme was that if the Pro-Life movement is to move ahead, there must be a change in tactics. This, of course, is not news. Dr. [...]
Question: Is there anything the police could do if either side did not abide by that? [agreement to limit picketing] Scott: We may have other, we may if that eventuality occurs, have to deal with other steps. But let me just put this to you. What you’re asking is “What do we do if people do not follow this [...]
It needs repeating, no matter how tiresome it may be. First: the battle against the Morgentaler abortuaries is extremely important. Second: winning this battle must be seen as the first step in the larger task of stopping all abortions. This, in turn, requires political action to undo the 1969 amendment when Canadian politicians legalized violence against the unborn. [...]
On August 22, Ontario’s Attorney General, Ian Scott, held a press conference. He expressed his growing concern with “the conduct of many demonstrators” at the Morgentaler “clinic” on Harbord Street. Scott produced two letters: one from Cardinal Carter, Archbishop of the Toronto Roman Catholic archdiocese, and another from Norma Scarborough, president of the Canadian [...]
At an informal meeting the other day a number of pro-life people were discussing what we could do to stop the daily killing of unborn babies at the Morgentaler abortuary. The picketing was assessed and some felt that it is not effective enough when weighed against the amount of input by so few dedicated people. It is estimated that more than one [...]
In Britain, experimentation on dead aborted babies and on “spare” embryos created by in vitro fertilization has been going on for some time. Publicity on these experiments followed the blocking in parliament of a private member’s bill (put forward by Mr. Enoch Powell) that would have prohibited experiments on embryos. Powell’s bill, in turn, was prompted by release of the government-appointed Warnock [...]
Discussions that began in Belgium last year, when pro-life doctors from around the world met, have resulted in the formation of the International Right to Life Federation. Dr. John C. Willke, president of the U.S. National Right to Life Committee, is the group’s first president. Dr. Willke said that the organization is “long overdue. For years the pro-abortion people have been organized [...]