In mid-July, in an appeal approved by President Reagan before he was hospitalized for cancer surgery, the US Department of Justice urged the Supreme Court to reverse its 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling which established a constitutional right for an American to obtain an abortion. The thirty page ‘friend of the court’ brief charged that Roe v. Wade is “inherently unworkable,” “a [...]
Studies show tat the number of AIDS cases in Canada is doubling each year. There is no known cure for this still-mysterious disease and men and women and children can be infected with it. And while AIDS is spreading, the medical establishment and the government are telling people not to become alarmed about AIDS. Networks of doctors, nurses, scientists, government officials and [...]
“An embarrassing situation” for Manitoba Premier Howard Pawley and his NDP government was “averted” during a four day Ottawa NDP convention at the end of June when a motion to censure him for “prosecuting Henry Morgentaler” failed to reach the convention floor, according to the Toronto Star of July 1, 1985. The report did not indicate why it would have been “embarrassing.” [...]
Abortion clinics will not be allowed in New Brunswick and doctors who perform abortions other than in qualified hospitals will be subject to disciplinary action – if legislation is successfully completed. The bill was passed on to the third reading by the legislature. The bill followed a statement by Premier Richard Hatfield on April 25, saying that free-standing clinics would not be [...]
I am a native son of Saskatchewan and in September 1983 I partook in the “Run for Life” from Saskatoon to Regina. I have been asked to analyze Bill 53 (Saskatchewan), proposed by M.L.A Gay Caswell. This is my analysis. The intention of those who formulated Bill 63 is very laudable, that is, to ensure that a woman contemplating an abortion is [...]
We have been informed by reliable sources that the Liberal provincial government is presently considering setting up abortion clinics in Ontario. They would be of two kinds. Firstly, in districts where abortions are not easily obtained, clinics would be set up and affiliated to hospitals outside the area. This would give them a semblance of legality. Secondly, within Toronto, and perhaps other [...]
In mid October the Alberta PC party will elect a successor to Peter Lougheed. Three man have announced their candidacy to succeed as leader of the party and as premier of the province. Don Getty and Julian Koziak of Edmonton and Ron Ghitter of Galgary. Of the three, only Julian Koziak is currently a member of the Legislature. He is minister of [...]
J. Edgar Newall, formerly from Little River, Yarmouth County, was elected president of the national Alliance For Life, co-coordinating body for the 255 educational pro-life groups across Canada, at the 13th annual general meeting and conference held in Sydney on June 27-29. Speaking at the conference, Newell stated that, “During the past 16 years since the change in the federal law regarding [...]
Brussels: Visiting Belgium in May, pope John Paul II condemned artificial techniques to create life and warned such tampering could lead to ”fatal aberrations.” The Toronto Sun (May 21) reported that the Pope’s remarks came in a speech to the 10-nation European Community in which he also said Europe was in moral and spiritual decline. “The wonderful act of transmitting life is [...]
Two board members of a British Columbia hospital are trying to restrict the use of the word ”health” in the Criminal Code, so as to reduce the number of abortions performed in that hospital. The Lions Gate Hospital has one of the highest abortion rates in Canada. One abortion is performed for every two live births. This rate [...]
Once again the Mayor of Ottawa has refused to proclaim Respect for Life Week, but this year’s refusal conveyed an interesting attitude towards the phrase “Respect for life”, in her letter to Action Life, Ottawa’s pro-life group, Mayor Marion Dewar wrote, “… our policy precludes proclamations that would serve to divide the community. Regrettably the very phrase “respect [...]
Anti-family, anti-child pressures contrary to the good of our society and contrary to Christian and other religious convictions are mounting steadily. In big cities low-income seniors, families and single parents are pushed out of affordable housing, especially in city centres, as older, low-rise buildings are demolished and converted into luxury apartments. Another trend favours “adult only” buildings, once again [...]
The Ontario Hospital Appeal Board over-ruled the decisive by Woodstock General Hospital to bar abortionist Leslie Smoling, colleague of Morgentaler. The ruling claimed that the hospital showed no evidence the hospital’s image would be tarnished. Smoling fled Canada in 1968 to escape abortion charges (dropped in 1977). He practiced medicine while in Australia from 1968 to 1982 when he returned to [...]
The situation struck me as ironic. I was at a meeting on women’s rights, attended mostly by older women, women wealthy enough that they had been able to stay at home to raise their children (and to have nice homes to raise them in). Yet they were sitting around me discussing how today’s young mothers could get out of [...]
Unmarried couples, single people and homosexuals have as much right to adopt children as do heterosexual married couples under the Charter of Rights. This directive from Ontario government civil servants to Children’s Aid societies was reported in Ontario newspapers on May 30 and 31. This directive claims to speak with authority. In reality it is an example of [...]