Kingston respect for life week Iona Campagnolo must have felt we weren’t busy enough because she breezed into town on Sept. 20th for the Kingston and Island Liberal Association and then again on Sept. 27th for the neighboring riding. Sunday, Sept. 18th: We asked all Catholic Parishes, Protestant churches and the Synagogue to join together in a prayer of Respect for Life. [...]
Comment of Dr. Morris Shumiatcher, Q.C upon the judgment of Mr. Justice W.R. Matheson in the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench in the case of Borowski Vs Attorney General of Canada October 17, 1983 Those who believe in the sanction of human life throughout the world can today rejoice in the judgment of Mr. Justice Matheson because his findings of fact have [...]
About a year ago, in Joe Borowski’s behalf, I issued a writ out of the Queens bench of Saskatchewan, naming as defendants the Minister of Justice of Canada and the minister of finance, and I sought a declaration that those provisions in the criminal code permitting abortions with which we are all familiar are inapplicable and may not stand in the light [...]
On August 28, Iona Compagnolo, Liberal party president, attended a party meeting in Bryson, Quebec. She was picketed by about 20 members of Renfrew County Right to Life. One of those picketing was Mark Reilander of Pembroke, Ontario. The experience provoked him into writing the following letter. Pro-life organizations across the country have been asked to challenge Iona Campagnolo’s stance of abortion [...]
The shocking fact is that in the year 1967 while most Canadians were celebrating our Centennial, Prime Minister Pearson & Justice Minister Trudeau took advantage of the situation and launched a diabolical attack on the Family by bringing in Permissive Laws on Abortion and Divorce. In the same year they also revised the Bank Act which cleared the way for sky high [...]
Ireland is now the only country in the world that protects the unborn. Maybe Ireland is ‘a little bit of heaven’ after all. And it could be that that is all the heaven that we are going to get in this world as far as nation states are concerned, in any case. The unborn are protected by law in Ireland as well [...]
Catherine Bolger was invited to Ireland by the pro-life movement at the time of the referendum. She spent 2 weeks speaking to the nursing staff in hospitals, to parish groups and pro-life workers. Pro-life individuals in Toronto sponsored her trip and her accommodation was provided by pro-lifers in Ireland. Ireland September 7, 1983 Liberation Day for the Unborn The people of Ireland [...]
This article will appear later this month in pamphlet form from: Life Ethics Centre, St. Joseph's University College, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2J5) In May, 1983, with the re-appearance of Dr. Henry Morgentaler and his publicity campaign for abortuaries across the country, abortion once more began to take pride of place among domestic news items. Henry Morgentaler's promised opening of [...]
"You know I'm against abortion," said Brian Mulroney a few months ago. But Brian has indicated that he supports the current hospital committee system and accepts abortion in cases of rape or incest. Other politicians are firmly against abortion, but not in cases of physical deformity or severe mental retardation. David Crombie feels that he is pro-life, but states that setting the [...]
Earlier this year, the Pro Life Society of British Columbia petitioned the BC government to have June 12-18 proclaimed "Protect Human Life Week." The carefully-worded proclamation asked for three resolutions - firstly, that the government be recognized as supportive of the dignity and potential of all human life. Secondly, that the future and greater good for mankind be considered when questions of [...]
Hansard is the transcript of Parlimentary Proceedings Mr.Garnet M.Bloomfield ( London Middlesex): Mr.Speaker, I am speaking today in support of the private member's bill presented by the hon. Member for Kindersley-Lyodminister (Mr.McKnight). The hon. member for Vancouver East ( Mrs.Mitchell) said that male chauvinistic views were being expounded. I would like her to know that there is one member on our side [...]
The federal New Democrat party is rapidly becoming the pro-death party. With their recent over-whelming resolutions endorsing abortion on demand, support for Henry Morgentaler and censure of their own provincial government in Manitoba, the NDP is quickly losing its pro-life supporters. Following the Canadian Catholic Bishops' New Year's report on the economy, which strongly favoured socialist policies, the NDP felt certain of [...]
Last month's Interim reported two demonstrations against the Liberal party leadership hopeful, Iona Campagnolo, in Thunder Bay and Mississauga, Ont. Recently, Iona was again faced by pro-lifers in Saskatoon, Sask. Ms. Campagnolo is on the board of directors of the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League (CARAL) and has spoken publicly in favour of abortion on demand. CARAL is actively assisting Henry Morgentaler [...]
The New Democratic party has a long-standing policy of abortion on demand. This was reaffirmed at the party's national convention held in Regina the weekend of July 1. Delegates to the convention also lent support to two further anti-life resolutions. Firstly, the NDP officially supports Henry Morgentaler's abortion clinics in both Winnipeg and Toronto. The party also supports the establishment of similar [...]
In May, the Florida Senate's Health and rehabilitative Services Committee defeated Senate Bill 447 which sought to provide that a physician, before performing an abortion, "shall inform the woman...that an anesthetic or analgesic is available to abolish or alleviate organic pain caused to the fetus by the procedure." The bill had been introduced in response to recent discoveries in the rapidly growing [...]