Single pregnant women often feel isolated and afraid. Because they become vulnerable to pressure, some of these women will see abortion as their only solution. But the North York Crisis Pregnancy Centre has opened to help women and girls of all ages and backgrounds who are confused and frightened about their pregnancy. The centre [...]
More than 8,000 people gathered at Moncton Coliseum to see Mother Teresa officially open the Catholic Foundation for Human Life last June 23rd. In her 40-minute address, Mother Teresa implored Canadians to “never allow in this beautiful country . . . a single unborn child to feel unwanted, unloved.” She called abortion “the greatest destroyer of peace, love and joy.” Mother Teresa [...]
We said in our brief that it was unfair to exclude from jury duty in criminal proceedings, citizens having religious or moral beliefs relating to the crime. We argued that the courts might just as well reject from murder or rape trials anyone who believes such crimes are morally wrong. There was no one in that courtroom last October [...]
Campaign Life and Toronto and Area Right to Life, with the support of the pro-life groups of Ontario have established a committee to co-ordinate a second Ontario Pro-Life rally at Queen’s Park in Toronto on September 21. Many pro-life individuals have been calling for this rally because of the worsening situation of justice for the unborn in Ontario. Hence, the [...]
For four days Halifax newspapers carried Morgentaler’s portrait and story on their front pages: his anticipated coming, the events in Winnipeg, his arrival, his message. On Friday, March 22, the Mail-Star staff reported that pro-life groups in the area were “threatening” large demonstrations to protest the abortionist’s presence. Jim Christian of the group, Christians for Life, expressed the [...]
The Manitoba struggle with Morgentaler resumed in early March of this year after a long pause of almost a year and a half. It started with Morgentaler ‘s promise to re-open his abortion clinic; Attorney General Penner’s earlier refusal of the League of Life’s request for an injunction to close the abortuary, if re-opened; and the subsequent March [...]
Final statistics on abortions carried out in Nova Scotia hospitals for the year 1983 have just now been made available by Statistics Canada. Hospital Location No. Performed Aberdeen New Glasgow 19 Colchester Truro 92 Dawson Memorial Bridgewater 19 Queens General Liverpool 9 Sydney City Sydney 62 Valley Health [...]
The North York Crisis Pregnancy Centre has now been open for four months. During that time, we have had 83 clients. The age range is from 14 to 35 years; almost half of the clients (37) have been in their teens. Most clients come in for a pregnancy test and, of 73 pregnancy tests done, [...]
An appointment list, taken by police at Morgentaler's Toronto Harbord Street abortuary, showed that abortions - at $300 each - were scheduled once and sometimes twice every 30 minutes (according to police testimony, on October 23, at the Morgentaler trial). The day the Metro police raided the abortion clinic, 14 abortions were scheduled. For each abortion done, Morgentaler receives a $50 "consultation" [...]
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Anderson, Doris "Dear Doris," E.M. March, 12 "Letters Doris Anderson did not print," Pauline Freda, Maureen O'Hara, J. Deileman, June/July 14. Australia "Australian researcher protests reproduction techniques," S.M., October 13. Bible "Everything can be made," L. Heather, May 11. Borrowski, J. "First Friday with Joe," C. Scharfe, March 3. Campagnola, Iona "Pro-lifers demonstrate," January 2. "Iona Campagnola trounced," March 8. 'Campagnola's paranoia," [...]
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Reprinted from the National Catholic Register WASHINGTON---U.S. private foundations are contributing huge sums to promote abortion and contraception, according to a recently completed Register survey of foundation tax returns and annual reports. Directors of the foundations involved include pollster George Gallup Sr.; labour leaders Lane Kirkland and Glenn Watts; Time magazine consultant (and former editor) Hedley Donovan; civil rights leader Vernon Jordan [...]
At the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, on Tuesday, June 26, 1984, Mr. Justice Donald Medhurst ruled Bill C-169 unconstitutional under the Canadian Charter of Rights. He stated, in part, "I believe that the sections ... do limit the actions of anyone other than registered parties or candidates from incurring election expanses ... and in this sense, there is a restriction on [...]
TORONTO - it is a great pro-life victory that Bill C-169, the amendments to the Canada Elections Act, has been thrown out by the Alberta Supreme Court. On June 26, 1984, Justice Donald Medhurst of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench ruled that the changes made to the freedom of expression guaranteed in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The National [...]