Newfoundland Newfie abortuary one year old St. Jon’s, Nfld. – On the Morgentaler ‘clinic’s’ first anniversary here, CBC’s regional radio newscast featured an interview with Peggy Meisner, the abortuary’s head nurse and office manager. She stated that the past year has gone very smoothly. “Except for a couple of rowdy demonstrations in the early days, Right to Lifers have been really very [...]
At its annual strategy meeting in Halifax, N.S., in November 1991 Campaign Life Coalition asked all Canadians to reject the appeal of Mr. Ed Broadbent for a ‘penny per Canadian’ to raise $250,000 for the International Centre for Human Rights in Montreal. “CLC Canada condemns the Centre’s plan to provide funds for pro-abortion propaganda in Poland, as announced in the Centre’s press [...]
Rosary for Life Canada hosted its second annual world-wide Rosary for Life in London, Ontario, on October 12. The event began with Mass for the protection of the unborn in Holy Rosary Church. Afterwards, over one hundred participants formed a procession to Victoria Hospital to pray the Rosary for the conversion of abortionists and their supporters. Other groups were praying the Rosary [...]
In Canada we are affected by events in the pro-life arena in the U.S. as much as in any other area. Canadian and U.S. pro-life people should support each other and work together, just as our adversaries on both sides of the border do. In Saskatchewan we have the opportunity to do that by joining the Focus on Fargo. Merchants of Fargo [...]
Charlottetown. “Incredible as it may seem to you, the people in this room have the potential to change the course of Canadian history.” This was the inspiring message PEI right to lifers took away from their annual meeting on April 27. Members noted that abortion seems increasingly likely to become responsibility of the province. “Our legislature is already [...]
Cecilia Forsyth, president of Saskatoon Pro-life, is retiring after 18 years of active pro-life work in Saskatoon. “It is with mixed feelings that I say good-bye to the organization of Saskatoon Pro-Life and to its faithful members and supporters,” Mrs. Forsyth writes in the May 1991 issue of Saskatoon Pro-Life News. “Just like many of you, I have a passionate [...]
The Toronto Right to Life Association has had two only presidents in its 20-year history. First was Gwen Landolt. Second, Laura McArthur. On February 27, a large crowd attended a testimonial dinner in her honour, to thank Laura for sixteen years of service as president, a job which she has now handed over to June Scandiffio. Born in New Brunswick, Laura was [...]
Washington: pro-life physicians in the United States have formed a new organization. The American Academy of Medical Ethics (AAME). This new group will not infringe upon or take over the function of any existing group. However, doctors have felt increasingly that there is a real need for a strong pro-life medical voice on Capitol Hill and before the press. As [...]
Coalition for Life- Quebec has announced that a petition containing 120,676 signatures was presented to the National Assembly, on December 19th, 1986, by Mr. Robert Middlemiss, member of the Quebec assembly for Pontiac. The 120,676 petitioners request that the law concerning abortion be respected according to article 251 of the Criminal Code. They also ask that illegal abortion clinics [...]
Socreds for life, a newly formed pro-life lobby group within the Social Credit Party in British Columbia, was well received by delegates at last year’s leadership convention at whistler. The group, consisting of 15 Party supporters and delegates and organized by Campaign Life B.C., handed out flyers and buttons, and spoke to delegates. The flyer, entitled “A Reasonable Proposal,” highlighted [...]
The three national pro-life groups, Alliance for Life, Coalition for Life and campaign Life, met in Ottawa last December to discuss further initiatives aimed at unifying the pro-life groups across Canada. The meeting came at the end of a year during which all three groups had worked closely together. The two political groups, Campaign Life and Coalition for Life, [...]
Ottawa – Campaign Life and Coalition for the Protection of Human Life announce their intention to consolidate their year-old policy of close co-operation. The two national political groups will bring unification plans before their members early in 1987.
On Saturday evening, May 10, during Respect for Life Week, 450 pro-life supporters gathered in the spacious Walkerton Community Centre arena for the Walkerton and District Right to Life Annual Dinner and Pro-Life Rally. The rally was co-sponsored by the Knights of Columbus- Cargill/ Chepstow/ Paisley Chapter. Canada’s Foremost pro-life advocate, Joe Borowski, was the quest speaker along with Fr. Ted Colleton. [...]
On the weekend of May 2, a very positive pro-life event took place—the second meeting within six months of the newly-formed Campaign Life Ontario, a provincial branch of the national political pro-life organization. Held in Niagara Falls, the meeting brought together pro-life activists from across the province to discuss such important items as election strategy; building support; the role of The Interim; [...]
People new to the pro-life movement – and even some who are not so new to it – have great difficulty figuring out who’s who and who does what in the pro-life field. “Why are there so many different organizations with different names when you’re all promoting the right to life?” they ask. Part of the answer lies in the fact that [...]