One of the Abortioneers raises an interesting point that is highlighted by Jiving J at Jill Stanek: I’ve never had an abortion. I’ve never even had a pregnancy scare, though that’s probably more because of the lack of opportunity than anything else. Sometimes I start to think that I could have just a teeny bit more Abortioneer cred if I had had [...]
Our editorial from the August issue looks at the issue of gendercide. We were very pleased with the editorial cartoon that accompanied the editorial. The conclusion of the editorial points out the hypocrisy of the feminist Left and the cost of abortion to modern society: Thus, the epidemic of prenatal female infanticide sweeping across the developing world is not the antithesis of modern feminism [...]
LifeSiteNews.com reports that the Crossroads Walkers were banned from entering Montreal's Notre Dame Basilica to pray because the pro-vie t-shirts worn by ten youth were deemed too political by the Sulpician priests who run the basilica. My only comment: I'm not surprised.
Today marks my tenth anniversary of becoming editor of The Interim, Canada's life and family newspaper. I have a column about it in the August issue. The column is a reflection on being at the helm of "Canada's life and family newspaper" -- it was "Canada's pro-life, pro-family newspaper" when I came -- and the culture we cover. A few other thoughts that didn't make the [...]
Michael Coren is a veteran journalist and broadcaster and we are proud that he is part of our roster of columnists. We've been thrilled with the work he's done at CTS for the past 13 years and are very excited to see his new show, Coren Tonight, on Sun News begins August 22. By the way, Sun News is great -- last week [...]
We’re still playing catch up here at Soconvivium after getting the August issue out. On July 20, Human Rights Watch added its voice to those calling for the repeal of the so-called global gag rule, an American policy which prevents United States funding from going to agencies that perform, or advocate for, abortion. Their press release alleges "the Global Gag Rule has exacted a [...]
In the July issue Interim editor Paul Tuns explored the world of infanticide in the animal kingdom and what it means (and doesn't mean) for the abortion debate.
The August issue of The Interim went to press yesterday, a labour intensive process which explains the lack of new blog posts recently. This was a content-laden issue, with a focus on the Rasouli decision (which guarantees that doctors cannot unilaterally pull the plug on patients) and gendercide (a topic sparked by Mara Hvistendahl's recent book, Unnatural Selection, which is also reviewed). Michael [...]
Make sure you check out the ad for the Nurses for Life conference in British Columbia this weekend. It has a wonderful roster of speakers including Dr. Margaret Cottle, Palliative Care Physician, UBC; Sean Murphy, Administrator of the Protection of Conscience Project; Christina Lamb, RN, Bio-Ethicist; Stephanie Gray, Co-founder and Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform; Anita Sonntag, Silent No More Awareness Campaign [...]
Oz Clark, a frequent contributor to this blog, wrote a short column in the July issue about how the seeming contradictory evidence of the public's view on abortion (per polling data) shows the way forward for pro-lifers: educate the open-minded and play on the mixed feelings many have (don't like abortion but don't want to ban it, either). Clark concludes: The challenge [...]
Our July cover story examining the costs associated with abortion -- from dysfunctional relationships to health problems -- is now online. Some pro-lifers are uneasy about removing the focus of abortion from the unborn child, but aside from strategic issues that may promote the cause of life, society has a right to know -- and obligation to understand -- the myriad ways [...]
The news about Hudak’s signing a petition more than a decade ago saying he is pro-life is apparently big news today, and the media is in a full fledged frenzy, with reports from the Toronto Sun, National Post, Ottawa Citizen, Toronto Star, and CTV. We agree with the Citizen that Hudak's position is gutless, but there is plenty of outrage to go around. The origin [...]
Everything that Laura Ingraham says about teens and young people with no apparent sense of shame or boundaries is worrying and disturbing, but I wonder if in some ways we exaggeratehow much things change. For example, Ingraham says, "There was a time when people got dressed up and had conversations to see if they were compatible — now they examine tan lines." I [...]
Via Slate's Rachael Larimore: China and India has aborted more girls (160 million) than America has women. Larimore's article does the same dance that Mara Hvistendahl does in her Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men: note that gender imbalances are caused by abortion without blaming abortion. Of course, there are other issues at play [...]
From the June issue, our obituary of confessed serial killer Jack Kevorkian. It is important to note that he earned the moniker Dr. Death long before he started killing people: The Detroit News and Washington Post compared him to civil rights heroes, fighting for what the News euphemistically referred to as “death rights.” Broadcaster Barbara Walters complained about the moniker Dr. Death, but [...]