On Tuesday April 2, delegates voted 412 to 203 in favour of the executive recommendations.  The abortion debate was the most controversial one of the four-day meeting attended by representatives from 79 locals across B.C.  Joe Haddock, a Prince George Secondary teacher, said “If we pass this, we’re promoting abortion in our schools.”  The convention, he stated was not addressing the medical and psychological consequences of abortion.

In Vancouver the resolution was introduced by the B.C.T.F.’s Status of Women committee.  No doubt, it will see to it that its national counterpart in Ottawa will move the resolution in July.  In January-February 1985 its newsletter carried a pro-Morgentaler, pro-abortion article by Ann Thomson, a teacher in Surrey.

Interim was informed by Lila Stanford, president of B.C. Teachers for Life that this year even an educational display was forbidden at the Convention.  The reason given was that “the aims of pro-life are in conflict with the policy of the B.C.T.F.

Teachers for Life is a new organization founded only this year.  It encourages pro-life teachers in all provinces to get organized and become active.

B.C. Teachers for Life can be contacted at:

P.O. Box 3035

Langley, B.C. V3A 4R3

(604) 530-1486

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