Interim Staff: Bill Whatcott was found guilty of promoting hate by Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy in a retrial for charges related to his activities at the 2016 Toronto pride parade in which he and fellow “gay zombie” activists distributed 3000 flyers opposing homosexual activity. In 2016, Whatcott and six others dressed in skin-tight lime green bodysuits and masks, registered as [...]
Oswald Clark, U.S. Correspondent: According to research published in Health Policy in August, “interstate travel for abortion increased” after state-level restrictions were implemented after the 2022 Supreme Court Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade, which had declared women had a right to abortion. The research, led by Kelsey B. Loeliger, was titled “Out-of-State Travel for Abortion Care Before [...]
Paul Tuns: On Sept. 14, the Group of Experts of the Declaration of Casablanca for the Universal Abolition of Surrogacy, along with a group of 160 non-government organizations spanning the globe, sent a letter to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child asking it to recognize that surrogacy constitutes the sale of children according to the Optional Protocol to [...]
Oswald Clark, U.S. Correspondent: Lawyers for two pro-life pregnancy care centres being sued by California Attorney General Rob Bonta for promoting Abortion Pill Reversal (APR) said in their closing brief the State had not met the burden in any element of the lawsuit being brought against Heartbeat International and RealOptions Medical Clinics. APR is permitted in California, but the Attorney General is trying [...]
Paul Tuns: Ontario Superior Court Justice Carissima Mathen denied Claire Brosseau and Dying With Dignity an injunction to approve Brosseau to be killed by Medical Assistance in Dying based on mental illness as the sole criteria. Brosseau, a 49-year-old Toronto woman, is an actress and comedian, who filed a motion in May seeking a constitutional exemption from Canada’s euthanasia law that currently [...]
Oswald Clark, U.S. Correspondent: In response to the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, Illinois Republican U.S. congressman, Rep. Henry Hyde, introduced the Hyde Amendment banning the use of federal funds to pay for abortion through the Medicaid program, at a time when federal programs were estimated to be paying for 300,000 abortions annually. Hyde argued, “An innocent, defenseless human life, in a caring [...]
Mary Zwicker, European Correspondent: The United Kingdom House of Commons has voted down the latest attempt at legalizing assisted suicide in England and Wales. On Sept. 11, the UK House of Commons voted down the Terminally Ill Adults Bill in a 286 to 270 vote. If passed, this bill would have legalized assisted dying for terminally ill adults in England and Wales. “This [...]
Interim Staff: Nova Scotia’s last Catholic hospital, St. Martha’s Regional Hospital in Antigonish changes its name to the Antigonish Memorial Regional Hospital Oct. 1, and with the hospital’s Catholic Mission Assurance Agreement expiring Sept. 30 it will no longer be restricted from committing abortion and euthanasia. The Sisters of St. Martha announced in the spring that it would withdraw its name and [...]
Mary Zwicker, Europe Correspondent: A Dutch commission has confirmed that the euthanasia death of a two-year-old boy, the first case under the age of 12 in the Netherlands, was handled with “due care.” A commission from the Netherlands has just confirmed that the euthanizing of a child just under 24 months old was handled with “due care,” despite also admitting that other doctors [...]
A dad fights for his unborn children Fathers are an important part of a woman’s pregnancy. They are the fathers of the unborn children, but they so often retreat from voicing their opinion and providing support to the pregnant mother. Society insists that it is a woman’s “choice” about whether or not to abort the child. Often the father is given no [...]
Rory Leishman: It is remarkable how progressive leaders of the fast-dwindling Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian, and United churches of Canada are so determined to wipe out what few sparks of vibrant, theologically orthodox life still remain within their respective denominations. Thus, in June, leaders of the Anglican Church of Canada released a set of Pastoral Liturgies at the Time of Death in Contexts [...]
Mary Zwicker, European Correspondent: A former Irish Republican Army member and later Irish politician has revealed that she had an abortion in the 1980s while preparing to join a bombing mission in England during the Troubles. Martina Anderson, a former IRA member who spent more than a decade in prison for her involvement in a plot to carry out bombings in England, made [...]
Donald DeMarco: The year was 2003, Oct. 6, to be exact. The Boston Red Sox were playing the Oakland Athletics in the American League Division Series. The Beantowners had come back from an 0-2 deficit and had a chance to win the series with one more victory. Victories in playoff games, however, are seldom easy. The situation was tense. Oakland, trailing by [...]
Mary Zwicker, European Correspondent: France has legalized assisted suicide and euthanasia after a long struggle and apparent stalemate between the French Senate and the National Assembly. On July 15, the French National Assembly voted to adopt the final draft of a bill to enshrine the “right” to assistance in dying and, in some circumstances euthanasia, in a 291 to 241 vote with 29 [...]
Gianna Baklinski An Ontario woman who carried a baby for a same-sex couple is being sued after she refused to abort at their request. The woman was engaged to act as a surrogate by two men. Part-way through the pregnancy, routine ultrasounds indicated that the baby might have a cleft lip and palate, as well as other minor defects. When the intended [...]