Paul Tuns: During his annual address to diplomats in January, Pope Francis called surrogacy “a grave violation of the dignity of the women and the child” as he called for global ban on the practice of surrogacy. Pope Francis said a child’s life should not be “suppressed or turned into an object of trafficking" and called on the global community “to prohibit [...]
Oswald Clark: On Sept. 9, Planned Parenthood Federation of America released its annual report for 2021 revealing they committed a record-number of abortions for the organization, with 383,460 abortions carried out. The report shows that as Planned Parenthood commits more abortions -- it carried out 8.5 per cent more abortions in 2021 than 2020, or 28,589 more babies killed -- it is [...]
Interim Staff: In July 1993, Alliance for Life and Campaign Life Coalition hosted a conference that attracted nearly 1300 attendees – some from as far away as Nigeria and England – to Toronto to call on world leaders and policymakers to prioritize human beings over the planet. The national conference, held at the Toronto Holiday Inn, had international overtones with its theme [...]
Oswald Clark: In May, Janet Yellen, the Treasury Secretary, said that outlawing abortion would hurt the economy by limiting educational and employment opportunities for women. Testifying before the Senate Banking Committee, she said, “I believe that eliminating the right of women to make decisions about when and whether to have children would have very damaging effects on the economy and would set [...]
Oswald Clark: In the days after Politico reported on the leaked Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health that could overrule the infamous 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, pro-life offices and churches were targeted with violence and vandalism. On May 7, the Wisconsin Family Action office in Madison, Wisconsin, [...]
Interim Staff On Dec. 10, Justice Robert Goldstein of the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto ruled that there was a “reasonable doubt” that Bill Whatcott’s flyer and his actions fit the legal definition for the “wilful promotion of hatred” and acquitted the long-time pro-family activist. If convicted, Whatcott had faced a possible two-year jail term. Whatcott was charged with a hate [...]
Josie Luetke Interim writer, Josie Luetke, Talk Turkey “Every woman in Canada has a right to a safe and legal abortion,” according to none other than Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “Access to safe, legal abortion is a fundamental right of women, irrespective of where they live,” according to a 2006 publication from the World Health Organization. One of Campaign Life Coalition’s [...]