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Thursday March 11, 1999
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PrintSUSPECT ARRESTED OVER HAMILTON SPECTATOR "ANTI-ABORTION" THREATS
TODAY'S HEADLINES
- The man being held is unknown to pro-lifers in the region -
HAMILTON, Mar 11 (LSN) Ronald Wylie, 55, of Hamilton was arrested by police and taken to court this morning on charges of sending death threats in connection with the threatening packages received by the Hamilton-Spectator newspaper over the past several month. Despite the hope many people had that when they found the person who was sending these packages, they would also have found the killer of abortionist Barnett Slepian, Wylie has not been charged in connection with the Slepian affair.
After releasing video footage of the suspect, police were given a tip that led them to arrest Wylie. LifeSite interviewed pro-life leaders in Hamilton who said Wylie was not known to them. Leaders from both Hamilton Right to Life and Hamilton Campaign Life Coalition had never heard of him.
See here for a CP report on the arrest:
http://www.canoe.ca/NationalTicker/CANOE-wire.Abortion-Package-Arrest.html
Back to TopCONCERN OVER APPEALS TO THE U.N.
OTTAWA, Mar 11 (LSN) As Ottawa battles over the tax-discrimination against stay-at-home parents in Canada, the UN is also debating the issue in a case brought before them by a Canadian wife and mother. While pro-family advocates urge tax fairness for stay-at-home parents, pro-family leaders are more than a little uneasy at the message being implied by an appeal to the international body.
Almost without exception, the track record of UN intervention in Canadian domestic affairs has reflected an anti-family bias, sometimes militantly so. This case could set a dangerous precedent for pro-family forces, especially if the UN rules in favour of Beverely Smith.
"Canada is a sovereign country and we don't want the UN to make decisions for us concerning our internal politics," said Mary Ellen Douglas, president of Campaign Life Coalition Ontario. Pro- life forces have been warning Canadians for years that the undemocratic process by which Canada is represented at the UN and signs on to UN treaties threatens Canadian sovereignty and democracy.
As an example of this risk, Kathleen Mahoney, a Professor of Law at the University of Calgary (and recently appointed by the Chretien government as chairman of the board of directors of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development), argued in the BC Supreme Court last month that the Canadian Charter of Rights is superceded by the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
For the LifeSite story on Mahoney see:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/1999/feb/99022302.html
NURSES UNWILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN ABORTION
MONTVALE, NJ, Mar 11 (LSN) The March issue of RN magazine, a highly respected publication for the nursing profession, says that over 61% of nurses in the US refuse to work in an OB/GYN unit where abortions are performed. A poll conducted by the magazine also revealed that over two- thirds of registered nurses believe that partial-birth abortion should be outlawed.
Pro-lifers are not surprised at such figures, noting that nurses are among the best suited individuals in society to appreciate the humanity of unborn children. Instead of pointing to this obvious rationale, however, the magazine suggests that this shift in attitude is due to a "fear of being harassed or physically harmed." Pro-aborts have been making this claim for a long time, but to date they have been unable to produce any hard evidence to legitimize this kind of provocative and anti-scientific conjecture.
For more see the Nando news report at:
http://www.nando.net/newsroom/prn/archive/031199/prn39189.html
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS AND ABORTION
WASHINGTON, Mar 11 (LSN) The battle to become the Republican presidential candidate in 2001 is heating up with the crucial issue of abortion indicating a definite dividing line between the leading contenders. Texas Governor George W. Bush, former Tennessee governor Lamar Alexander, and former labor secretary Elizabeth Dole, have all come out as so-called "moderates", qualifying their "pro-life" stance with exceptions and admissions that they would be prepared to run with pro-abortion running mates.
The staunch pro-life candidates are TV commentator Patrick J. Buchanan, former head of the Family Research Council Gary Bauer, and former diplomat Alan Keyes. Each of them have identified the abortion issue as a top priority - if not the priority - in their campaigns.
For more see this Boston Globe report:
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/069/nation/GOP_hopefuls_opting_for_softer_abor...
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