Articles for Month: March 1998

DAYTON, Ohio, Mar 26 (LSN) – Under President Clinton’s 1994 Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, Ohio’s Justice Department filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court against the Dallas-based pro-life group Operation Rescue. The lawsuit asks the court to issue an injunction barring Operation Rescue from blocking or impeding access to the abortion mills and also may ask the court to impose fines of as much as $10,000 on any defendant who is convicted. Convicted defendants may also be ordered to pay as much as $5,000 in damages to any abortuary in question.  The law forbids violence and […]

OTTAWA, Mar 26 (LSN) – Yesterday the House of Commons voted 169-66 to reject a motion brought forward by homosexual and euthanasia activist MP Svend Robinson (NDP, Burnaby-Douglas) to conduct a detailed study of physician-assisted suicide. Justice Minister Anne McLellen noted that a study was already undertaken on the issue recently. A Senate committee study recommended in May, 1995, that assisted suicide and euthanasia remain illegal.  Robinson recalled that in 1994 Prime Minister Jean Chretien promised to allow a free vote on assisted-suicide. While most Liberals and Reform MP’s voted against the motion, the NDP and Bloc, led by their […]

PORTLAND, Ore., Mar 26 (LSN) – An 80-year-old woman with breast cancer became the first known victim of Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act. First approved by voters in 1994 and again last year, the law sanctions doctors prescribing lethal drugs at the request of terminally ill patients who are suspected to have less than six months to live. Although five months have passed since the law took effect there have been no other known victims.  Last month the state forced taxpayers to pay for the killings when it made assisted suicide part of the state’s “health” plan for low-income residents. […]

BOSTON, Mar 26 (LSN) – In its editorial published in today’s edition of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) wrote “Like many others, we believe that any plan to ban research on cloning human cells is seriously misguided.”“We need to think about what, if any, circumstances might warrant cloning, as well as the circumstances under which it should never be allowed,” the editorial said.  The journal suggested placing a 10-year ban on human cloning humans but allow the cloning of human cells and tissues for research immediately. Current law bans federally funded research on human embryos, but not private […]

BANGKOK, Mar 26 (LSN) – On Tuesday, high-level government officials and representatives of non- governmental organizations from more than 30 Asia-Pacific countries began a four-day meeting promoting population control entitled, the Bangkok Conference.  Considering that by “reproductive health” the UN usually refers to abortion, the first speaker Mr. Bhichai Rattakul, Deputy Prime Minister of the Royal Thai Government made an ominous statement. “By focusing more on people, our governments are moving away from the narrow concerns of achieving impersonal ‘birth control targets’ towards the more positive and broader target-free ‘family planning and reproductive health’ considerations,” he said.  Keynote speaker, Nafis […]

AUSTIN, Mar 25 (LSN) – The state of Texas will not force its citizens to pay for abortion on demand by making it a Medicaid service, a state district judge ruled Monday. A group of abortionists and abortuary owners sought to increase their lucrative killing business in the state by forcing Medicaid to cover abortion on demand.  Texas Medicaid does cover abortions in the case of rape, incest and when the life of the mother is said to be in danger. The abortionists claimed that their goal in suing for increased coverage was to help low-income women who want abortions. […]

MARYLAND, Mar 25 (LSN) – The University of Maryland and MIT have paid tribute to the recently deceased master economist and prize winning author Julian Simon, by putting the complete text of his masterpiece “The Ultimate Resource II” on line. According to pro-life analysts, this work may be the most important text ever written on demographics and development. For anyone doing serious research about the implications of population growth for economic development,  and also for those who are simply interested in reading some simply-stated “common sense,”  this book is a must. To access the book, go to:  https://www.africa2000.com/RNDX/simon.html   Simon […]

BUDAPEST, Mar 25 (LSN) – Hungarian Welfare Minister Mihaly Kokeny vowed yesterday to allow a 13-year-old girl, known as “Katalin P,” to procure an abortion. Kokeny contradicted a decision made Friday in which Hungarian provincial court judge Eva Molnar attempted to save the life of the preborn child, ruling that Katalin could not go ahead with a “planned infanticide.”  The Alfa Federation, a local pro-life group, appealed to the judge in the case for permission to name a guardian to represent the preborn child in court. Judge Molnar ruled that “The fetus’s right to life is stronger than the future […]

OTTAWA, Mar 25 (LSN) – Gay euthanasia activist Svend Robinson (NDP, Burnaby-Douglas) is once again trying to promote assisted suicide in the House of Commons. Robinson put forward a motion,  to be voted on tonight, for the House to conduct a detailed study of doctor-assisted suicide and then propose legislation. Pro-life observers are hopeful the motion will fail

A new, comprehensive Linda Gibbons page is now on line, featuring a Real Audio talk by Linda,  Real Video footage of her last arrest, various articles on her unparalleled record of pro-life civil disobedience, and the injunction that is the cause of her arrests. More Real Video footage will follow shortly.  Campaign Life Coalition is still receiving many inquiries about Linda. It appears that few people are aware of the facts of her situation. This web page was designed to provide a comprehensive, easily accessible reference source on Linda Gibbons and the Ontario injunction.  All pages have been designed to […]