Articles for Month: May 1998

BATTLEFORD, Sask., May 13 (LSN) – Randy Kirkham, the crown prosecutor in the original Robert Latimer trial, testified in his own defence in court yesterday. He said he did not intend that police should question potential jurors directly on relevant issues, but merely to ensure unbiased selections, as is common practice in jury selection. Kirkham, who is suspected of stacking the jury against Latimer, also told the court that he was alarmed to find out that one RCMP officer had questioned jurors using a set of questions intended for police reports only.  Kirkham said he did know of three potential […]

WINNIPEG, May 13 (LSN) – Manitoba Family Services Minister Bonnie Mitchelson announced the provincial government will spend $370,000 over the next three years in an effort to reduce teen pregnancies. While pro-lifers in the province would welcome help to pregnant teens and would encourage programs aimed at helping them refrain from sex outside of marriage, they are concerned about the lack of specifics so far in the government’s plan.  The minister has already said the programme will not encourage pregnant teens to consider placing their children for adoption. Further, one might infer from the ministry “fact sheet” on the plan […]

TORONTO, May 13 (LSN) – Prominent Toronto AIDS doctor Maurice Genereux was sentenced today to two years less a day for assisting the suicide attempts of two of his patients. Although Canadian law stipulates a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison for such offenses. Crown attorney Michael Leshner had called for a six-year sentence.  Genereux gave lethal doses of Seconal to at least two of his patients in 1995 and 1996. During the trial it was discovered that he also concealed evidence of his actions and falsified death certificates.  Mark Jewitt, a former patient who was “unsuccessful” in a […]

GENEVA, May 12 (LSN) – A report released Friday by the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (CAFHRI) indicates many of the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) which collaborate with the United Nations hold views which most people would consider extremist and anti-family.  CAFHRI quoted several feminist speakers meeting in conjunction with the 54th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights to illustrate the point. Valsa Verghese of Change International said that within the family, a “woman’s freedom and dignity is eroded on a daily basis.” Miriam Outara from Anti-Slavery International argued that “one of the greatest violations of women’s rights […]

OTTAWA, May 12 (LSN) – Statistics from the Ottawa-Carleton Children’s Aid Society (CAS) show that two thirds of the child abuse accusations resulting from custody cases are false. After years of pleading by falsely accused parents who have lost any right to contact with their children, a parliamentary committee is finally studying the issue.  Liberal MP Roger Gallaway noted that the Ottawa-Carleton CAS received 1,500 complaints of child abuse,  900 of which were involving custody and access disputes. Two-thirds, or 600 of those complaints were found to be false, unfounded or unsubstantiated.  Recommendations from the committee to halt the abuse […]

WESTPORT, May 12 (LSN) – A Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Survey conducted in 1995 found that teens who identified themselves as gay, lesbian or bisexual are significantly more likely to engage in high-  risk sexual behaviour and drug use, and to attempt suicide.  The survey found that the 2.5% of youth who called themselves homosexual or bisexual were more than three times more likely to have attempted suicide in the past year, and more than nine times more likely to have injected drugs. Also, the heterosexual youth were significantly less likely to have been sexually active, and significantly less likely […]

PARIS, May 12 (LSN) – The American Journal of Public Health reported in its March issue on a new French study which indicates women who have had an abortion are 50% more likely to have an ectopic (tubal) pregnancy later on. Further, women who have had more than one abortion face an increased risk of 90%. The study followed 1,955 subjects and was undertaken between 1988 and 1991.  The authors of the study note that in the past 20 years there has been a 300-400% increase in the number of tubal pregnancies in the developed countries. During the first trimester […]

LONDON, May 11 (LSN) – In Britain, the first children screened as embryos by the government’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority have been brought to term. The Independent reported last week that 50 children have been born having survived the scrutiny of scientists prior to being implanted in their mothers’ wombs.  Pro-lifers are alarmed at the blatant eugenics behind the process; but Dr David King, editor of Genethics News, predicts that embryos screening will teach people that “having children is a serious matter which must not be left to chance…[and]…that children have a right to the best genetic chance in […]

The Pro-Life Movement of Canada presents: March for Life in Ottawa, this Thursday, May 14, 1998. The date marks 29 years since the House of Commons approved the legalization of abortion in 1969. Over two million Canadian children have died as a result since then.  Come to Ottawa to join with pro-lifers and all concerned Canadians to mark this most tragic event in our history, and to call for the restoration of justice for children in the womb.  Schedule of events:  12:00 Gather at Supreme Court and march to Parliament Hill.  12:30 Prayer and demonstration on Parliament Hill Master of […]

LONDON, May 22 (LSN) – Scientists at the Danish Meteorological Institute have found evidence to support their claim that global warming is due to changes in solar activity, rather than “greenhouse gases”  created by human use of fossil fuels, as the standard environmentalist theory goes. Scientists at the European Particle-Physics Centre in Geneva say that the Danish theory could be tested in two years.  Despite the fact that the “greenhouse gas” theory is disputed in many quarters, many nations have agreed to a drastic reduction in the use of fossil fuels. So far, 34 countries, including Canada, have signed the […]