Articles for Month: May 1998

HALIFAX, NS, May 5 (LSN) – Four months after the event, the story of the malpractice suit against the Halifax Morgentaler abortuary finally made the Nova Scotia press.  Although the judge rendered his decision on December 23, 1997, the local media either missed or conveniently ignored the $724,000 award against the abortuary. Reality Magazine, a publication of Real Women broke the story in their April issue, which was also missed by the secular media.  Yesterday, pro-life activist, Cynthia Clarke of Campaign Life Coalition Nova Scotia, issued a news release on the lawsuit. This resulted in the national media attention the […]

AURORA,IL, May 4 (LSN) – Pro-life activists picketing an abortuary in Aurora were threatened on March 21 as a raving pro-abort drew a gun after asking if a pro-lifer holding a sign depicting an aborted child was “ready to die.” Police arrested Justin Jordan after receiving his licence plate number from the pro-lifers and he turned over the gun to police. However, the local media have chosen to ignore the story.  After yelling threats at various demonstrators from his car, the anti-lifer called out to activist Randy Means carrying a sign showing Baby Malachi, ordering him to take the sign […]

NEW YORK – Last week the US entertainment media attacked Christianity in at least 3 separate instances.  FOX TV – On Friday, the US Catholic League condemned a Fox television show “Mad TV” for a skit wherein a character depicting a priest was referred to by a sacrilegious name and shown groping women.  To contest this outrage write Fox at:  [email protected]   CBS TV – CBS withdrew an offer of employment given to outspokenly Christian football star Reggie White of the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers for his criticism of the practice of homosexual sex.  In an interview with […]

OTTAWA, May 4 (LSN) – In another glaring example of the often identical philosophies of the three establishment political parties the Liberals, Progressive Conservatives, and NDP. Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien appointed former Ontario NDP socialist premier Bob Rae to a position with the Canadian Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC). Mr. Rae will be reviewing the performance of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, a task that will provide him access to much highly confidential information. The Canadian people have never voted in a federal NDP socialist government,  one reason being a healthy mistrust of socialist abuse of political power.  Mr. […]

BATTLEFORD, Sask, May 4 (LSN) – Randy Kirkham, the original crown prosecutor in the case against Robert Latimer (the father who killed his disabled 12-year-old daughter in an alleged “mercy killing”) is facing charges today of obstruction of justice for his actions in the case he brought forward against Latimer.  It is alleged that Kirkham designed a questionnaire for the RCMP to screen prospective jurors for their views on abortion, euthanasia and religion, and then failed to tell the judge and the defense of the questionnaire.  During the trial, Kirkham called Latimer’s murder of his daughter “cold and calculated,” noting […]

NEW YORK, May 1 (LSN) – On Friday, the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (CAFHRI) reported on the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) “Round Table on Adolescent and Reproductive Health and Rights,” which ended on April 17. Among the many anti-life statements at the conference, UNFPA head Nafis Sadik expressed the need to undermine pro-life religious and cultural values around the world. Speaking about restrictions to children’s access to “reproductive health” (abortion), Sadik said,“legal, religious and social barriers remain.”“The main battle in most countries,” she said, is to “remove [such] conceptual barriers.”

TALLAHASSEE, May 1 (LSN) – A bill requiring that girls under 18 notify at least one parent before procuring an abortion was passed by the Florida Senate Thursday, and is awaiting final approval from Governor Lawton Chiles. The law does not require parental permission for abortions. It also for court-approved exemptions in some cases. In spite of such concessions, it appears the governor may veto the measure.

WASHINGTON, May 1 (LSN) – A bill was passed by the US Congress Thursday to enable 2,000 poor   children in the District of Columbia to attend private or religious schools. The initiative has   been fought by the Clinton administration since it was first proposed, and the president has vowed   to veto the bill when it arrives at the White House.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA, May 1 (LSN) – Most doctors in the state of Western Australia stopped committing abortions yesterday, protesting delays in efforts to liberalize the state’s abortion law. That law,  while relatively strict on paper, had not been enforced for decades. Recent charges against two abortionists touched off a storm of controversy, with abortion supporters calling for repeal. Reacting to news of the doctors’ protest, pro-abortion groups suggested that taxpayer money be used to airlift abortion-minded mothers to hospitals where abortion “services” are still available.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, May 1 (LSN) – The Florida Senate approved a measure Wednesday to allow a pro-life specialty licence plate after an amazing effort by the pro-life group Choose Life Inc. The group collected over 10,000 signatures to support the measure and also raised the $30,000 (US) development fee required. The bright yellow plate includes a drawing of a smiling boy and girl with the logo “Choose Life.” Three fourths of the proceeds from the $20/year tags will go to the care of mothers and infants in need while the rest will go to support adoption services. The Florida House […]