Articles for Month: March 1999

OTTAWA, Mar 23 (Lifesitenews.com) – Hopefully, our nation’s leaders will soon accept the fact that the family, as the basic building block of society, is where efforts at improving society must be focused. Liberal MP Paul Szabo released a report today suggesting strengthening families would solve child poverty. With the release of his new book, “The Child Poverty Solution,” Szabo (Mississauga South) is calling for the strengthening of the family and working towards bringing down the high (40%)  divorce rate. Szabo’s speech in the House today read, “Child poverty is a convenient political synonym for family poverty.” He explained that […]

VANCOUVER, BC, Mar 22 (Lifesitenews.com) – A news briefing from the British Columbia Medical Association reveals that in August the Federation of Medical Women of Canada (FMWC), an affiliate of the Canadian medical Association, gave an award to an abortionist. On August 29, FMWC gave abortionist Ellen Wiebe an award for “outstanding leadership.” Wiebe is notorious in Vancouver for her work in developing and experimenting with M&M (Methotrox & Misoprostal) abortions. John Hof president of Campaign Life Coalition BC told LifeSite that Wiebe is an adamant pusher of the M&M “chemical coat-hanger.” Last June Wiebe teamed up with the pro-abortion […]

MONTREAL, QUE., Mar 22 (Lifesitenews.com) – Pro-lifers in Montreal have reminded the international pro-life community to remember to participate in the March 25th “International Day of Prayer Against Abortion.” On March 25, nine months before Christmas, Christians around the world remember the time of the incarnation of Jesus, where “The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary and she conceived by the Holy Ghost”. Pro-lifers are encouraged to fast and pray against the demon of abortion. We are reminded that at the time of Mary’s pregnancy, she was a young teenage Jewish girl, who found herself pregnant, while not yet […]

MINUFIYA, Egypt, Mar 22 (Lifesitenews.com) – Ten members of the Egyptian parliament are calling for an investigation into an orphanage they say is killing children and selling their transplantable organs for profit. The UK’s The Independent reported that within three months 25 out of 32 children at the home died suspiciously. (With files from Pro-Life E-News)

BRISBANE, Australia, Mar 22 (Lifesitenews.com) – Australian abortionist Peter Bayliss was given a three month suspension for his malpractice which resulted in the severe and permanent brain damage of a 21-year-old who sought an abortion. Bayliss, who boasts of having committed over 160,000 abortions, appealed the suspension but lost the appeal. After his suspension is lifted in May,  Bayliss promises to open another abortuary.  Source: ABC News

CALGARY, Mar 22 (Lifesitenews.com) – The National Foundation for Family Research and Education (NFFRE)  announced Friday that they are seeking intervenor status in the B. C. Government’s appeal against a January court decision legalizing the possession of child pornography. In his controversial judgment on the Robin Sharpe case, B. C. Supreme Court Justice Duncan Shaw concluded banning the possession of child pornography does society more harm than good by promoting an “intrusion into freedom of expression and the right of privacy … so profound that it is not outweighed by the limited beneficial effects of the prohibition.” NFFRE notes that […]

March 19, (Lifesitenews.com)  The creator of Hustler magazine, Larry Flynt, has developed yet another pornographic magazine. This one is aimed at children with the magazine cover purposefully looking like a harmless magazine for young people in order to deceive parents. According to an expose by WorldNetDaily, “the cover of the January issue of Big Brother Skateboarding magazine depicts an 8-year-old boy flying through the air on his skateboard. The words “Big Brother” are printed at the top in colorful children’s wooden building-block letters. At the bottom of the cover are the words “Kids Issue” written in blue, red and yellow—the […]

The LifeSite News for March 18 misspelled the name of pro-abortion researcher Will Offley in the story:  “PRO-CHOICE” RESEARCHER HAS LINKS TO VIOLENT EXTREMISTS Will Offley (not Offal) is the correct name.  Also in the story on LICENSING PARENTS IDEA FLOATED AGAIN the by line should have read Cape Breton, NS (not NB) since Cape Breton is in Nova Scotia and not in New Brunswick

OTTAWA, Mar 19 (Lifesitenews.com)  Health Minister Allan Rock is seriously considering the creation of a federal commissioner to enforce child rights. While being pushed in Canada by Liberal MP Karen Kraft Sloan and Liberal Senator Landon Pearson, the concept comes from the United Nations which has long sought to remove children from the control of their parents. Pro-family advocates fear a child czar in Canada would rapidly increase the move to undermine the rights of parents regarding the upbringing and education of their children. Reform MP Eric Lowther commented on the proposal saying, This is dreadful, these people see themselves […]

ROME, Italy, Mar 19 (Lifesitenews.com)  Speaking at an assisted-fertility conference in Venice recently, Dr. Severino Antinori revealed that four babies have been born after the use of tissue from rats’ testicles to strengthen male sperm in the in vitro fertilization procedure. Antinori, a leader in the IVF (sub)culture, has “helped” post-menopausal women to become pregnant and has publicly admitted he hopes to create the world’s first human clone. See the report from the BBC: Scientist hails birth of ‘rat children’