4-YEAR OLD SEXUALLY ABUSED BY BC CHILD MINISTRY

VANCOUVER, BC, May 31 (Lifesitenews.com) – Four-year-old Anna Rath was taken from her parents over four weeks ago and is being held by BC social workers on the basis of an unfounded accusation of sexual abuse against her father Jurgan Rath. Rath a Christian evangelical mission worker from Paris, who was asked to move with his family to BC to help provincial Christian ministries, was accused of abuse, apparently by a disgruntled acquaintance who threatened Rath with revenge. Social workers arrived at the Rath home with police and apprehended Anna, taking her to a hospital where she was subjected to […]
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

* The Globe and Mail reports today on growing support for making benefits open to all couples living together in long-term dependent relationships without restricting access to those benefits to conjugal couples.  * Zenit News reported Friday that the Council of Europe took a stand against any official introduction of active euthanasia, stressing instead the need for palliative care. * An Associated Press report today noted that a Federal judge has ruled that a Wisconsin law against partial-birth abortion is constitutional; Planned Parenthood said it would appeal. * The Edmonton Examiner reported two weeks ago that the Castle Downs Recreation […]
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SURROGATE MOTHERS – BABIES FOR SALE

OTTAWA, May 31 (Lifesitenews.com) – Another rotten fruit of in vitro fertilization has made the press with reports on the growing practice of selling surrogate motherhood. Unethical lawyers are charging thousands to draw up non-legal contracts between couples desperate for children and young women willing to bear children for others and sell them.  With no law in Canada prohibiting the practice it appears business is booming. Today’s Globe and Mail interviews Toronto lawyer Sherry Levitan, who proudly admits to drawing up such contracts for $5,000 each. The paper reports that women agree to carry and bear children for $10,000 to […]
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PRO-ABORT ASSAULTS PICKETERS AT ABORTUARY

LEE COUNTY, Florida, May 31 (Lifesitenews.com) – Philip Allan Heim was charged with felony battery on a person over age 65, battery, and aggravated assault Friday after he assaulted two pro-life protesters who were praying quietly across the street from an abortuary. Heim drove his car onto the grass in front of the two elderly men as they sat praying. He advanced his car toward them slowly until he knocked over one of the chairs the pro-lifers were seated on. Heim got out of his car, shouted at the men and grabbed them by their shirts threateningly.  Undaunted the two […]
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4-Year Old Sexually Abused By BC Child Ministry

VANCOUVER, BC, May 31 (LSN) – Four-year-old Anna Rath was taken from her parents over four weeks ago and is being held by BC social workers on the basis of an unfounded accusation of sexual abuse against her father Jurgan Rath. Rath a Christian evangelical mission worker from Paris, who was asked to move with his family to BC to help provincial Christian ministries, was accused of abuse, apparently by a disgruntled acquaintance who threatened Rath with revenge. Social workers arrived at the Rath home with police and apprehended Anna, taking her to a hospital where she was subjected to […]
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STUDY WARNS AGAINST ASSISTED SUICIDE

BRISBANE, Australia, May 28 (Lifesitenews.com) – A study by Australian researchers presented at the American Psychiatric Association’s annual meeting Thursday suggests some doctors have unconscious ill feelings toward their terminal patients. One of the study’s authors Frank Varghere of Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra Hospital warned that “if the permission to assist suicide is there, it may give rise to doctors acting on their unconscious feelings—the public needs to be protected against that.” Catholic World News reported that the research also revealed that patients are often perceived as wanting to die even though this is not necessarily the case. “Patients tend to […]
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HOMOSEXUALIST PROPAGANDA CHILDREN’S FILM TO AIR ON PBS

WASHINGTON, May 28 (Lifesitenews.com) – The Capital Research Centre (CRC) has warned that the controversial video, “It’s Elementary”, will begin airing on local PBS stations across the country next week. The film is aimed at young elementary school age children and promotes the acceptance of homosexuality. The film was produced and is being promoted by a group calling itself People for the American Way (PFAW). The public airing of the film may be cancelled by calling, writing or e-mailing local PBS stations. CRC notes that PFAW is funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, […]
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UN’S ABORTION KITS FOR KOSOVO HAMPER FOOD AID

NEW YORK, May 28 (Lifesitenews.com) – The Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-Fam) reported Friday that Joseph Meaney, of Human Life International visited Kosovo refugee camps in northern Albania this month and heard “many complaints that UNFPA contraceptive and abortifacient supplies have bumped much needed medical supplies and even food from supply convoys.” The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has implemented a project to send about 350,000 “reproductive health kits” to Kosovo refugees. Included in the kits are condoms, IUD’s, the abortifacient “morning after” pill, and more elaborate abortion equipment such as vacuum aparatus. See the UN press release […]
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

* An excellent article exposing the process of Canada’s interest in in utero genetic cleansing written by Susan Martinuk appears in today’s National Post. (with files from Pro-Life E-News)
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RACKETEERING CHARGE AGAINST US PROLIFERS MAY BE DUMPED

CHICAGO, May 28 (Lifesitenews.com) – The Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled an error was made by the Milwaukee Circuit Court, and so reversed a decision made by the court which allowed the Racketeering trial of Joseph Scheidler vs. the National Organization of Women to proceed.  “We are optimistic that the Wisconsin Court of Appeals’ decision exposing Summit’s two-timing dead-end detour into state court will nullify the unjust racketeering verdict in NOW v. Scheidler,” said Pro-Life Action League Director Joseph Scheidler. For more see the press release from the Action League.
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CARDINAL OPPOSES SUPREME COURT RULING

TORONTO, May 27 (LSN) – Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic issued a press release yesterday concerning the Supreme Court of Canada decision regarding spousal benefits for practicing homosexuals. The Archbishop of the Toronto Archdiocese said that the ruling “may serve to undermine our traditional understanding of marriage and family, and the nature of spousal and conjugal relationships.”  The cardinal also commented that the while the Church teaches that homosexuals must not be subject to unjust discrimination, this ruling “cannot be good because the decision is based on flawed philosophical, theological and biological premises.”“The traditional understanding common to all the world’s great religions […]
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

* The London Ontario fertility clinic mis-implanted embryo scandal has resulted in a $650,000 lawsuit by the biological parents of the embryo against the hospital which implanted their child in an unknown woman.  https://www.nationalpost.com/news.asp?f=990527/2646966   * Researchers at Queen’s University have published a study finding that one third of claims of child abuse in custody battles are unprovable or deliberately false.  https://www.nationalpost.com/home.asp?f=990527/2646848   * The Conservative News Service reported today that the U.S. Senate, on a 51-49 vote,  Wednesday rejected a measure that would have lifted a ban on abortions at U.S. military hospitals.
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BC WOMAN JAILED FOR GIVING ROSES AND OFFERING HELP TO WOMEN

VANCOUVER, BC, May 27 (LSN) – Mary Wagner, 24, was arrested May 10 at the Victoria Drive abortuary for handing out roses and offering help to women. With her trial date scheduled for November, she is currently in jail.  Campaign Life Coalition BC has organized a prayer vigil and protest rally for Mary on Friday May 28 from 12:30-1:30pm. Pro-lifers across the country are being asked to pray for her.  To write to Mary:  Mary Wagner, c/o Burnaby Correctional Center for Women 7900 Fraser Park Dr., Burnaby, BC
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“ETHICIST” ARGUES FOR HUMAN EMBRYO RESEARCH

WASHINGTON, May 27 (LSN) – “Ethicist” Arthur Caplan, who is director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, said in an interview yesterday that the most likely source of human embryos for research is the pool of an estimated 50,000 frozen and unwanted embryos in the nation’s in vitro fertilization banks. “Sacrificing some of them … is tragic, but morally defensible,” he insisted.  “The only issue driving this [ban] is abortion politics,” said Caplan. ” Speaking of whether human embyos are “people” Caplan said, “I don’t think they are, but some of them are going to have […]
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OMNIBUS GAY-RIGHTS BILL EXPECTED

OTTAWA, May 27 (LSN) – After the failed attempt by the Liberal government to avoid public scrutiny in their passage of the pro-homosexualist Bill C-78 on Tuesday, the government appears to again be considering an omnibus bill which would introduce sweeping legislative reforms all at the same time. On Tuesday, the federal Liberal government forced a pension reform bill through Parliament, which appropriates the $30 billion surplus in the civil service pension fund and which slipped in a clause allowing pension benefits for active homosexuals.  According to an article in the Ottawa Citizen, top Liberals do not want to face […]
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PRO-LIFE ELECTION GUIDE UPDATE

TORONTO, May 27 (LSN) – LifeSite’s on-line Ontario Election Guide has been substantially updated over the past few days. The guide includes an easily searchable database of candidates in the 1999 Ontario election.  Included are pro-life evaluations of the political parties and leaders and articles on issues and why and how to vote pro-life. The guide does not recommend voting for particular candidates or parties but in most cases provides information to allow voters to cast an informed ballot on June 3.  Ontario residents may order the handy 12 page May 27 newsprint edition of the guide by calling Campaign […]
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CANADA TO OK EMBRYO EXPERIMENTATION AND SALE OF HUMAN SPERM

OTTAWA, May 26 (Lifesitenews.com) – The new law expected later this year to regulate new reproductive technologies has removed sections from previously proposed legislation which would have banned the sale of human sperm and the experimentation on embryos more than 14 days old.  The Globe and Mail reported today that sperm banks which sometimes pay over $50 per “donation” complained that stopping the payment might hurt their supply. (with files from Pro-Life E-News)
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CANADA OKAYS PENSION BENEFITS FOR HOMOSEXUALISTS

OTTAWA, May 26 (Lifesitenews.com) – Yesterday the federal Liberal government forced Bill C-78 through Parliament, legislation which will appropriate the $30 billion surplus in the civil service pension fund, and which also included a clause allowing pension benefits for active homosexuals. Despite massive party pressure, six Liberal MPs voted against the motion,  standing tall for the defence of the traditional family. The bill passed by a vote of 137 to 118. Liberal MPs Tom Wappel, Murray Calder, Charles Hubbard, Dan McTeague, Paul Steckle and Rose-Marie Ur were the Liberal MPs who voted with all the opposition parties against the bill.  […]
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MORE IVF EMBRYO MIS-IMPLANTATIONS

LONDON, ON, May 26 (Lifesitenews.com) – The growing plague of genetic selection and manipulation of the tiniest of human beings through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) has brought with it yet another scandal. For the second time in two months the press has reported on a mix-up in an IVF clinic where a mother was implanted with another couple’s embryo. According to the Canadian Press, officials at the London Health Sciences Centre said no pregnancy resulted from the recent error. What they should have said was that the tiny human being created outside the womb did not survive the implantation procedure. On […]
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

* Rock for Life warned yesterday that profits from the new Lilith Fair CD will go to support abortion. * A Wisconsin state appeals court ruled today that a pregnant woman who told hospital authorities she would try to kill her unborn baby with alcohol cannot be charged with attempted homicide because an unborn child is not a human being. * The Washington Times reports today that radical feminist professor Mary Daly, who refused men in her classes, may be booted from Boston College after losing a court battle to stop the College removing her through early forced retirement. * […]
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UN POPULATION CONTROL HURTS PAKISTAN

UNITED NATIONS, May 25 (Lifesitenews.com) – Reuters reported last week that “The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) urged Pakistan to prepare for a future with an aging population – a future with more older people needing care and fewer younger people contributing to economic growth.” American Life League president Judie Brown questioned: “Why would it be surprising that the very countries, like Pakistan, that have been the target of UNFPA’s consistent demand for fewer children now be the very ones facing projections of an aging population?” Brown called for a review of the philosophy of the population control groups and […]
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DO-NOT-RESUSCITATE VICTIM IS NOW HEALTHY

WINNIPEG, May 25 (Lifesitenews.com) – Less than a year after having to fight in court to remove a do-not resuscitate (DNR) order from her husband’s hospital chart, Helene Sawatzky was informed that her husband Andrew is healthy enough to return home. Doctors at Riverview Health Centre in Winnipeg put the order on Andrew’s chart without consulting his family and they refused to remove it when the family protested. The courts ordered a temporary removal of the DNR order by the hospital until the case could be reviewed. While in court hospital doctors offered grim prospects for Mr. Sawatzky’s future health.  […]
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PRIME MINISTER: COURT RULING DOES NOT AFFECT MARRIAGE

OTTAWA, May 25 (Lifesitenews.com) – A press release from the Prime Minister’s Office Friday stated that the Supreme Court of Canada ruling regarding same-sex benefits in Ontario “does not mean that same sex couples are legally recognized as ‘married.’” The release states further that:  “No jurisdiction in the world recognizes same-sex ‘marriages.’” Picking up on the public shock at the undemocratic fashion in which the courts have dictated Canadian law, Chretien said, “we do not believe that the recognition of same sex couples should be left to the courts. It should be left to Parliament to debate and determine when […]
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

* The Associated Press reported today that a baby boy in China born on a train toilet survived despite being flushed on to the tracks and passed over by another train before being rescued by security guards; he suffered only scrapes and bruises. * President Clinton’s National Bioethics Advisory Commission has recommended rescinding Congress’ ban on funding research on human embryos.
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CANADIANS PAY AMERICANS TO KILL DISABLED BABIES

CALGARY, AB, May 25 (Lifesitenews.com) – Yesterday’s edition of Alberta Report magazine details the top secret eugenic terminations of Canadian Down Syndrome babies whose mothers are secretly taken to the US for gruesome late-term abortions at taxpayers’ expense. On a CBC interview last month Capital Health Region spokesman Donna Angus revealed that Edmonton’s Royal Alexandria Hospital offers mothers with babies who have some “kind of anomaly such as Down’s or spina bifida or some other conditions … beyond the 20-week period,” an all expense paid trip “to the United States if they choose to abort.” Angus however refused to reveal […]
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FERTILITY CLINICS TO BE REGULATED

OTTAWA, May 25 (Lifesitenews.com) – In vitro fertilization (IVF) businesses in other countries have had to make public their success (or failure) rates with the process, but Canada has so far kept the IVF industry unregulated, allowing the fertility business to boom with no accountability.  The Globe and Mail reported today that new legislation would change that situation, requiring fertility clinics to provide the information. With statistics on the success rate of IVF per cycle such as the 22.6% figure from the US,  one can accurately estimate the number of embryos sacrificed to the IVF procedure. Supposing a similar rate […]
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PARENT GUILTY OF ASSAULT AFTER SPANKING

North Lanarkshire, Scotland, May 21, 1999 (Lifesitenews.com) – A Scottish primary school teacher is expected to be fired after being found guilty of assault this week for spanking his seven-year-old daughter. The father was at the dentist’s office and was battling his daughter over having a tooth extracted. He ended up putting her over his knee and spanking her seven times after pulling down her pants. The medical staff called social services to report the incident. The judge ruling on the case argued that he had “no difficulty in concluding that [what was used] was not reasonable force.” The father, […]
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RADIO STATION CHASTENED AFTER HOMOSEXUAL COMMENTS

WINNIPEG, May 21, 2012 (Lifesitenews.com) – Canada’s radio and television regulator, the CRTC, has reprimanded Winnipeg radio station Talk Radio 1290 over remarks made by two program hosts that have been deemed as expressive of “hatred and contempt for homosexuals.” John Collison, the host of the 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. talk radio slot was already fired by the radio station three weeks ago after leading a campaign against a committee ostensibly set up to eliminate homophobia in city high schools. The other talk show host being investigated is Gerald Fast, who hosts the 12:00 to 3 p.m.  call-in show. […]
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DROP IN SPINA BIFIDA LINKED TO ABORTION

SYDNEY, May 21, 1999 (Lifesitenews.com) – The number of Australian babies born with spina bifida has dropped significantly over the past decade according to figures released this week by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. By 1996, the number had dropped to about three for every 10,000 live births from seven in 1987. Tragically, however, behind this apparent good news is evidence that the drop is due to a sharp increase in the numbers of babies aborted due to the detection of spina bifida in preborn children. Over the same period of time, reported Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald on […]
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

– the U.S. House Armed Services Committee has just rejected proposals that would have allowed abortions to be performed on overseas military bases. – Pope JohnPaul II met on Thursday with the German bishops to discuss their refusal so far to end their involvement with abortion counselling. – a lawyer for Jack Kevorkian is preparing a motion seeking a retrial of Kevorkian’s 2nd-  degree murder conviction. – A bill to allow pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions for abortifacient drugs was defeated 33-27 Wednesday in the Oregon legislature. – The current issue of Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviour reports dramatic increases […]
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SUPREME COURT RULES FOR SAME-SEX BENEFITS

OTTAWA, May 20 (Lifesitenews.com) – This morning the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in the MvH case that Ontario’s Family Law Act discriminates against practicing homosexual couples by not allowing them to receive spousal benefits. It ruled that because the homosexual couple may be in a long-term dependency relationship that they should be entitled to benefits under section 29 of the act since that section has already offered spousal benefits beyond married people to common law couples. For more see today’s LifeSite Special Report: Supreme Court Rules for Same-Sex Benefits
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

* Catholic World News reported today that starting in the year 2000, the “Day of the Unborn Child” will be celebrated nationwide on March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation. * WorldNet Daily reports today that author Ray Comfort of Bellflower California scaled a billboard of a naked woman to cover it with a blanket; he said “I don’t want my wife or daughter raped and then murdered by some pervert who gets off on ABC’s lusty picture.” * Pharmacists in Oregon were denied conscience legislation which would have allowed them to refuse to fill prescriptions for the abortive drug […]
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CHASTITY GROUP MAKES BIG NEWS

TORONTO, May 20 (Lifesitenews.com) – Last week the National Post devoted a lengthy article to the new and popular trend among youth and even promoted by some Hollywood stars and professional athletes –  CHASTITY. The Challenge Team, an organization that promotes Chastity with speaking engagements in high schools across Canada is featured prominently in the article. The organization was recently denied charitable status by the federal government for refusing to push condoms and birth control.
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Supreme Court Rules for Same-Sex Benefits

Canada Ruled By Unelected Supreme Court OTTAWA, May 20 (LSN) – This morning the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in the MvH case that Ontario’s Family Law Act discriminates against practicing homosexual couples by not allowing them to receive spousal benefits. It ruled that because the homosexual couple may be in a long-term dependency relationship that they should be entitled to benefits under section 29 of the act since that section has already offered spousal benefits beyond married people to common law couples. Gwen Landolt, a lawyer working for REAL Women of Canada told LifeSite that although this ruling does […]
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD USING RELIGION TO PROMOTE ABORTION

NEW YORK, May 19 (Lifesitenews.com) – The pro-life group STOPP International yesterday called on Planned Parenthood to “stop mocking God.” STOPP was taking aim at PP’s intent to highlight religious support of abortion this year, a plan it announced at its annual meeting last November. Jim Sedlak, director of STOPP, noted that Rev. Howard Moody, minister emeritus of Judson Memorial Church in New York, was presented with the Margaret Sanger Award earlier this year.  Furthermore, Planned Parenthood of Amarillo, Texas is scheduled to have Dr. Daniel McGee, a religion professor from Baylor Baptist University, speak at its annual fund raising […]
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

* Conservative US legislators, the Family Research Council, Radio Talk Show Star Dr. Laura Schlessinger, and others challenged the American Psychological Association last week to renounce a recent study, which advances the normalization of pedophilia. * Zenit news reported last week that the Congress of the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon is planning a referendum to include in the constitution “the right to life from conception until natural death”. * The Australian reported last week that the Australian government’s investigation into the deported pregnant woman who claimed her baby was forcibly aborted has accepted the claims of the Chinese State […]
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PRINCETON GETS BIG HELP IN FIGHTING INFANTICIDE PROF

PRINCETON, NJ, Apr 21 (Lifesitenews.com) – Princeton Students Against Infanticide are getting a big boost in their campaign to oust pro-infanticide professor Dr. Peter Singer from the school’s teaching staff. The Washington Times reported today that Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes, a member of the board of trustees at Princeton University, will ask the school’s president to rescind Singer’s appointment. Singer, a radical animal rights advocate who has equated human and animal life, is set to begin his post at the university in September. The university’s new bioethics professor would allow the killing of disabled infants within the first 28 […]
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STATS CAN RELEASES DIVORCE NUMBERS

OTTAWA, May 19 (Lifesitenews.com) – Statistics Canada released information on divorces in Canada yesterday noting that the number of divorces granted in Canada decreased for the third straight year in 1997. A total of 67,408 couples divorced in 1997, down 5.8% from the previous year and down 14.5% from the most recent high of 78,880 in 1994. StatsCan has long been criticized for making the divorce situation look worse than it really is so as to break down people’s inhibitions about ending their marriages. If one looks at the total number of marriages in existence in 1996 and compares that […]
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SAME-SEX PENSION BATTLE SET FOR PARLIAMENT

OTTAWA, May 18 (Lifesitenews.com) – A bill to be debated next week involving the federal government’s appropriation of the $30 billion surplus in the public service pension plan includes a clause giving benefits to practicing homosexuals. The government seems to have intended to skirt the issue by introducing the pro-homosexualist legislation as simply a small part of a much larger piece of legislation. Pro-family MPs, however, were quick to pick up on the troubling clause of the bill and they are vowing to oppose it. Since all the opposition parties have vowed to oppose the bill for various reasons, the […]
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MORE IVF DANGERS REVEALED AS SPERM BANKS SHUT DOWN

TORONTO, May 18 (Lifesitenews.com) – CTV news reported Monday that three Toronto area sperm banks have been ordered to quarantine all their stock and stop inseminations following Health Canada test results which revealed non-compliance with safety measures. In March an investigation found that the Gamete Services of Toronto, Gamete Biology Laboratories of Hamilton and the C.A.R.E. Centre in Mississauga failed to put their stock through all required tests resulting in concerns that the sperm may not be free from diseases such as AIDS, chlamydia, and gonorrhea. Health Canada has ordered testing for the other 39 sperm banks across the country. […]
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MD’S OFTEN WRONG ON GENETIC DIAGNOSIS

CALGARY, May 18 (Lifesitenews.com) – The media storm around the late-term genetic abortions performed at the Calgary Foothills Hospital seems to have come to an end, but the controversy may soon be revived. Nurses at Calgary Foothills hospital revealed to Alberta Report magazine that babies are sometimes born alive at the hospital through induced labour, then are deprived of hydration,  nutrition and medical attention until their deaths.  Stories are beginning to surface of parents who were offered genetic terminations only to give birth to healthy babies after deciding not to let the medics kill their babies. Yesterday’s Alberta Report published […]
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CORRECTION

In the story on March for Life 1999 yesterday LifeSite incorrectly identified Bishop Robert Mercer as the Anglican Bishop of Canada, he is the Anglican-Catholic Bishop of Canada.
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

* The Canadian Press is reporting today that the NDP government in BC is providing $3,000 for a plan to equip prostitutes with cellular phones; Women’s Equality Minister Sue Hammell defended the program for reasons of safety. * A male nurse in Brazil who has admitted to killing 5 comatose patients and is suspected by police to have killed over 130 was receiving commissions from funeral homes for tipping them off about the deaths. * This week 26 college pro-life activists will walk across the United States in two groups for the fifth annual pro-life event initiated by Crossroads, Inc., […]
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW OF CANADIAN REPORT TO UN DISALLOWED

OTTAWA, May 18 (Lifesitenews.com) – In a split vote the Heritage Committee decided against allowing Parliamentarians to review Canada’s report to the UN regarding child rights. The report is scheduled to be sent to the international organization in the near future. Official Opposition Critic for families, Eric Lowther, condemned the committee’s commitment to secrecy, objecting that “the Heritage Committee said ‘no’ to an opportunity for greater accountability.” During the current term of parliament alone petitions carrying the signatures of 13,000 Canadians concerned about the implications of the child rights convention on parental authority and family solidarity have been submitted to […]
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD PUSHES ABORTIVE PILL IN NOVA SCOTIA

HALIFAX, May 18 (Lifesitenews.com) – Yesterday Planned Parenthood launched a major ad campaign in Nova Scotia pushing the abortive “morning after” pills. Posters promoting the pills have shown up in bus shelters advertising a toll free number where callers can be bombarded with deceptive information. One prominent example of the propaganda says: “Once a woman is already pregnant, emergency contraceptive pills won’t be effective.” This statement implies the revised definitions of “pregnancy” and “conception” which even exist in some modern text books. Pro-abortion groups like to claim that pregnancy begins at implantation (in the lining of the mother’s uterus), not […]
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TORONTO SPERM DONOR DATABASE ON INTERNET

TORONTO, May 17 (Lifesitenews.com) – The disastrous system of in vitro fertilization, which causes the deaths of many tiny human people each year, has reached a new low in Canada. A Toronto sperm bank, known as ReproMed will allow customers to select sperm based on donors’ characteristics.  With its new Data Assisted Donor Selection (D.A.D.S.) program, ReproMed is cashing in on the ethical vacuum around in vitro fertilization and allowing clients to view photos of sperm donors’ eyes, ear, or nose profiles. Eugenic selection by eye and hair colour, once only written about in novels, is now a piercing reality. […]
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HUMAN EMBRYOS UP FOR ADOPTION

OTTAWA, May 17 (Lifesitenews.com) – The law governing new reproductive technologies, promised by Health Minister Allan Rock for later this year, may allow for human embryos left-over from in vitro fertilization to be adopted by other infertile couples. Through an access to information request, the Ottawa Citizen learned that studies commissioned by the government on the issue suggest that normal adoption regulations could be applied to embryo adoption. Such regulation would create a strange paradox since the adoption of regular adoption procedures for embryos will demonstrate a level of concern for them. This would be in stark contrast to the […]
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1999 MARCH FOR LIFE

OTTAWA, May 17 (Lifesitenews.com) – Conservative estimates indicate that about 2,300 people from across Canada participated in the March for Life in Ottawa last Friday, May 14, remembering the over 2 million babies killed by abortion since 1969 in Canada. The event commenced Thursday with a press conference and luncheon with many pro-life MP’s and Senators and then a picket at the headquarters of the Canadian Medical Association. It ended Friday with a march from the Supreme Court to Parliament Hill where pro-life and religious leaders and Members of Parliament spoke to the assembled crowd. Chris Murawsky of Campaign Life […]
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SUPPORT GROUPS FOR MOMS WHO MISCARRY

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, May 17 (Lifesitenews.com) – “From the first moment you are pregnant, you are a mom (and) women deprived of a child through miscarriage should also be recognized on special days,  like Mother’s Day,” say those supporting mothers of children who have died during pregnancy.  Janet Tischler of Parsippany, N.J., who founded the 1,000-member Miscarriage Infant Death Stillbirth Support Group (MIDS)  in 1982 says that women must often suffer in silence because miscarriage is a taboo subject. The groups seeks public permission to grieve the loss of their stillborn babies. The Scripps Howard News Service today features the […]
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

* Wall-Mart USA has announced that it is not going to sell the abortifacient PREVEN to its customers following communications with Pharmacists for Life International. * Animal “rights” terrorists from the Animal Liberation Front attacked two University of Minnesota buildings last month destroying equipment and capturing 100 research animals which according to the University will set back research on Alzheimer’s and other diseases by “years”. * Last month the Mexican pro-life group Pro-Vida launched a lawsuit against the pro-abortion Mexican Family Planning Foundation (Mexfam) for distributing abortifacient pills to adolescents under the guise of “emergency” contraception. * Kenny Hospital in […]
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Quote of the Week

In April Howard Stern, the “shock jock” featured proudly on Toronto’s Q-107 radio station reached new lows with his comments on the Colorado high school massacre. Rocky Mountain News quoted Stern as wondering why the murderers didn’t try to have sex with some of their victims.  Stern claims that his comments were “taken out of context,” begging the question, Exactly what context would have been appropriate? (Source: THE FEDERALIST(r) DIGEST, May 13)
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NEW WEB SITE ON BUBBLE ZONES

INTERNET, May 13 (Lifesitenews.com) – Ted Gerk, the Director of Life InterNet has announced the release of a new web site that features news and information on Bubble Zones. Entitled “The Bubble Zone”, it focuses primarily on the situation in British Columbia, which passed the most draconian legislation anywhere in North America to restrict anti-abortion activity around hospitals and abortion mills.  The website will also feature the latest news on bubble zones around North America, including any attempt to shut down peaceful pro-life opposition to abortion.
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

* As with abortion and same-sex benefits the federal government has again chosen to allow the courts to govern when it comes to the issue of marijuana. Health Minister Allan Rock will not appeal an Ontario court ruling allowing an AIDS patient to smoke marijuana. * Pornographer Larry Flynt (Hustler) was permitted to plea bargain with the crown after all proposed jurors refused to view more than 30 hours of hard-core porn videos; Flynt agreed to pay $10,000; he faced 24 years in jail. * Toronto City Council has made Toronto Island’s popular Hanlan’s Point off-limits to conscientious families by […]
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ONTARIO PARTIES PANDER TO HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVISTS

TORONTO, May 13 (Lifesitenews.com) – Yesterday homosexual activists released a “report card” rating the three main Ontario provincial parties on their performance in pandering to the homosexualist community.  For their overt promises to bring in same-sex legislation, the NDP and the Liberals fared better than the Tories on the pro-homosexual rating scale. However pro-family groups were quick to note that the Tories have done their share of catering to homosexual activism. In October 1997 Ontario Education Minister John Snobelen said it was wrong for the York Region Separate School Board to fire teacher, Joseph Stellpflug, for sodomy. Stellpflug was dismissed […]
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FIRST DAY OF MARCH FOR LIFE A BIG SUCCESS

OTTAWA, May 13 (Lifesitenews.com) – The opening day of the Pro-Life Movement of Canada’s (PLMC) 2-day March for Life campaign has been a resoundingsuccess. The day started with a press conference co-hosted by the PLMC and the Parliamentary Pro-Life Caucus (PPLC). PPLC co-chairs Elsie Wayne, Tom Wappel and Jason Kenney pulled no punches as they spoke of the tragedy of 30 years of legalized abortion in Canada and the need to put an end to the status quo. Progressive Conservative MP Elsie Wayne picked up Maurice Vellacott’s child during the press conference and told the reporters and others in the […]
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MORE PUBLICLY FUNDED PORN FILMS

OTTAWA, May 13 (Lifesitenews.com) – After the revelations of the use of Canadian tax dollars to fund a lesbian porn film Tuesday, Heritage Minister Sheila Copps, attempted to distance herself from the scandal saying employees of the Canada Council who funded the film in 1995 were Mulroney appointees. However,  the Tory who directed Conservative appointments, now Senator Marjory LeBreton, said the Tory appointees were replaced by the Liberal ones after 1993. The National Post reported today on yet another porn film called The Girl Who Would Be King, billed as a “lesbian, drag-king adventure”, which was given $60,000 taxpayers’ dollars. […]
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WHO: AIDS TOP INFECTIOUS KILLER

GENEVA, May 13 (Lifesitenews.com) – The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Tuesday that AIDS reached the top of the list of deadly infectious diseases last year. (Among non-infectious diseases the numbers of deaths remained significantly higher.)  1998 DISEASES DEATHS IN MILLIONS Heart Disease 7.38 Stroke 5.1 Acute Respiratory Failure 3.45 AIDS 2.28 Of note, 2 million of the AIDS deaths occurred in Africa. Also, as LifeSite reported last week,  Health Canada’s Laboratory Centre for Disease Control released statistics this month noting that men who have sex with men (MSM) comprise over 75% of the AIDS cases in Canada last year.
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

* The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Foundation in the US is providing newborn babies with a free classical CD called Smart Symphonies, based on the long held theory that classical music is beneficial to infants’ brain stimulation. (Toronto Star) * The National Post reported today the figures on public funds that went to produce the lesbian porn film Bubbles Galore; $60,000 from the Canada Council, almost $10,000 from the Ontario Film Development Corporation and $40,000 from the Ontario Arts Council. * The Toronto Sun is reporting today that changes to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act will allow […]
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ALLIANCE FOR LIFE LOSES CHARITABLE STATUS APPEAL

OTTAWA, May 12 (Lifesitenews.com) – The Federal Court of Appeal has removed the charitable status of the educational branch of the pro-life movement in Canada. Alliance for Life, is now the second pro-life group to be ruled “political” and, therefore, in violation of its charitable designation (which enables it to issue tax receipts to donors). Human Life International lost a similar court battle in January at the Supreme Court. Also, The Challenge Team, a youth organization that promotes chastity, has been refused charitable status for refusing to push condoms and birth control. Anna Desilets, acting manager of Alliance told LifeSite […]
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HOSPITALS MUST ALLOW NURSES FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE

OTTAWA, May 12 (Lifesitenews.com) – As politicians in the House of Commons wax eloquent about the value of nurses in honour of Nursing Week (May 10-16), they have carefully avoided the issue of nurses’  ‘conscience rights’ despite the recent high profile coverage of the violation of these constitutional rights at Calgary’s Foothills hospital and the Markham-Stouffville hospital in Ontario. In Ontario, however, the Family Coalition Party is trying to make this a high profile issue,  demanding substantive protection for these faithful women and men who care for us during some of the most painful and vulnerable times of our lives. […]
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NEW REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY LAW COMING IN CANADA

OTTAWA, May 11 (Lifesitenews.com) – This fall the Liberal government will finally introduce legislation to regulate new reproductive technologies (NRT). According to the Ottawa Citizen, it will “ban human cloning, the creation of human-animal hybrids, paying surrogate mothers to bear children and removing sperm or eggs from human corpses.” The legislation will also set up a governmental regulatory body to regulate human genetic and reproductive technologies. This will govern issues such as sperm and egg donation and storage. Canada is one of the few countries where, as with abortion, there is no law restricting or regulating NRTs. Despite a 5-year, […]
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CAIRO +5 UPDATE

NEW YORK, May 11 (Lifesitenews.com) – Last Wednesday another negotiating session took place at the United Nations in preparation for the upcoming five year review of the Cairo conference on population and development. The meeting was made necessary because the developing nations are becoming increasingly submissive to the extremism and imperialistic attitudes of radical feminist delegations from western nations, including Canada. Illustrating the conflict over sex related issues, the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, reporting from the UN, said that “during a debate on the financial assistance for the AIDs epidemic, the G-77 attempted to get reference to malaria, […]
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FEDERAL AND ONTARIO TAXES GO TO LESBIAN PORN FILM

TORONTO, May 11 (Lifesitenews.com) – The National Post reported today that the Canadian federal and Ontario provincial governments used taxpayers’ money to fund a pornographic film about lesbians dubbed “a feminist sex fantasy.” The film called Bubbles Galore was exposed when it received the best film award at the FREAKZONE International Festival of Trash Cinema in France. NP reports that “the Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Telefilm Canada, and Ontario Film Development Corporation” are all recognized in the film’s credits for their “generous financial assistance’.”
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COMPANY TO MARKET ABORTION KIT IN CANADA

TORONTO, May 11 (Lifesitenews.com) – This morning Roberts Pharmaceutical Corporation announced an agreement with Gynetics Inc. whereby Roberts received exclusive Canadian marketing rights to PREVEN(TM), the so-called “emergency contraception kit.” The US marketing of PREVEN has met with strong resistance from pro-life forces. Judie Brown of American Life League referred tot PREVEN as nothing more than “a do-it-yourself abortion kit.” Since the emergency contraception kits are designed to work even after fertilization/conception (for up to 72 hours into pregnancy), pro-lifers treat them as a form of abortion. Roberts Pharmaceuticals Canada has recently launched a drug on the Canadian market known […]
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

* 200 Canadian and US pro-lifers gathered on the Rainbow Bridge overlooking Niagara Falls Sunday for the 22nd annual International Mother’s Day Walk for Life. * Pro-abortion Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author Anna Quindlen has withdrawn as the commencement speaker at Villanova University thanks to the objections of pro-life students and citizens. * Legislators in Missouri passed a law last week ensuring that Planned Parenthood cannot use state funds to subsidize abortion. (with files from Pro-Life E-News)
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ITALY: 10-20 YEAR JAIL TERM FOR CLONING HUMANS

ROME, May 10 (Lifesitenews.com) – A proposed bioethics law in Italy will put scientists in jail for 10-20 years for cloning human embryos. Also, those who engineer fertilization using semen from a donor apart from the married couple, or who use a dead husband’s sperm will incur sentences of 3-10 years. On top of the jail terms, fines from $60,000-$180,000 have been proposed. Scientists found guilty would also lose the right to continue their practice. Shamefully Canada has no law to govern cloning and the practice of other reproductive technologies. (with files from Zenit News)
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AUSTRALIA TO INVESTIGATE FORCED ABORTION IN CHINA

CANBERRA, Australia, May 10 (Lifesitenews.com) – The Australian government announced today it will launch an independent investigation into the case of a Chinese woman who was forcibly aborted after her deportation from Australia. The investigation was urged by Australian Senator Brian Harradine,  the opposition Labour Party and Amnesty International. Harradine broke the story in early May when he revealed that the woman had begged for refugee status in Australia so she could escape China’s notorious one-child policy and give birth to her second child. Despite assurances by Australian authorities that she would not be forced to undergo an abortion in […]
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

* Catholic World News reported last week that Brazil’s President received a letter signed by all the country’s Catholic bishops asking him to veto a new abortion law that allows for the procedure in cases of rape, and which reduces the punishment for illegal abortions. * The Quebec provincial government introduced a bill last Thursday which would alter 39 laws and regulations giving homosexual couples the same rights as heterosexual couples. *  Got a message for Jack Kevorkian? Pro-Life Info-Net has published his address as Jack Kevorkian, Prisoner #284797, Oaks Correctional Facility, Eastlake MI 49626.
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ABORTION PROVIDERS ARRESTED AND JAILED

CHICAGO, May 10 (Lifesitenews.com) – Anthony T. Centracchio, who, according to the Associated Press, is “reputed to be among the five most powerful organized crime figures in Chicago” was arrested May 3, accused of heading a huge gambling and extortion racket. Centracchio was the owner of the A.C.T. Medical Clinic, an abortuary which he used to carry out many of his illegal activities. In another abortuary story, two women who ran an illegal abortion practice in their home in Saudia Arabia have been sentenced to two years in prison and 700 lashes each. A doctor who was caught last month […]
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UGANDAN MARIE STOPES OPERATION SHUT DOWN

KAMPALA, Uganda, May 10 (Lifesitenews.com) – Marie Stopes, a partner with International Planned Parenthood in promoting worldwide abortion on demand, has been stopped in Uganda. Africa News reported that the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners’ Council suspended Marie Stopes Uganda last week for allegedly committing illegal abortions. Officials from the organization claimed they were not procuring abortions but were involved in “family planning services.” The London headquaters of Marie Stopes International gained notoriety in England in July 1997 for its offering of a “lunchtime” abortion service. (with files from Pro-Life E-News)
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CONSERVATIVES CONCERNED “HUMAN RIGHTS” EXPANSION

OTTAWA, May 7 (Lifesitenews.com) – Federal Justice Minister Anne McLellan has confirmed some of the worst fears of conservatives with her announcement of a review of the Canadian Human Rights Act (CHRA). Ms. McLellan’s announcement on April 8 of the review indicates an intent to strengthen the legislation and to improve the ability to prosecute people for “human rights” violations. In the course of the review, the panel has been asked to consider the value of adding yet another category of discrimination – “social condition.” For more see today’s LifeSite Special Report reprinted with permission from the Conservative Times:  Liberals […]
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POLL: 71% OF AMERICANS SUPPORT ABORTION RESTRICTIONS

WASHINGTON, May 7 (Lifesitenews.com) – A USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll shows 27% of Americans in favour of legal abortion in all circumstances. The true percentage for those who would be against all abortions are unknown since the poll lumped those who would allow for abortion to save the life of the mother in with those who would okay abortion in cases of rape and incest. The poll showed 16%  against all abortions and 55% who would allow legal abortion only in the aforementioned cases. Over 60% are in favour of banning partial-birth abortion. Meanwhile the “pro-life” label has gained 42% acceptance […]
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FORMER MPP RUNNING FOR FAMILY COALITION PARTY

TORONTO, May 7 (Lifesitenews.com) – Giuseppe Gori, Leader of the Family Coalition Party announced Wednesday that Michael Spensieri, former Liberal MPP for the riding of Yorkview, will run as a candidate for the FCP in the Toronto riding of York Centre. Mr. Spensieri was a member of the Justice Committee and served as shadow cabinet critic for the ministry of Correctional Services,  Attorney General and Solicitor General in the Bill Davis Parliament. If elected, the 50-year-old international business lawyer and father of four would be the first MPP representing the FCP in the Ontario Legislature.
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Liberals to Strengthen ‘Human Rights’

Reproduced by LifeSite with permission of The Conservative Times – May/June 1999 By Tim Bloedow Federal Justice Minister Anne McLellan has confirmed some of the worst fears of conservatives with her announcement of a review of the Canadian Human Rights Act (CHRA). Dick Field, chairman of the Voice of Canadians Committees (VOCC), calls it a put-up job, comparing it with someone who asks the local arsonist how to stop the fires that are razing houses on his street. Reform Justice Critic, John Reynolds, called the panel “an incestuous little group.” And said the purpose of this exercise is “to feed […]
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POLICE AND COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS INVESTIGATE INFANTICIDE

CALGARY, AB, May 6 (Lifesitenews.com) – Calgary police and the Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons have announced they will launch investigations into the late-term abortion practices at Calgary’s Foothills hospital. Calgary Reform MP Jason Kenney had written to the police and Alberta’s Justice Minister requesting an investigation into the matter following Alberta Report magazine’s expose of the horrific situation there. For the article that started it all go to: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/1999/april/990409a.html (page currently unavailable) Sources: Pro-Life E-News, Edmonton Sun
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

* The Ontario election has been called for June 3. The only pro-life party contesting the election is the Family Coalition Party. * An April 13 deal cut between the Markham-Stoufville Hospital and eight pro-life nurses was finally approved by the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) last week. The nurses were seeking compensation for being forced out of their jobs for refusing to participate in abortion for religious reasons. * A three judge panel of the Sixth U-S Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati has ruled that a law requiring parental consent for abortion in Tennessee for those under 18 […]
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JAMES KOPP CHARGED IN ABORTIONIST’S MURDER

BUFFALO, NY, May 6 (Lifesitenews.com) – James Kopp, who was being sought by police as a potential witness to the shooting of abortionist Barnett Slepian, has now been charged with the abortionist’s murder.  Although police have not been able to find or speak with Kopp he is now being sought as a suspect. For a profile on James Kopp from the Wanderer see: Investigators Cast a Wide Net To Find Abortionist’s Murderer
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RETIREE BIKES FROM WINDSOR TO OTTAWA TO PROMOTE MARCH FOR LIFE

KITCHENER, ON, May 6 (Lifesitenews.com) – Rev. Eugene Parabo a retired educator living in North Bay, Ontario is biking 870 km from Windsor to Ottawa to promote the May 14 March for Life. The 2-day March for Life activities in Ottawa on May 13-14 commemorate the 2 million children killed during the past 30 years in Canada. The first law legalizing abortion was passed on May 14, 1969. Mr. Parabo, who was a post-abortion counsellor and has six children of his own, began his trek Sunday and has stopped in Chatham, Sarnia, London, Woodstock and Kitchener. Tomorrow he will travel […]
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SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR LATIMER APPEAL

OTTAWA, May 6 (Lifesitenews.com) – As predicted yesterday the Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear an appeal in the case of Robert Latimer who was sentenced to a minimum of 10 years imprisonment for killing his disabled daughter, Tracy, in 1993. For more see yesterday’s LifeSiteNews article: SUPREME COURT LIKELY TO HEAR LATIMER APPEAL
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MARKETING HUMAN ORGANS IN AMERICA

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 6 (Lifesitenews.com) – A panel of advisers to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge has come up with a plan to pay for organ donations. A 1984 federal law makes paying for organs a criminal offense, but the panel is sure that their plan is legal. The fact that the money will be given to funeral homes, not to relatives, appears to be the basis for their claim that the initiative complies with the law. The plan would see funeral homes given $300 dollars for organ donations to defer funeral expenses. A trust fund set up to start the […]
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

* The Associated Press reported Monday that in-utero laser surgery on twins in Florida has “miraculously” saved one of the babies from death by re-routing amniotic fluid so that it is evenly distributed to each of the twins. * The Amarillo Texas Globe-News reported in march that conservative Protestants are moving against artificial birth control to such a degree that fertility rates among them are beginning to challenge those of Catholic families. * The National Post is reporting today that a Commons committee has recommended replacing Social Insurance Numbers for Canadians with “smart cards.” * The National Post also reported […]
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MALE INFERTILITY VACCINE

BRISTOL, U.K. May 5 (Lifesitenews.com) – Scientists from Bristol University in England have discovered a protein in human males which protects sperm from damage. GPX5, as the protein has been named, is reportedly manufactured only in the reproductive tract, and scientists aim to attack the body’s natural release of the protein. Another project is to create a vaccine that would have the body create anti-bodies to GPX5, thus making for long-term disabling of the protection for sperm. Today’s National Post (NP) reports that Glaxo Wellcome, a large pharmaceutical company, is pursuing this research Dr. Len Hall heads up the project. […]
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POPE TO CAIRO +5: RIGHT TO LIFE TOPS ALL HUMAN RIGHTS

VATICAN, May 5 (Lifesitenews.com) – Another negotiating session is taking place at the UN over the next three days in preparation for the Cairo+5 meeting in June. Cairo+5 will review the implementation of the Cairo agenda by signatory nations over the past five years. Pope John Paul II responded today to the predictable pro-abortion, population control comments from many of the delegates there. He reminded those at the conference that, in 1994, during the original Population Conference in Cairo, “the Holy See had reiterated insistently that human life be put at the center of any development program.” “This means,” he […]
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SUPREME COURT LIKELY TO HEAR LATIMER APPEAL

OTTAWA, May 5 (Lifesitenews.com) – The Supreme Court of Canada will likely announce tomorrow that it will hear Robert Latimer’s appeal of his “mercy-killing” conviction and sentence. Crown prosecutors are backing portions of the appeal saying that the controversy over constitutional exemptions from sentences needs to be addressed by the highest court since it is “a question of national importance.” Recalling last November’s announcement by Justice Minister Anne McLellan that the federal government would likely intervene if the Latimer case was heard by the Supreme Court of Canada,  pro-life leaders are worried. At the time McLellan would not divulge the […]
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DEPORTED WOMAN FORCIBLY ABORTED IN CHINA

MELBOURNE, Australia, May 5 (Lifesitenews.com) – Australian Senator Brian Harradine revealed to the press that a Chinese pregnant woman who begged for refugee status in Australia so she could bear her second child there was forcibly aborted after her deportation. Despite assurances by Australian authorities that she would not be forced to undergo an abortion in China, the woman’s unborn baby was killed just ten days before her due date. “She is absolutely devastated, I am told you cannot recognise [her as] the same person,” said the Senator. Sources: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Pro-Life E-News
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HARRIS DOWN ON PRIVATE SCHOOLS – NO CHOICE FOR PARENTS

TORONTO, May 4 (Lifesitenews.com) – The Ontario Progressive Conservative government has come out against the idea of school vouchers or charter schools. On Saturday Premier Mike Harris was quoted in the National Post saying “We want a public education system that Ontario parents and families have so much confidence in that they’ll never want to send their children to any other private school.” Some conservative MPPs and supporters had hoped that the government would introduce a school voucher system, which would allow parents to send their children and their tax money to the school of their choice. With this statement […]
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NATIONAL REVIEW ENCOURAGES PRO-LIFERS

NEW YORK, May 4 (Lifesitenews.com) – In the May 17 edition of the National Review, editor Ramesh Ponnuru devotes the feature article to encouraging pro-life forces: Don’t give up! Ponnuru recalls the 1992 comment of columnist Charles Krauthammer who then said, “The great abortion debate is over.” The National Review notes that “since then, pro-lifers have added about three dozen congressmen, a dozen senators, and four governors to their ranks; they have twice passed in Congress a bill banning some abortions and come close to overriding the president’s vetoes of it; they have moved the debate over abortion to ground […]
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HOMICIDE TOPS LIST OF INFANT DEATH BY INJURY CAUSES

May 4 (Lifesitenews.com)-  A US government study has found that homicide is the leading cause in the death of infants due to injury. Looking at children under one year of age, researchers from the National Institute of Child Health and Development identified a total of 10,370 injury deaths over the 9-year study period from 1983-91. According to CNN researcher examined birth an death certificates to find that “homicide, including battery, shaking and throwing the child, accounted for 23 percent of all injury deaths.” The study, in this month’s Pediatrics journal carried the following chart: Causes Of Early Childhood Death From […]
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

* A Vancouver area walk-for-life was disturbed this week by pro-aborts who had plastered telephone polls along the route with pornographic anti-H.L.I posters. * The National Post is reporting today that Calgary High School students are asking for school uniforms so as to curb school violence. * Last week Florida’s senate approved a pro-life “Choose Life” license plate, Gov. Bush already promised to sign the bill. * The Washington Times is reporting that the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled yesterday that the United States, not the United Nations,  decides when an illegal alien is entitled to political asylum. * WorldNetDaily […]
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AIDS SEEN MOSTLY AMONG HOMOSEXUALISTS SAY STATS

OTTAWA, May 3 (Lifesitenews.com) – Health Canada’s Laboratory Centre for Disease Control released statistics this month noting that men who have sex with men (MSM) comprise over 75% of the 16, 236 AIDS cases reported to the Bureau of HIV/AIDS, STD and TB. “Of 14,917 male AIDS cases, 11,532 (77%)  were attributed to MSM and an additional 713 (4.8%) were attributed to the combined category of MSM and injection drug use.” Despite attempts by homosexual activists to minimize the association between homosexual behaviour and AIDS, government data still shows that the disease is strongly affiliated with the homosexualist sub-culture.
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COURT ORDERED NEWS BLACKOUT ON ALBERTA HOSPITAL INFANTICIDES

CALGARY, May 3 (Lifesitenews.com) – Alberta Report Magazine, which last month exposed the Foothills hospital in Calgary for their infanticide practice and its policy forcing nurses to perform these “genetic abortions,” was ordered Friday by a court not to publish anything based on leaked documentation of the facts.  Justice Roy Deyell also ordered the Alberta Report to turn over the names of any individuals or organizations who had information from the source documents that they had been given. The Calgary Regional Health Authority (CHRA) was given the interim injunction pending a hearing into the case. Physicians for Life condemned the […]
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NEW AIDS STRATEGY: MORE OF THE SAME

OTTAWA, May 3 (Lifesitenews.com) – New HIV/AIDS prevention guidelines released yesterday are set to follow the same failed methods that sex-ed programs have been experimenting with these many years –  graphic sex talk. The controversial guidelines put out by the Canadian AIDS Society were supported by Health Canada and will cost taxpayers $100,000. Commenting on the graphic nature of the document, Terrence Stewart, chairman of the Canadian AIDS Society said, “I know there will be a lot of shock.” A study by condom manufacturer Durex last September demonstrated the detrimental effects of sex-education. The report indicated that Canada and the […]
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CLC PRESS RELEASE

May 3 (Lifesitenews.com) “Infanticide is still illegal in Canada,” said Campaign Life Coalition national organizer Mary Ellen Douglas. “Could that be the reason Foothills Hospital wants to silence reports of aborted babies born alive and then left to die?” Mrs. Douglas said CLC is gravely concerned about an apparent cover-up of how certain late-term abortions are being handled at the Calgary health care facility. Last week, the hospital and the Calgary Regional Health Authority obtained a court order forbidding Alberta Report to publish the allegations of three nurses, who say they have been told not to give full care to […]
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