Articles for Month: August 1999

VANCOUVER, Aug. 3 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last year an out-of-court settlement was reached over the failed abortion of now 12-year-old Ximena Renaerts. Last week the amount of that settlement – $8.7 million – was made public after a BC judge rejected Vancouver General hospital’s attempt to keep the figure secret.  The case of Ximena gripped the hearts of pro-life Canadians across the country because she was one of the few survivors of Canada’s abortion industry and, in her terribly handicapped state,  was a testimony to all Canadians of the horrible results abortion exacts on real people.  Ximena was born alive despite […]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Population Research Institute (PRI) is one of many American organizations angered by the renewal of normal trade relations (NTR) status with China by the House of Representatives. For years socially conscious legislators as well as many pro-family groups like PRI and Family Research Council (FRC) have been fighting to have China’s trade status downgraded over on-going reports of serious human rights abuses in the country. PRI’s particular concern is the communist country’s one-child policy. NTR status was renewed in the House by a vote of 260 to 170. The decision “sends the wrong signal to […]