Articles for Month: October 2000

The Federalist Digest has given its monthly “Cultural Devolution” Award to the Gleitsman Foundation, which has bestowed a $100,000 “citizen activist” award on convicted murderer and euthanasia activist Jack Kevorkian. The BBC reports today that pro-life groups are to launch a court case in an attempt to stop the operation to separate Siamese twins Jodie and Mary from going ahead.  https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_999000/999789.stm

Latimer Showed Jesus’ Mercy by Killing His Disabled Daughter EDMONTON, Oct 31 (LSN.ca) – A government-funded production at the Provincial Museum of Alberta on “Anno Domini: Jesus Through the Centuries” began October 7 and runs till January 2, 2001. A report in the Edmonton Sun and distributed by Pro-Life E-News reveals that a portion of the exhibit features a video on the Beatitudes from Christ’s Sermon on the Mount. When the video deals with “Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy,“it presents convicted killer Robert Latimer. Groups representing the disabled were disgusted that Latimer who killed his 12-year-old […]

VATICAN CITY, Oct 31 (LSN.ca) – A document released today by the Pontifical Academy for Life describes in detail the method of operation of the morning-after pill and concludes that “it is clear that in fact the morning-after pill is nothing other than an abortion procured by chemical means.” The document encourages health care workers to practice “conscientious objection” against the “aggression” aimed at the “human embryo.” The Pontifical Academy slammed the misleading labeling of the abortifacient drugs as “emergency contraception.” The letter notes that “it is never lawful to arbitrarily decide that the human individual has greater or lesser […]

NEW YORK, Oct 31 (LSN.ca) – All over the US, Cardinals and Bishops have been exhorting the faithful to participate in the upcoming elections and reminding them that the first and most important issue to consider when selecting a candidate is their stand on abortion. The following quotes are from recent statements by the Bishops on the election: Edward M. Egan Archbishop of New York, October 29, 2000 “In two weeks all of us will have an opportunity to choose leaders for our nation, our state and our local communities who share our commitment to fundamental rights for the unborn, […]

TORONTO, Oct 31 (LSN.ca) – On Wednesday October 25 former pro-abortion activist Merle Terlesky offered an abortion clinic worker outside the Cabbage Town Women’s Clinic a pamphlet for the upcoming Canada Pro-Life 2000 conference. When the worker, known as Gloria, did not take the pamphlet, Terlesky placed it on the ground at her feet. He told LifeSite that she then attempted to kick him in the head, but he blocked the kick with his hand resulting in a sprained thumb. Charges have been laid with Constable Stelles of Toronto’s 52 Division. When telephoned by the police about the assault, abortuary […]

Assisted suicide, while already decriminalized in Switzerland has now been invited into Zurich’s homes for the elderly. Zenit News reports that Robert Neukomm, head of the Zurich Health Department, has allowed “assisted suicide” advocates into the homes where they were formerly banned. The new move will thus encourage use of the practice.  https://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=8653 Use of RU-486 has been permitted in Bermuda. In a Bermuda Sun report circulated by Pro-Life E-News, Bermuda’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Cann said that there are no barriers to the importation and use of the drug and it has been confirmed that at least one […]

WASHINGTON, DC, Oct 30 (LSN.ca) – Catholic World News reported that on Thursday the US House of Representatives passed a bill that would block Oregon’s legalized physician-assisted suicide, but President Bill Clinton has vowed to veto the bill. The legislation would amend the 1970 Controlled Substances Act to make it clear that doctors cannot use narcotic drugs, such as morphine, to intentionally cause patients’ deaths. At the same time, it would recognize that such drugs can be legitimately prescribed to control terminally-ill patients’ pain—even if the large doses required may hasten their deaths. For more see the CWN story at:  […]

VANCOUVER, Oct 30 (LSN.ca) – The British Columbia government has brushed aside safety concerns and plans to offer abortifacient morning-after pills directly from pharmacists without a doctor’s consultation as of December 1. Last Thursday, Premier Ujjal Dosanjh announced that the provincial government had altered the law to allow the bypass of a doctor’s assessment. Brenda Osmond, deputy registrar of the College of Pharmacists of B.C., said that pharmacists who have moral or religious objections to the pill can opt out of distribution by not taking the training program. She did not however suggest that pharmacies would be forbidden to require […]

VANCOUVER, Oct 30 (LSN.ca) – Pro-life heroine Mary Wagner was arrested and released last Tuesday as reported by LifeSite, but one day after her release she was again arrested and held another two nights in prison for no understood reason. Originally, on Tuesday, Wagner was picked out of a crowd of onlookers watching three pro-lifers engaged in civil disobedience at Vancouver’s Everywoman’s abortuary. She was arrested for violating bail conditions – none of which she was forced to sign or promise to uphold. After her arrest she was released the same day after being told that her probation forbids her […]

VANCOUVER, Oct 30 (LSN.ca) – The pro-life GAP display which took place Wednesday at the University of British Columbia went extremely well according to BC pro-life leaders. Ted Gerk of the BC Pro-life Resource Centre told LifeSite that police officers and university security prevented opponents from shielding the pro-life display with bed sheets. Stephanie Gray, of UBC’s pro-life group Lifeline said that the display, which features large posters of aborted babies and compares them to images of victims of the Nazi holocaust, attracted much attention and fruitful debate. Gray said over 400 pamphlets were handed out and they had “great […]

BC pro-lifer Mary Wagner, who was arrested as an innocent by-stander yesterday, was released that afternoon at 4:30 pm BC time. She was told that her probation forbids her from any attending at an abortuary even though she refused to sign any agreement promising to stay away. See yesterday’s story at:  https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2000/oct/001024.html#3 Mother Angelica discusses the many issues pertaining to the upcoming elections – in particular the importance of moral implications of the vote. (Wait till after the first few minutes)  https://www.ewtn.com/vondemand/audio/resolve.asp?rafile=mal102400.ra New Zealand’s secondary teachers union has published a handbook for teachers promoting homosexuality. The handbook, out next month, […]

WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (LSN.ca) – Congressional negotiators have agreed on a $14.9 billion foreign aid measure which will allow US monies to be used to pay for abortion and abortion lobbying overseas. The agreement allows for $425 million to overseas “family planning programs”, up from last year’s $385 million. Pro-lifers were however able to ensure that no monies would be spent until Feb. 15, leaving the decision to the next US President. Commenting on the decision, pro-life Rep. Christopher Smith said, “First and foremost, it’s not good . . . (but) the real outcome will be decided on Nov. 7 […]

LONDON, Oct 25 (LSN.ca) – The hospital, which is holding the joined Siamese twins Jodie and Mary, is planning to go ahead with the separation of the twins, which will cause the death of at least one of the children. The parents who are devout Catholics tried to fight the decision in the courts but lost. While the hospital, St Mary’s in Manchester, is choosing to perform the separation sanctioned by the Court of Appeal last month, it is refusing to make public the date when the operation will occur. A spokesman for the hospital told BBC “The operation will […]

SAN DIEGO, Oct 25 (LSN.ca) – For the first time US scientists have admitted publicly to creating human embryos knowing that they will be used for experimentation which will cause their deaths. While scientists have long used human embryos for such revolting ends, the embryos used were those “left over” from fertility treatments. The current research from Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Virginia created 40 human embryos with ova and sperm donations from young, healthy donors. The study, revealed at a reproductive medicine conference yesterday, harvested 162 mature ova from 12 young women and created human embryos using frozen […]

A publication of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops and their own Candidates Questionnaire for the 2000 presidential candidates have upset pro-lifers who suggest allowing Al Gore to pretend he is against partial-birth abortion without comment or explanation is a severe blow to the pro-life cause.  https://www.nationalreview.com/nr_comment/nr_commentprint102000a.html See the questionnaire and the CNS story at:  https://www.nccbuscc.org/ogl/questionnaire.htm https://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/20001016.htm

In a clear message to the Netherlands which is currently moving on legislation to allow homosexual marriage, Pope John Paul II told the new ambassador to the Vatican from the Netherlands: ““no form of relation between persons can be considered equal to the natural relation between a man and a woman, who through their love give life to children.”  https://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=8431

Federal government is launching immediate appeal CALGARY, Oct 24 (LSN.ca) – The “Gag Law” which set federal spending limits on third-party advertising during election campaigns has been placed on temporary hold by an Alberta judge after a Charter challenge by the National Citizens’ Coalition. The new law was of concern to pro-life groups since it would have limited third-party expenditures on advocacy advertising nationally and in any given constituency during the course of a campaign and would have required bureaucratic reporting of spending and lists of donors who gave over a certain amount. One requirement remains in effect. Citizens or […]

NEW YORK, Oct 24 (LSN.ca) – An Orthodox Jewish rabbinical court in New York has formally sanctioned Vice Presidential hopeful Senator Joseph Lieberman. According to the Conservative News Service, the New York Torah Court stated that Lieberman caused “grave scandal” for the Jewish religion “by the fact that, while claiming to be an observant Jew, [he] has been misrepresenting and falsifying to the American people the teachings of the Torah against partial birth infanticide, against special privileges and preferential treatment for flaunting homosexuals, and against religious intermarriage of Jews.” Rabbi Joseph Friedman, a spokesman and participant in the rabbinical court, […]

GUELPH, ON, Oct 24 (LSN.ca) – Catholic Women’s League (CWL) life member Jakki Jeffs responded to the CWL president’s letter threatening to revoke her Life Member status for speaking out against CWL support of the World March of Women. Mrs. Jeffs challenged the CWL’s claim that her signature on the Life Membership Application … “affirmed implicit support and service to national council with loyalty to the League as called for in the League Promise…..”. She notes “when I gave my promise to ‘… cooperate with League officers in all programs under their direction …’ I did so believing that my […]

All-Time-Low Teen Birth Rate Figures Tainted With Blood OTTAWA, Oct 24 (LSN.ca) – Statistics Canada released a report on Teenage Pregnancy Friday which noted that for the first time, statistics are showing that Canadian pregnant teens aged 15-19 aborted most of their babies. The report says that “in 1997, for the first time, the percentage of teenage pregnancies ending in abortion (50.3%) surpassed that of live births (46.8%). The remaining 2.9% of pregnancies ended in a miscarriage or stillbirth.” Thus the news that the number of births and the birth rate of teens reached an “at all-time low” in 1997 […]

Based on erroneous news reports LifeSite reported that Thailand had become the 22nd country to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. In fact, Thailand signed the Statute on October 2 but has yet to ratify the Statute

Falsified Info on FDA Application WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (LSN.ca) – Congressional researchers have discovered that the Chinese company producing RU-486 for the US market has been charged formerly with bringing impure drugs into the US. Moreover, on an October 1999 inspection of the plant by the FDA, the plant copied data from another application while filling out required paperwork, rather than using data from its own laboratory tests, reports the Los Angeles Times today. Douglas Johnson of the National Right to Life Committee, called it “appalling” that the FDA approved production of the drug “by a Chinese plant that has […]

WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (LSN.ca) – The US Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a letter Friday responding to requests that they “lend support to a ban on partial-birth abortion that would include an exception for the health of the mother.” Galveston-Houston Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza, the president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops/U.S. Catholic Conference, and Baltimore archbishop, Cardinal William H. Keeler, chairman of the Conference’s Pro-life Activities Committee, responded saying “We look for the elimination of abortion, beginning with the banning of partial birth abortion, without reservation or exception.” For the NCCB press release at:  https://www.nccbuscc.org/comm/archives/2000/00-255.htm

Demand and profitability soar as new technology increases access ease and anonymity   NEW YORK, Oct 23 (LSN.ca) – In a revealing report today on the big business behind the $10 billion a year U.S. pornography industry, the New York Times reveals the who and the how of the erosion of civilization. The lengthy Times report is titled “Erotica Inc.—A special report” and subtitled “Technology sent wall street into market for pornography.” While most thought of Hustler’s Larry Flynt as a kingpin in the porn industry, the Times reveals that the General Motors Corporation now sells more graphic sex films […]

GUELPH, ON, Oct 23 (LSN.ca) – LifeSite has learned that the National Executive of the Catholic Women’s League has threatened to revoke the “life member” status of Jakki Jeffs, a devout Catholic and committed member of the group. Her crime was speaking out against the League’s support of the feminist World March of Women 2000. In a letter to Jeffs, dated October 10, CWL National President Vivian Bosch expresses her “dismay and disappointment on learning that your opinions, in your capacity as a life member, have been repeatedly and consistently quoted in the press on the World March of Women […]

BOSTON, Oct 23 (LSN.ca) – The Bishops of the four Roman Catholic dioceses in Massachusetts have issued an election statement calling on Catholics to exercise their “moral obligation” to vote and to recognize the “absolute centrality” of the protection of human life when choosing candidates on Election Day, Tuesday, November 7. In the letter, Cardinal Bernard Law, Archbishop of Boston, Bishop Thomas Dupre of Springfield, Bishop Sean O’Malley of Fall River and Bishop Daniel Reilly of Worcester vow: “We will never cease to denounce abortion and euthanasia and teach all Catholics that to support those positions is to support death […]

“Don’t vote for anyone who doesn’t strongly have a pro-life position.” – Democrat Ray Flynn, previously Clinton’s ambassador to the Vatican and former mayor of Boston, now head of the Catholic Alliance, urging his fellow Catholics not to vote for Gore. From Federalist Digest

National Post Removes Restrictions on ‘anti-Trudeau pieces’ Finally, the National Post newspaper has published a full 2 page article balancing the mindless Trudeaumania that has filled the media since the death of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. See George Jonas’ refreshingly frank and well-researched Oct. 16 article “The evil men do lives after them”. Jonas writes that “In the year 2000, obsessive partiality to Mr. Trudeau’s legacy presupposes either ignorance of what his legacy is, or a mental disorder.” Mark Steyn also wrote an extensive article on the same theme in the Oct. 19 National Post. Steyn complains in his […]

An exceptionally well-argued article against RU-486 is available from the Omaha World-Herald written by Michelle Malkin. A definite must read.  https://new.omaha.com/index.atp?u_div=3&u_hdg=4&u_fuse=column&u_sid=26492

OTTAWA, Oct 20 (LSN.ca) – As the Canadian federal election gets underway LifeSite will be issuing regular political reports on candidates and other political happenings of interest to pro-life and pro-family voters. *Employee of Catholic Church Running for Officially Pro-Abortion Party LifeSite has learned that Carl Hetu, a Coordinator for the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace is running for the New Democratic Party which holds as its official policy a woman’s “right” to abortion as well as the “right” of homosexuals to “marry”. *Best Speech In House This Week Canadian Alliance MP Derek Konrad (Prince Albert) said in […]

NEW YORK, Oct 20 (LSN.ca) – Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia have discovered that they can coax human primitive fat cells to grow into bone cells. The researchers note that fat is easily accessible and there is usually an overabundance of it available. Dr. Louis P. Bucky and colleagues presented their work Tuesday in Los Angeles at a meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Scientists at the meeting noted “In the future, liposuction may provide an abundant source of stem cells that are easily obtained.” If the fat cells can be coaxed to grow into […]

WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (LSN.ca) – In the US, a Zogby poll released today noted 66% (26.3% against) of Americans are in favour of legally requiring doctors to notify parents when minors seek abortions. Interestingly, the majority results remained regardless of political affiliation with 86.1% of Republicans agreeing as well as 51.6% of Democrats and 61.2% of independents. Similarly, on the question of partial-birth abortion 52.8% favoured the stance of Presidential candidate George Bush who seeks to ban the gruesome procedure position. 35.6% were found to agree with Al Gore who has said he would veto any measure seeking to ban […]

VANCOUVER, Oct 20 (LSN.ca) – An Internet poll on the morning-after pill being distributed in Vancouver is being taken by the Vancouver Sun. The Question: “Do you think the morning-after pill should be available as over-the-counter medication?” The results as of 1:30 pm today: 494 (60%) Yes 309 (38%) No 18 (2%) Not sure. To vote go to:  https://www.southam.com/vancouversun/cgi/poll.pl?file=VanSun%20Poll-1 The results were a shock to pharmacist Mike Izzoti who told LifeSite that a recent poll of pharmacists on the same issue revealed very different results. A poll conducted in the Pharmacy Practice journal asking if pharmacists should prescribe “emergency contraception” […]

A white couple has asked a New York appeals court to grant them visits with a black baby born to them because of an embryo mix-up at a fertility clinic.  https://www.nandotimes.com/noframes/story/0,2107,500270364-500421183-502618515-0,00.html In England the fertility treatment authority has ruled against permitting a couple to use IVF to screen out boys in order to ensure that they have a girl.  https://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001019/hl/fertility_2.html

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 19 (LSN.ca) – The announcement that the treatment of a 6-year old U.S. girl with a bone marrow stem cell transplant was successful is sure to spread the troublesome spectre of creation of babies for spare parts. Doctors at the Chicago Reproductive Genetics Institute announced earlier this month that they were awaiting the outcome of a procedure involving the creation of embryos in order to treat Molly Nash. Using ova from the child’s mother and sperm from the father, the scientists created 15 embryos, then used pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) to screen out those embryos with the disease […]

LAS CASAS, Oct 19 (LSN.ca) – Going on a complaint filed by the Mexican pro-life group Pro Vida, Mexican police raided the Marie Stopes International clinic Tuesday according to reports by Associated Press. A doctor and nurse were released after ten hours and both denied committing any abortions. Dr. Jesus Vazquez Hernandez, spokesman for the clinic, claims it only encourages “birth control” in Mexico where abortion is illegal. Marie Stopes is one of the largest international abortion-procuring organizations, second only to Planned Parenthood. (with files from Pro-Life E-News)

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 19 (LSN.ca) – Catholic participation in the World March of Women 2000 (WMW) has been a strange phenomenon and one restricted for the most part to Canada where four Catholic organizations – the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), the Catholic Women’s League (CWL), the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CCODP), and the Canadian Religious Conference (CRC)- officially supported the March. At an October 17 New York rally on the final day of the WMW, thousands of feminists gathered to hand in their list of 17 demands to the UN. The demands included one for […]

Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan, a strong advocate of partial-birth abortion died in a plain crash Monday along with one of his sons and a campaign aide.  https://www.latimes.com/news/nation/20001017/t000099026.html On Saturday, Cincinnati Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk joined over 200 pro-lifers in prayer at Planned Parenthood’s abortuary in Mount Auburn.  https://www.cincypost.com/news/pilar101600.html Yesterday a US federal grand jury indicted James Kopp for the 1998 shooting of abortionist Barnett Slepian.  https://www.syracuse.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?n0671 _BC_NY—DigestBriefs&&news&newsflash-newyork-syr Archbishop Egan of New York is following in the footsteps of his predecessor Cardinal O’Connor in his courageous stand for life and his dealings with Mario Cuomo.  https://www.newsmax.com/articles/?a=2000/10/16/215848 A homosexuality promoting video geared to […]

To assist a pro-life charity which helps mothers in the third world click on the following link and get on the *Wave of Life*.  https://www.matercare.org/sponsors.html A controversial new experimental treatment for brain disorders requires the brains of at least six aborted babies to be used for each transplant. The procedure is underway at Cardiff and Sheffield universities in the UK, and the scientist have launched a firm called CellFactors.  https://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,382794,00.html Report Newsmagazine has launched a radio show which is simultaneously broadcast on the Internet every weekday from noon to 1 pm (Mountain time). Recent guests include Dr. Joel Brind specialist […]

Canadian feminist political exercise stretches truth and downplays serious negatives OTTAWA, Oct 18 (LSN.ca) – Famous Five celebrations over the past few days culminated today with the controversial unveiling of the Famous Five statue on Parliament Hill. The poorly attended event was also the occasion of two pro-life protests, one coordinated with the help of Campaign Life Coalition and the other sponsored by REAL Women of Canada. For the rest of this report see the Special Report at:  https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2000/oct/001018a.html

TORONTO, Oct 18 (LSN.ca) – Last December the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition of Ontario (EPCO) contacted the provincial Attorney General to request a review of a lenient sentence given to Lisa Thompson for her attempt to kill her disabled daughter. Responding to this appeal and those of citizens encouraged to write the Attorney General by EPCO, Campaign Life Coalition and LifeSite, the Attorney General formed an advisory group to develop policies on disabled persons and the justice system. The Attorney General also issued a sentencing directive to Crown attorneys emphasizing that conditional sentences are not appropriate for crimes of violence or […]

Linda Gibbons and Rosemary Connell Arrested by Toronto Police TORONTO, Oct. 18 (LSN.ca) – Toronto police acted with more restraint this time as no journalists were arrested when Linda Gibbons conducted the latest of her counselling efforts outside the Scott abortuary this morning. A life seems to have been saved in the process. A couple standing on the steps of the abortuary and ringing the doorbell was distracted enough by the activities on the sidewalk to shift their attention to a nearby pro-life counsellor asking to speak to them. The couple came down, was counselled and given literature was last […]

SAN JOSE, Oct 18 (LSN.ca) – In a decision made public in March, the reasons for which only became public October 11, the highest Constitutional Court in Costa Rica ruled that in-vitro fertilization is unconstitutional. Lawyer Hermas Navarro Del Valle, a member of the advisory committee of the Bishops Conference of Costa Rica, brought the case forward. The court ruled that according to the constitution, “The human embryo is a person from the moment of conception … not an object … not to be frozen … (and that it is) not constitutionally legitimate to be exposed to a disproportionate risk […]

Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, spoke out against the United Nations Sunday for their promotion of abortion. He noted that the process of acceptance of abortion begins when abortion ceases to be punished, then it is legalized and then it “is converted into a new human right universally admitted.”  https://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=8122 An Agence France Presse report distributed by Pro-Life E-News today reports that RU-486 will be withdrawn from the German market at the end of this year having only been on the market since November 1999. The article notes that the move is being made by […]

VANCOUVER, Oct 17 (LSN.ca) – Mary Wagner, the 26-year-old pro-lifer in BC who was arrested in August outside Vancouver’s notorious Everywoman’s abortion clinic, was sentenced in court yesterday to one day in jail. Due to her refusal to sign a statement not to go back to the clinic she spent the last 46 days in custody. John Hof, leader of Campaign Life Coalition, B.C. told LifeSite what an “incredible inspiration” Mary has been for the movement. Her peaceful witness, kneeling in front of the abortuary handing out roses has captured the hearts of many urging them on to pro-life action. […]

BARCELONA, Oct 17 (LSN.ca) – Scientists from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and researchers from the Cefer Institute of Reproduction screened out all the girl embryos for a couple so that only boys were born in order to suppress transmission of the father’s hemophilia. The embryos created through in-vitro fertilization underwent pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (eliminating the girls). Although males cannot pass on hemophilia to their children, girls whose fathers have the disease become carriers. A Spanish researcher tried to dismiss the fact that they were eliminating baby girl human embryos stating, “We don’t think it is an ethical problem, because […]

OTTAWA, Oct 17 (LSN.ca) – The Hill Times, an independent and respected publication that covers Parliament Hill events, reports that Jean Chretien told his Liberal MP’s at a late September Caucus meeting that the Party will campaign on the issue of “state versus church.” The Times reports that Chretien said that elections “are about whether we will have a referendum on abortion or capital punishment. Or should the church set the school curriculum.” A Liberal who spoke to LifeSite refused to discuss anything about the caucus meeting. However, when asked whether the Party election focus would be on abortion he […]

TORONTO, Oct 17 (LSN.ca) – Pro-lifers Linda Gibbons and Rosemary Connell were arrested today outside Scott abortuary in Toronto while witnessing for life. Details to follow. See LifeSite’s Linda Gibbons page at:  https://www.lifesitenews.com/gibbons/index.html

The October 9 issues of Report magazine includes an article about the growth in “gay-straight alliance” groups in B.C. schools, discussing the concern many people have about the possibility of these groups being used as vehicles recruitment of students into homosexuality. Homosexual activists, hiding under the veil of the claim that homosexuality is a genetic trait and, therefore, not something people can adopt or reject, are recruiting people into the destructive behaviour, say some critics, including K-John Cheung of the Canadian Alliance for Social Justice and Family Values. Lending credibility to recruitment fears, Vancouver Sun columnist, college philosophy instructor and […]

Commission’s integrity questioned over whitewash of pro-life reporters’ arrest TORONTO, Oct. 16 (LSN.ca) – The Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services has rejected the formal complaints of LifeSite Director Stephen Jalsevac and author Gordon Truscott against the officers who arrested them Oct. 15, 1999 while they were covering a Linda Gibbon’s protest. The charges against Jalsevac and Truscott and the third defendant, freelance reporter Sue Careless, were eventually all dropped by the Crown because of “no reasonable possibility of conviction.” Both Jalsevac and Truscott originally filed formal complaints against the arresting officers in Oct. 1999. Jalsevac stated “my complaint concerns […]

Pro-Abortion Feminists Speak, Lobby Prime Minister OTTAWA, Oct 16 (LSN.ca) – Sunday was the first of the final three days of the infamous World March of Women 2000, a feminist propaganda measure that has split the Catholic Church in Canada. The Canadian effort saw women marching to the Parliament buildings in Ottawa waving feminist logos such as “Vagina Power” and “We Are Women Hear Us Roar.” Seven women represented the group in a meeting with the Prime Minister. Of these seven, the top five came from overtly pro-abortion, pro-lesbian groups. Bob Harvey of the Ottawa Citizen reports that six Catholic […]

Clarifying his position on RU-486 after disappointing pro-lifers during a debate, Republican Presidential candidate George Bush said he would sign legislation to restrict the abortifacient.  https://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20001012/el/bush_abortion_pill_1.html On Monday, the Jewish Day of Atonement, Dr. Laura Schlessinger took out a full page ad in Daily Variety apologizing for any hurt her “poorly chosen” words may have caused homosexuals. “While I express my opinions from the perspective of an Orthodox Jew and a staunch defender of the traditional family, in talking about gays and lesbians, some of my words were poorly chosen. … Many people perceive them as hate speech. This fact […]

This weekend is the anniversary of the murder of Montreal pro-life lawyer Frank Shoofey who was shot dead October 15, 1985 while seeking abortion charges against Dr. Henry Morgentaler. In a flagrant example of media bias on the issue, the media reports on the incident failed to mention that Shoofey was seeking charges against Morgentaler. For a write-up on the case by David Waechter see:  https://www.socialjusticeunlimited.com/fshoofey.html The Russian depopulation crisis has reached such a crisis level that Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky has called for a ten-year ban on all abortions for women under 42. The Russian population has declined by […]

CINCINNATI, OH, Oct 13 (LSN.ca) – Cincinnati’s Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk will lead a procession from a Catholic church to Mt. Auburn abortion clinic tomorrow and lead pro-lifers in prayers outside the abortuary. The event will begin with an 8am Mass offered by the archbishop at Holy Name Church. It is organized by the pro-life group known as the Helpers of God’s Precious Infants which has sometimes attracted pro-lifers in the thousands. Over 80 bishops have participated in similar events. For more see the Enquirer at:  https://enquirer.com/editions/2000/10/12/loc_pilarczyk_to_visit.html

BROCKTON, Mass., Oct 13 (LSN.ca) – Lesbian Judge Linda Giles has ruled that South Junior High School in Brockton cannot forbid a 15-year-old boy from coming to school in drag – wearing padded bras, wigs and high heels. The school pointed out that a boy dressing as a girl in class was obviously disruptive, and led to confrontations with classmates. AP reports that on Wednesday, the lesbian judge ruled the school’s actions are “the stifling of a person’s selfhood merely because it causes some members of the community discomfort.” She refused a request by the school to remove herself from […]

OAKVILLE, Ont. Oct. 13 (LSN.ca) – Demonstrators picketed the Canadian office of the Shire Pharmaceuticals Group in Oakville, Ont. near Toronto today. They were drawing attention to the fact that the company distributes the drug Preven, which Shire’s own literature acknowledges “may” prevent implantation during pregnancy and which pro-lifers regard as an abortifacient substance for that reason. The demonstrators also handed out literature to passersby, most of whom had a positive reaction. Mike Izzotti, a co-ordinator for the Canadian branch of Pharmacists for Life International and an organizer of the demonstration, said it is important to draw attention to the […]

RU-486 Lawsuits Looming NEW YORK, Oct 13 (LSN.ca) – Searle pharmaceutical company which makes the ulcer medication “misoprostol” released a letter in August saying that its drug “is not approved for the induction of labor or abortion.” The letter said misuse of the drug can cause adverse effects such as a ruptured uterus, vaginal bleeding and “maternal or fetal death.” The drug is needed in RU-486 abortions to expel the baby killed with mifepristone out of the mother’s body by causing contractions. The letter’s sincerity has been called into question since it was issued with the cooperation of the Federal […]

WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (LSN.ca) – There is good news for life and family advocates in the US as two troublesome add-ons to US bills have been removed. The New York Times reports that yesterday the House approved by a voice vote a bankruptcy bill but stripped it of language that would forbid pro-lifers convicted of “crimes” against abortuaries from claiming bankruptcy. Several pro-abortion Senators are vowing to defeat the bill with a filibuster and President Clinton has vowed to veto the bill without the pro-abortion language. Also, the “hate crimes” amendment was dropped from the Defense Appropriations bill. The measure […]

VATICAN, Oct 13 (LSN.ca) – In a message given to Canada’s new ambassador to the Holy See, welcomed by Pope John Paul II yesterday, the pope called on Canada to respect life and family. The pope told Ambassador Wilfrid-Guy Licari, regarding young people, “it is especially important to teach them the value of life, of every life, from conception until its natural end, for human life is a gift from God of which we are not masters.” The pope also noted that parents are to be in control of their children’s education and that “no one may substitute parental responsibility […]

ROME, Oct 12 (LSN.ca) – A new Vatican document prepared by the Pontifical Council for the Family for the Jubilee of Families to be celebrated this weekend in Rome includes “legislators who have promoted and approved abortion laws” as bearing “responsibility” for the “abominable crime” of abortion – which the document describes as “murder”. The document provides the twelve themes for reflection and dialogue for the “Third World Meeting Of The Holy Father With Families” which is being billed “Children, Springtime Of The Family And Society.” The Pontifical Council for the Family headed by Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo noted of […]

RU-486 A Front-Line De-population Measure rather than help for women SHANGHAI, Oct. 12 (LSN.ca) – China’s Hua Lian Pharmaceutical factory, located an hour’s drive south of downtown Shanghai has been revealed as the company being used by U.S. RU-486 marketer Danco to manufacture the abortion drugs for the US. The company, which has been making RU-486 for over nine years, has been assisted heavily by the United Nations’ World Health Organization and the World Bank through a company they formed in 1989 called the Concept Foundation. Another major de-population advocating organization was also instrumental in aiding Hua Lin – the […]

Zenit News reports that Robin Chandler Duke, former president of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, is now the official U.S. ambassador to Norway. She was installed in a ceremony last month after having been appointed by President Clinton in May. LifeSite reported Duke’s appointment Sept 1.  https://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=7811 NewsMax reported Monday that abortionist James Pendergraft of Florida has been indicted by the U.S. Justice Department for attempting to extort more than $100 million from Marion County, Florida, and the city of Ocala.  https://www.newsmax.com/articles/?a=2000/10/9/111220 Reuters Health reports that according to a July phone survey, two thirds of young Americans […]

A junior doctor in England is reported in the Daily Telegraph as having been denied a job because he was pro-life. Dr. Everett Julyan, a Christian, says he was told abortions were performed and said he did not want to be involved. The 26-year-old, who has decided not to take legal action against North Glasgow Universities Hospital Trust, has called on the National Health Service to stop discriminating against religious beliefs.  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=002249450737645&rtmo=  fqDvlDMs&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/00/10/10/nabor10.html The National Post reports today that a couple is suing their doctor for malpractice in the death of their child during delivery. Cindy and Stephen Martin allege […]

ROCHESTER, Minn., Oct 11 (LSN.ca) – A new study conducted at the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center in Rochester has found that the old style of oral contraceptives used before 1975 makes women with a family history of breast cancer 330 per cent (3.3 times) more likely to get the dreaded disease. The older pills had a higher dose of estrogen than the newer version. A press release from Campaign Life Coalition has drawn attention to “the fact that the morning after pill is in reality a high dose estrogen pill, because two pills are taken twice.” Jim Hughes, National President […]

MANILA, Philippines, Oct 11 (LSN.ca) – Reacting to the suggestion by the Philippine Health Minister that RU-486 may be permitted into the country, Manila City Mayor Lito Atienza, president of Prolife Philippines, said last week that he would arrest any government official and raid any importer’s warehouses if they should bring in RU-486. Zenit News reports that Atienza dubbed the abortion pill the “do-it-yourself murder kit.” For more see Zenit at:  https://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=7813 For related news from LifeSite see:  Philippine Bishops Vow Excommunication For RU-486 https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2000/oct/001004.html#2

LONDON, Oct 11 (LSN.ca) – A survey conducted by Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper reveals that 80 percent of neuroscientists said that unborn babies aborted after 11 weeks’ gestation should receive pain relief during the procedure. The paper reports today that although many agreed with a suggestion that the unborn probably cannot experience pain until 22 to 24 weeks, they wished to err on the side of caution. Professor Susan Greenfield of Oxford University said: “Consciousness grows as the brain grows. As soon as something has a nervous system, however primitive, we have to tread more cautiously.” The paper noted that […]

United Nations Behind Push to Legalize Abortion SANTIAGO, Chile, Oct 11 (LSN.ca) – In late September a coalition of leftist politicians proposed a law to open the door to abortion in Chile, one of the few remaining countries where unborn babies enjoy the full protection of the law. The Catholic Church in the predominantly Catholic country is aggressively fighting the move. Catholic leaders have noted that the push for reform comes in response to pressure from the United Nations. Politicians Fanny Pollarolo (Socialist Party, PS), Maria Antonieta Saa (Party for Democracy, PPD), and Sen. Carlos Ominami (PS) proposed legislation that […]

NEW YORK, Oct 11 (LSN.ca) – Once again the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has shown itself to be on an ideological agenda far removed from the promotion of children’s well-being. Concluding its 25th session yesterday, it issued recommendations to Finland, Burundi, the United Kingdom, Tajikistan, Colombia, the Central African Republic, the Marshall Islands, Slovakia, and the Comoros. The committee recommended banning spanking by parents, advocated pro-abortion sex education and promoted homosexuality. The official UN report on the committee’s action notes that with regard to Burundi, “deep concern was expressed … that corporal punishment continued to be […]

Invokes Trudeau’s Charter legacy as supportive of his bill OTTAWA, Oct 11 (LSN.ca) – Homosexual activist MP Svend Robinson proposed the legalization of homosexual marriage last week. During his introduction of Bill C-501, Robinson reminded the House that such a motion can be entertained due to the legacy of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Not allowing homosexual marriage, said Robinson, “is a clear denial of the right to equality for gay and lesbian people extended under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms which, by the way, was pioneered by the late Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.” The bill was submitted […]

See the updated National Pro-Life Conference page for the latest conference details.The Speakers page now includes voice clips of some of the speakers.

LONDON, Oct 10 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Scientists in Australia have produced pig-human hybrid embryos, and suggest that they could have been implanted in a womb to grow. The Lonon Sunday Times reported that Jonathan Leake and Nick Fielding researchers from Stem Cell Sciences in Australia and Biotransplant in America took a cell from a human foetus, extracted the nucleus and then inserted it into a pig’s egg cell. The resulting embryos contained 97% human DNA with about 3% pig DNA. In related news, the birth of a tissue-matched Minnesota boy conceived to provide stem cells from his umbilical cord to his […]

OTTAWA, Oct 10 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSite has learned that Ottawa Archbishop Marcel Gervais, Calgary Bishop Fred Henry, and London Bishop John Sherlock will celebrate a Mass in Ottawa on Sunday October 15 for the World March of Women at the Notre Dame Cathedral at noon. Many of the participants at the mass are expected to join the March to Parliament Hill organized by the Canadian contingent of the World March of Women (CWMW). The CWMW organizers have urged all participants to lobby their Members of Parliament with a list of 13 demands. Catholic participation in the lobbying effort is problematic […]

CAMBRIDGE, Oct 10 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A petition from the St. Ambrose council of the Catholic Women’s League is the final attempt to have the League disassociate from the pro-abortion World March of Women. Annelise Steden told LifeSite that she hopes the petition may be used by other CWL members frustrated with the Women’s March controversy. The petition says that the CWL members “have lost faith and confidence in our national leadership specifically in reference to;  1) its decision to support the World March of Women 2000 2) its lack of consultation with regard to commitment of the League’s support to […]

Toronto, Oct. 10 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Oct. 9 edition of Toronto’s Catholic Register contains several stories generally lauding Former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau for intellectual greatness and his “Just Society” initiatives which supposedly emanated from his intense Catholic “spiritual journey”. Trudeau’s primary role in the legalization of abortion is only very briefly mentioned in this tribute edition of the prominent Canadian Catholic publication. No mention is made of Trudeau’s institution into Canadian politics of the secular concept that religion and politics must be kept separate and that politicians must not “impose” their morality on Canadians. The former Prime Minister’s very […]

VANCOUVER, Oct 10 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Vancouver’s Archbishop Adam Exner announced last week that the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace Share Lent collection, which was withheld last June pending a review of CCODP’s support of the World March of Women 2000, has been released to the organization’s national office. The archdiocesan newspaper, the BC Catholic, reports this week that the decision was first revealed in a meeting the archbishop had with CCODP on Sept 30. In a statement, the archbishop said his decision last June to delay transfer of the funds “has had some good effects and accomplished much […]

WWW, Oct 6 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A live webcast of a debate on physician-assisted suicide between NDP MP Svend Robinson and Dr. Paul Chamberlain will take place Thursday, October 26, 2000, 7:30-9:15 p.m. Robinson is an MP from Burnaby, B.C. Openly homosexual, he is known mainly for his activism in the areas of homosexuality and euthanasia. His effort to remove the mention of God from Canada’s Constitution failed last year. Dr. Paul Chamberlain, former associate professor of ethics and political philosophy at Trinity Western University and now with Ravi Zacharias Ministries, is an author, debater and international speaker. This event is […]

**Oct 13/00 – “Opposing Pharmaceutical Abortifacients” Demonstration & Display- participants are invited to come and hold signs At Shire Pharmaceuticals – Distributors of the Abortifacient Morning after pill Preven. Friday Oct 13/00- 12Noon – 1pm – Corner of Iroquois Shore Rd & North Service Rd. Oakville Contact: Joanne Matters- 632-3232 Answer the online poll asking Has the Liberal government failed to uphold traditional catholic values?  https://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSPolitics0006/17_catholics.html Reuters reports that the French National Assembly passed a bill on Thursday allowing girls under 18 to buy the ‘‘morning-after pill’’ over the counter in pharmacies, and enabling state school nurses to distribute it. […]

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY, Oct 6 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop James T. McHugh of Rockville Centre, Long Island, NY has sent a letter to all the priests in his diocese laying out a policy regarding pro-abortion politicians. In his Sept 21 letter, obtained by LifeSite, the Bishop writes that “The policy… means that no pro-abortion public official or candidate is to be invited to address Catholic agencies or organizations, school or parish groups, even if he/she does not intend to express their pro-abortion views.” The bishop explains, “The reason for this is that it would be foolish and counterproductive to provide a […]

WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday the Competitive Enterprise Institute announced that it had filed a lawsuit against President William J. Clinton. The suit asks the courts to declare a $14 million compilation of global warming scare stories as unlawfully produced in violation of three federal laws. Joining CEI as co-plaintiffs are three US politicians and various other associations. The compilation document in question is the National Assessment Synthesis Report, or “National Assessment on Climate Change.” CEI’s Myron Ebell told LifeSite that the report is political rather than scientific and designed to promote Al Gore. It is conveniently being released […]

OTTAWA, Oct 6 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An exchange in the House of Commons Wednesday revealed that the Liberal government has given $1 million to the World March of Women. The hotly contested march supports among other things abortion, homosexuality, and various UN conventions threatening national sovereignty and religious freedom. Liberal MP Eleni Bakopanos (Ahuntsic) said “The government has already contributed $800,000 to the international component of the World March of Women, nearly $200,000 to the Canadian Women’s March Committee.”

The official Report to the Legislature of Minnesota on Induced Abortions for October 1998 – December 1999 reveals that fewer than one per cent of women cited rape or incest as their motivation to abort.  https://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/chs/abrpt99.htm The New York City-based Rachel Ministry has launched an advertising campaign in the NYC subways and on the Internet this week, aimed at reaching the estimated millions of women who suffer from post-abortion trauma with information about help and healing. The ads are geared to a young, urban audience, using first-person testimony, with intriguing teaser copy, straight-on head shots of the subjects, edgy graphics, […]

LONDON, ENGLAND, Oct 5 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Planned Parenthood Federation has been caught illegally using US Aid monies to finance abortions in third world countries. Just week, prior to an audit set up by the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the London-based International Planned Parenthood Federation deposited US$700,000 in a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) account. A report by the U.S. General Accounting office notes that IPPF and eight other foreign family-planning groups had refused to comply with a congressional mandate that USAID grantees cease abortion activities as a condition for American funding. IPPF claims the funding of the abortions […]

OTTAWA, Oct 5 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday the Liberal Government officially designated Halloween as National UNICEF Day. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien praised UNICEF for having “instilled in [children] the values of compassion, charitable giving, voluntarism, participation and defending the rights of children around the world – values which we consider to be distinctly Canadian.” Pro-lifers have long questioned UNICEF and its agenda, refusing to support the controversial organization. LifeSite has amassed substantial evidence to demonstrate that UNICEF has become a very willing partner in the population control anti-child and anti-family programs of the UN. Until recently, UNICEF was vehemently denying its […]

LifeSite’s updated, Oct. 5 version of the article, Pierre Trudeau – Father of Canada’s Permissive Society is now available. A Scottish couple plans to use the UK’s newly accepted EU Human Rights Act to allow sex-selection of their next child with the use of in-vitro fertilization. Alan and Louise Masterton, from Monifieth, near Dundee, lost their only daughter Nicole in a bonfire accident and want to have a girl.  Another UK woman is going to the High Court to allow her to be implanted with five embryos at a time in fertility treatment. Current regulations in Britain only allow for […]

WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In Tuesday’s US Presidential candidate debates Texas Gov. George W. Bush proved to be a huge disappointment to pro-lifers while Al Gore pleased his pro-abortion supporters. Asked about the recent FDA approval of RU-486, Bush said, “I don’t think a president can” overturn such a decision. On appointing pro-life justices to the Supreme Court Bush protested that he would not make people’s views on life issues a high priority in considering appointments to the bench. Bush’s stance on not caring about appointing pro-abortion judges hit home in March. The Associated Press reports that in its […]

OTTAWA, Oct 5 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With controversy about the moral duty of Catholic politicians repeatedly in the news in recent days and a federal election imminent, an Aug. 29 news story about Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien has taken on increased significance. Chretien told Southam news reporters that he considers himself a “good Catholic” (National Post Aug 29, 2000). Very like his mentor Pierre Trudeau, he said he deals with religion on “a personal basis” and said, “it’s separate from politics.” Regarding his political support of abortion, which contradicts serious Catholic moral principles, he said we should not re-open the […]

LEE COUNTY, Fla., Oct 5 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Lee County Sheriff John McDougall, an outstanding sheriff, pro-lifer and Christian has been forced into retirement after losing in a run-off election. Rocky Graziano, Public Information Officer for Lee County Sheriff’s Office told LifeSite that McDougall, who has served as Sheriff of the county for the last twelve years, was very much “at peace” with the loss. After the result was tallied McDougall was swarmed by critical reporters, wanting to pin his loss on his strident views. He responded by removing a single piece of paper from his pocket, which he said contained […]

PARIS, Oct 4 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The socialist French government unveiled a bill today that would extend abortion on demand to the twelfth week of pregnancy and allow minors to obtain abortions without parental consent. Debate on the bill will begin tomorrow. Another piece of legislation to be considered tomorrow is a private members bill that would allow pharmacists to dispense abortifacient morning after pills to minors without a prescription from a doctor. Currently in France abortion for any reason is legal up to the tenth week, while later abortions are permitted for “therapeutic” reasons including a threat to the mother’s […]

BANGKOK, Oct 4 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday Thailand became the twenty-second country to accede to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). A massive push is on now to have the statute ratified by at least 60 countries by the end of this year. Once ratified by 60 countries the ICC will have universal jurisdiction, even over those countries that have refused to participate. Penalties which can be applied by the ICC include imprisonment for up to 30 years. The countries which have ratified include: Belgium, Belize, Canada, Fiji, France, Ghana, Iceland, Italy, Mali, Norway, San Marino, Senegal, Tajikistan, […]

A study in the Annals of Internal Medicine notes that even when cancer doctors are asked the most biased questions in favour of physician assisted suicide and euthanasia, the majority still reject the idea. Among oncologists surveyed, only 22.5% supported physician-assisted suicide for a terminally ill prostate cancer patient with severe pain uncontrolled by optimal pain management, the report indicates. Only 6.5% supported euthanasia in the same setting.  https://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001003/hl/cancer_doctors_1.html

Oct. 4 (LifeSiteNews.com) – NewsMax has given LifeSite permission to reproduce an article outlining the Nazi connection to the abortion drug RU-486. The parent company of the French company which is credited for originating the drug is a German business with a tainted history of producing the infamous Zyklon-B death chamber gas. See the full report:  Media Silent On Ru-486’s Nazi Death Camp Pedigree Frank Stirk, writer for Focus on the Family recalled yesterday that in July 1999, Exelgyn spokeswoman Catherine Euvard said that, “as soon as [RU-486] is launched on the US market, we will apply for registration [in […]

VATICAN CITY, Oct 3 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo, the head of the Pontifical Council for the Family has just emphasized that Catholic politicians must act according to the principles of their faith and that, “everything collapses without respect for life.” The Cardinal said, “Politicians must have the defense of the right of life in their own heart and mind to offer it to the community. Without this defense, instead of contributing to the construction of society, the politician destroys it.” For more see the Zenit coverage: CATHOLIC POLITICIANS URGED TO BE CONSISTENT

MONTREAL, Oct 3 (LifeSiteNews.com) – There has been a disturbing void in most reporting on the death of Pierre Trudeau these past five days. Very little of the substantial negatives of Trudeau’s policies have been addressed. The media canonization of the former Prime Minister is conditioning Canadians to be led even more in a wrong direction by the Chretien Liberals. Balance is seriously needed. Although some of the negatives have been addressed by a few writers, Trudeau’s legacy on moral issues has been almost totally suppressed. In this article LifeSite attempts to correct the imbalance and place the former Prime […]

TORONTO, Oct 3 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSite has learned that the regional spiritual directors of the Toronto Catholic Women’s League wrote a letter September 15 to their fellow CWL spiritual directors about the CWL support of the March of Women 2000. With their letter they also sent a background paper on the issues involved, which was authored by Fr. Tom Lynch, Professor of Moral Theology at St. Augustine’s Seminary. The letter of the spiritual directors says, “we should take whatever steps are necessary in the brief time remaining before the March of Women petition is presented to Parliament and the UN […]

CHICAGO, Oct 3 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Previously heard of in unconfirmed reports, the practice of creating babies for spare parts has come out into the open. Doctors at the Chicago Reproductive Genetics Institute announced Monday that they are awaiting the outcome of a procedure involving the creation of embryos in order to treat a 6-year old girl in need of a bone marrow stem cell transplant. Using ova from the child’s mother and sperm from the father, the scientist created several embryos, then used genetic screening to screen out those embryos with the disease and selected one embryo whose tissue type […]

OTTAWA, Oct 3 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a Sept. 28 letter to CWL members. Vivian Bosch, the new National President of the Catholic Women’s League, has caused outrage suggesting that Mary, the mother of Jesus, would stay in the World March of Women. “Much time and energy in the past six months has been spent on voicing opinions about the March. …have we been consumed by the debate over the League’s involvement in the March?” “It is time for us to set our frustrations aside and do the work that Jesus calls us to do” says the letter. After describing participation […]

British papers are reporting that UK scientists have conducted four secret experiments injecting the brains of aborted babies into patients with Huntington’s disease. Two centres were involved in the work: Cambridge University’s Brain Repair Centre at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, and King’s College Hospital, London. (With files from Pro-Life E-News) The National Post reports today that Canadian police have issued a nation-wide arrest warrant for Dr. Dick Van Velzen. He is suspected of removing and storing organs of children during autopsies he was performing. IWK-Grace Health Centre in Nova Scotia refused to comment on the 1998 firing of the doctor which resulted […]

VATICAN, Oct 3 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic World News reported last week that St. Thomas More, executed in 1535 for refusing to condone King Henry VIII’s immoral divorce, is to become the patron saint of politicians. On November 5, at a global gathering of politicians, More will be proposed by Pope John Paul II as “a model and intercessor for all those who consider their political commitment as a choice of life.” Holding up St. Thomas More as a model for politicians, the pope is sending a clear message to Catholic politicians – that they must be willing to stand up […]

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 2 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSite has learned that the dangerous Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (OPCEDAW) will enter into force on 22 December, three months after receiving ratification by ten countries. OPCEDAW required the ratification of ten countries before coming into effect. The Protocol received its greatest boost at the Millennium Summit where Austria, Bangladesh, Ireland and New Zealand formalized their ratification. Italy, the required tenth country, ratified OPCEDAW on September 22. Denmark, France, Namibia, Senegal and Thailand ratified the convention prior to the Millennium Summit. The convention […]

Father John Earl, priest of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Rochelle, Ill., has been charged by police after allegedly smashing his car into an abortuary and chopping at the building with an axe. The abortion mill was not open at the time and the owner chased the priest away with two blasts of a shotgun aimed at a nearby wall.  https://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAQJH0NRDC.html

CHRISTCHURCH, Oct 2 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New Zealand is considering legalizing the abortion pill RU-486 on the heels of the U.S. FDA approval of the human pesticide. NZ Health Minister Annette King is being lobbied by pro-lifers not to approve the drug. If approved, papers report the abortion drug would be available by the middle of next year. (with files from Pro-Life E-News)

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TORONTO, Oct 2 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Six groups representing parents, teachers and taxpayers, joined together in a united call for parental choice in education as the solution to the ongoing conflict and chaos in the provinces schools. The groups feel that the monopolistic nature of the publicly-funded school systems is at the heart of the problem. John Bachmann, President of the Organization for Quality Education, pointed out that choice is not new to Ontario schools. “We are calling for more school choice, not the introduction of something new, in Ontario,” he said. “Roman Catholic parents have long been able to send […]

ROME, Oct 2 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Italian government has approved the abortifacient morning after pill, and is expected to authorize sales as early as next week. The Times of India reported today that the Catholic Church condemned the move calling it “chemical abortion.” Church leaders also took exception to the disinformation being spread by the pill’s proponents who are calling it “emergency contraception” because it is able to kill the embryo up to 72 hours after conception (fertilization). For more see the Times of India at: https://www.timesofindia.com/021000/02hlth4.htm

LONDON, Oct 2 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-lifers made a last ditch effort to offer refuge to the joined Siamese twins Jodie and Mary offering to support the twins and the parents at Zoe’s Place, a unique hospital dedicated to looking after children with life-threatening illnesses. Meanwhile the UK Society for the Protection of Unborn Children reports today that the doctor of the twins is refusing to separate the twins despite the court’s ruling in favour of the separation and the parents’ decision not to appeal the decision further. The surgeon suggests that the separation would likely kill both children and thus […]