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 […]