Articles for Month: February 2001

WASHINGTON, Feb 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – An elder at the Winchester (Kansas) Reformed Presbyterian Church was elected to the state senate in the Nov. 7 American elections last year. The latest issue of the RP magazine, Covenanter Witness (CW), reports Bob Lyon as saying that he is “assembling a group of email advisors to help assist in developing public policy that is consistent with God’s Word. Anyone who is interested in being a part of that group, please feel free to email me at [email protected] He told CW: “We pray for God’s protection, strength, and mercy, and that He would […]

CALGARY, Feb 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Alberta’s Catholic Bishop Fred Henry, surprised pro-lifers today with a column published in the Calgary Sun chastising Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark for their “pro-choice” stance on abortion. Both leaders profess to be Catholic themselves, although, as Bishop Henry noted, “no Catholic can responsibly take a ‘pro-choice’ stand when the ‘choice’ in question involves the taking of innocent human life.” The column came as a surprise because of Bishop Henry’s recent hostility to pro-lifers over the March of Women. He was a strong advocate of Catholic participation in the […]

* Garry Breitkreuz’s Private Members’ Motion, M-228, on redefining a human being to include unborn children is scheduled for debate on March 16. It was not granted votable status by the parliamentary committee that makes such decisions, so it will only receive one hour of debate and then dismissed from parliamentary business. Previous LifeSite coverage is at https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2001/feb/010212.html#2 * The Canada Family Action Coalition (CFAC) has come out swinging against the Liberals over a planned amendment to immigration law to allow homosexuals to sponsor same-sex partners into the country under “family class” provisions. This move discriminates against married couples, notes […]

MASSACHUSETTS, Feb 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Massachusetts Governor Paul Cellucci is expected to be U.S. President George Bush’s choice as Ambassador to Canada. Not everyone is happy about this. Americans for Truth (AfT) is one the leading organizations fighting it on the basis of Mr.Cellucci’s track record on homosexuality. “More than 20 local and national groups have signed on to a petition opposing the Cellucci nomination, with more signing on each day,” reports AfT. Among those organizations are the local chapters of national groups such as Concerned Women for America, the Catholic Action League, the Eagle Forum, and The Knights […]

* Many people today hope that genetic research will increasingly link behaviour to a person’s genetic make-up rather than to moral choice decision-making. Craig Venter, president of Celera Genomics, which is mapping the human genome, however, recently commented that, “those who are looking for forgiveness of responsibility for their own lives in the genetic code will be very disappointed.” (reported in the Federalist Digest) * Dan Martino is sometimes the only pro-lifer standing outside Florida’s Supreme Court protesting abortion, but he’s been there almost every day since 1989. When asked if he gets discouraged when he’s standing there by himself, […]

SCOTLAND, Feb 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Those who support the use of embryonic stem cells for research (killing the unborn child in the process) are rapidly losing their justification for continuing this practise. BBC reported Friday that the company which cloned the infamous “Dolly” sheep has announced a new discovery which could make the use of adult stem cells an even more viable alternative than it already is. The American subsidiary of Edinburgh-based PPL Therapeutics has succeeded in converting skin tissue from cows into beating heart cells. This was done by ‘re-winding’ the genetic clock of the skin cells so […]

LITTLE ROCK, Feb 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – On Wednesday, Arkansas Republican Governor Mike Huckabee signed the ‘Right to Know’ Act into law. The law requires that women seeking to abort their babies receive information on alternatives to abortion as well as the on the risks of abortion. The Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported yesterday that Gov. Huckabee commented on the new legislation saying: “One of the reasons we’re signing this bill today is God answered the prayers of those who want to respect life. …thank the Lord, it has become law.” (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, https://www.ardemgaz.com/, 2/22).

TORONTO, Feb 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Ontario Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty endorsed homosexual marriage in a Feb 14 radio interview. The Feb. 22 edition of the homosexual newspaper Xtra!, quotes McGuinty saying: “Ontarians have evolved in connection with this matter, and I think it’s important for government policy to evolve as well: We have changed; we’re under a new leadership, and I think that it’s a matter of fairness and equity.”

TORONTO, Feb 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Catholic Insight magazine, March edition, is calling for the excommunication of federal Health Minister Allan Rock by the Catholic Church. “Politically, Catholics like Rock do as they please,” the magazine says; “it’s about time the Church do as she must.”  The magazine points out that Catholics who directly participate in causing an abortion, are excommunicated automatically. All others commit lesser sins according to the extent and degree of their participation. The latter is called “material cooperation.” Catholic Insight insists that Rock, a Catholic, “has reached the highest degree of material cooperation” since he not […]

27 People Committed Physician Assisted Suicide In Oregon In 2000 PORTLAND, Feb 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Oregon Health Division released its “Death with Dignity Act Annual Report 2000” Wednesday noting that in the third year of the legal physician-assisted suicide program 27 people killed themselves – the same number as was reported for the previous year. The report confirms the warnings of pro-lifers that the “right-to-die” would soon become the duty to die. Based on interviews with physicians who doled out the lethal drugs the report noted “patients have increasingly expressed concern about becoming a burden to family, friends […]