Articles for Month: March 2001

President Bush has noted his intent to ban human cloning. White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said, “The president believes that no research – no research – to create a human being should take place in the United States. The president believes that any attempt to clone a human being would present a grave risk both to the mother and the child. He opposes it on moral grounds.”  https://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA75P2FVKC.html A federal jury on Monday decided on life imprisonment for Kristen Gilbert, 33, a former veterans hospital nurse who euthanized four patients by injecting them with a heart stimulant. (AP March […]

REAL Women of Canada has pointed out that Hedy Fry, Secretary of State for Status of Women and Multiculturalism was confused about where she heard of crosses burning. “But not in Prince George, BC, by the KKK as she claimed, but instead, they were right in her own territory, planted by her sister feminists on International Women’s Day, March 8, last year. At that time, 50 feminist activists met at Phillips Square in downtown Montreal, campaigning against sexism and for abortion rights. Afterwards, these women marched staunchly to the Catholic Cathedral, Our Lady Queen of the World, where they burned […]

WASHINGTON, Mar 30 (LSN.ca) – On March 20, Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its research arm, the Alan Guttmacher Institute, were among the plaintiffs in an ACLU lawsuit filed in federal court against the recently enacted Children’s Internet Protection Act, which is slated to go into effect on April 20. This nationwide law requires schools and libraries that receive federal aid for Web access (called E-rate) to certify that filtering or blocking technology is in place to protect children from harmful, obscene, and pornographic material. “It doesn’t surprise me one bit that Planned Parenthood has filed this lawsuit,” said […]

ROME, Mar 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Italian Cardinal Camillo Ruini, the head of the Italian Catholic Bishops Conference has issued a Catholic voter’s guide with life and family issues topping the list of concerns. Zenit News reports that numbers 1 and 2 on the list of 10 criteria for Catholics in the current election are: 1. Life: Must be defended in “every moment of its existence.” This implies “integral respect of the embryo” and rejection of cloning and euthanasia. 2. Family: “Founded on matrimony,” it cannot be compared to other forms of living together. An “organic law” is necessary which […]

MONTREAL, Quebec, Mar 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Dr. Isabel Rodrigues, a professor of family medicine at the University of Montreal lead a research team which found that abortifacient “morning-after” pills work even 5 days after sexual intercourse. The team found that the drugs were 90% “effective” if taken within three days of intercourse but still 87% “effective” after 3-5 days. Reuters reports that the study is published in the March issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and was funded by the Federation des Medecins Omnipracticiens du Quebec. (American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2001;184:531-537) See the Reuters […]

AMSTERDAM, Mar 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – With the Dutch laws allowing marriage and adoption for homosexual couples having been signed into law, four homosexual couples are set to be “married” at midnight March 31- April 1. Officiating at the ceremonies in City Hall will be Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen who was responsible for the pro-homosexual marriage legislation.

VANCOUVER, Mar 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The radical pro-abortion activist Government of British Columbia has introduced three pro-abortion bills restricting information on abortion, mandating hospitals to commit abortions and giving pharmacists the right to prescribe abortifacient morning-after pills. The bill restricting information is a direct result of successful access to information requests by pro-lifers. The new law would forbid all abortion-performing institutions from releasing information on abortions committed except for statistics on the number of abortions by province or region. The second bill names 34 hospitals in the province and mandates that they provide abortion services. The bill also notes […]

VANCOUVER, Mar 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – As the British Columbia New Democratic Party Government introduced its outrageous pro-abortion resolution Wednesday, supporters brought into the Legislature by the Government included the most radical arms of the pro-choice movement. Included among the supporters was Erin Kaiser , spokesperson for UBC Students for Choice and the Pro-Choice Action Network. Kaiser gained notoriety in 1999 when she was caught on tape attacking and destroying a pro-life display at the University of British Columbia. Ted Gerk, of the BC Pro-Life Resource Centre said, “This government talks about the imagined threats of increased harassment in the […]

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Mar 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Archbishop Renato R. Martino, the Vatican’s ambassador to the United Nations, made some revealing remarks about his dealings with the international institution during his March 25 homily celebrating the Day of the Unborn. “As Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations for the last fifteen years, I have had the honor to represent the Catholic Church in the work of the United Nations Organization,” explained the Archbishop. He said in various UN conferences ” I have seen first-hand how pro-abortion groups attempt to impose their death-dealing agenda on the Family […]

Stig Arne Korjus a junior high school supply teacher has been suspended for four months for handing out copies of a newspaper photo of a colleague marching topless and with his pants pulled down low in the gay pride parade. The Globe reports that Korjus, a retired teacher who had been filling in at Westwood Junior High School, must take a sensitivity course at his own expense to deal with issues of “homophobia” if he wishes to return to supply teaching according to a disciplinary panel of the Ontario College of Teachers.  https://www.globeandmail.com/gam/Toronto/20010329/UGAYYM.html

EDINBURGH, Mar 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Parents and Christian groups have learned to their great disgust and horror that a teacher’s guide approved for classrooms in Scotland suggests discussions on “all the different sexual activities that two people can do together.” The Scotsman reports that topics including anal sex, sado-masochism and group sex – are suggested for discussion between teachers and school pupils as young as 11 in “Taking Sex Seriously.” Pro-family groups are pointing out that the current atrocities were the very reason they had fought against the repeal of Section 28, which forbade the teaching of homosexuality in […]

PARIS, Mar 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – James Kopp, who police suspect was responsible for the 1998 shooting death of abortionist Barnett Slepian has been arrested in France after a two-and-a-half year search. Last October a US federal grand jury indicted Kopp in the shooting. Of note, Kopp’s history in the pro-life movement shows him to be an unlikely candidate for such actions. For more see the AP report at Nando:  https://www.nandotimes.com/noframes/story/0,2107,500468612-500716827-  503983106-0,00.html?group=nation For more on Kopp’s background:  https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/1998/dec/981214b.html

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Pro-life groups were cleared yesterday of one of the largest lawsuits awarded in the United States. Abortionists and pro-abortion groups were awarded $109 million in 1999 in a ruling, which attacked pro-lifers using US racketeering laws. The case involved a campaign initiated by several pro-life individuals which sought information on abortionists who were suspected of injuring patients, posters drawn up for the information gathering campaign looked like “wanted” posters and gave rise to the lawsuit by Planned Parenthood and other abortionists. While the former ruling suggested the posters incited violence against the abortionists, […]

OTTAWA, Mar 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A set of draft guidelines for federally funded research would allow research using human embryos, but would not allow the cloning of human embryos for research. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) ad hoc Working Group on Stem Cell Research released a discussion paper today with the intent of soliciting feedback from researchers as well as the public regarding this controversial research. CIHR hopes to issue a set of official guidelines by the fall. Canadian scientists are chafing at the bit to pursue research in this field but are constrained primarily by the […]

An Arkansas bill that would include a viable fetus in the definition of a person for civil wrongful-death lawsuits sailed through the Senate on Monday with unanimous support. However, the Senate added a clause which states that no person shall be liable under Arkansas Code Annotated 16-62-102 when the death of the fetus results from a legal abortion or from the fault of the pregnant woman.  https://www.ardemgaz.com/search_week/tue/ark/a7yxgr27.html Pro-life students at the University of Illinois set up 4,000 small, white crosses in front of the English Building on Monday in a display called “Cemetery of the Innocent.” Each cross symbolized one […]

A wonderful story on the resurgence of pro-life groups and demonstrations on university campuses across the country is in the current edition of Report Newsmagazine.  https://www.report.ca/magazine/p26i010402f.html

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Mar 28 (LSN.ca) – Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Alemán said that he will veto laws that support abortion because the state has the duty to protect human life, reported Zenit News yesterday. Speaking in the national baseball stadium Sunday, on the Day of the Unborn, he said, “Every baby in the maternal womb has the right to be born, and the state has the duty to protect him.” Archbishop Renato Martino, the Vatican’s permanent observer at the United Nations, celebrated Mass. “Those of us who regard human life as sacred have the duty to protect and support it in […]

WASHINGTON, Mar 28, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Pro-abortion Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) has introduced the “United Nations Population Fund Funding Act of 2001” in the U.S. House. Judie Brown, president of American Life League reacted to the announcement saying, “Congress must block funding for the United Nations Population Fund, an organization which wages a war of abortion and population reduction on the world’s most vulnerable women and children.” Brown noted that the UNFPA is a principal provider of chemical abortion throughout the developing world, and is perhaps the strongest ally of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, the world’s largest promoter of […]

VANCOUVER, Mar 28, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The archdiocese of Vancouver has set a new policy regarding candidates for political office after an incident during the November federal election saw a noted pro-abortion politician speak at a parish hall in the diocese. During the federal election campaign Francesca Zumpano, Liberal candidate for the Burnaby-Douglas constituency, organized a ‘Supporters Reception’, featuring Heritage Minister Sheila Copps as guest speaker. The venue for the reception was the St. Helen’s Parish Hall in Burnaby, where Zumpano is a parishioner. Copps’ outspoken pro-abortion position caused scandal among the faithful. The event was picketed and letters and […]

LONDON, Mar 28, 2001(LSN.ca) – British scientists are claiming a possible 70% success rate with an experimental treatment for deafness which would inject cells taken from human embryos into the ears of deaf people. Professor Matthew Holley of Bristol University Medical School announced that his trials on the experimental procedure conducted with mice. Holley took immature cells from the ears of ten-day-old mouse embryos and converted them into hearing cells. Speaking of his upcoming human trials he said, “We will be able to take human embryo cells from the ear and mature them into hearing cells. We will then inject […]

President George W. Bush’s pro-life speech, issued while opening the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington on March 22, 2001, is available on the White House website at:  https://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/03/20010322-14.html The World Family Conference, put on by American Life League and the Population Research Institute, features Pro-Life Bishop John W. Yanta of Amarillo, Texas. After being named auxiliary bishop of the diocese of San Antonio, he placed the “precious feet” pro-life symbol on his crest.  https://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010326/dcm035.html CNSNews.com reports that Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore Monday signed legislation requiring informed consent and a 24-hour waiting period for women seeking an abortion. […]

Those wishing to forward their concerns about the speaking engagement of President Clinton at the fundraiser for the St. Joseph Catholic hospital in Hamilton to Sister Anne Anderson, President and Chair of the St. Joseph’s Health Care System, may find her at her new job as the new Dean of the University of Toronto – St. Michael’s College faculty of theology. The Catholic Register reports that fundraising “will be a big part of Anderson’s job.” (Catholic Register March 19, 2001) See earlier LifeSite coverage:  https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2001/feb/010221.html#1

WASHINGTON, Mar 27, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Over 100 university and college presidents signed a letter to HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson urging the continuation of funding into destructive research using human embryonic stem cells. The American Council on Education, the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges and the Association of American Universities were joined by the 112 college and university presidents and chancellors in the letter. See the letter and signatories at:  https://www.acenet.edu/washington/letters/2001/03march/stemcell_thompson.html

MADRID, Mar 27, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The abortifacient morning after pill will go on sale in Spain this May after approval by the Health Ministry. Zenit News reports that the Catholic Bishops have repeatedly warned that the pills amount to “chemical abortion”. The moral decline in Spain began in the sixties when the birth rate of the once strongly Catholic country began to plummet. LifeSite reported in January 2000 that Spain had the lowest birth rate in the world (1.07). Moreover, official data recorded about 54,000 babies were killed by abortion in 1998 in the country and RU-486 went on […]

VANCOUVER, Mar 27, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Pro-lifers at the University of British Columbia have employed the Genocide Awareness Project (GAP) to show the truth about the horrific reality of abortion. However, pro-abortion students have attempted to block the public visibility of the GAP presentations by holding up sheets in front of the signs. Last week the pro-life group Lifeline outsmarted their pro-abortion counterparts when they formed a moving display marching around campus. The Students for Choice group pursued them, continuing to try to block the display in what the University newspaper called a “circus-like appearance.” When Lifeline showed up with […]

VATICAN CITY, Mar 27, 2001 (LSN.ca) – From his study window on Sunday Pope John Paul II concluded his Angelus prayers and reflections with words of thanks to all those who belong to groups or associations “actively committed against abortion and for life.” During his reflections he recalled the duty of Christians to “faithfully serve’ the ‘Gospel of life’ entrusted to us by Christ. He said, “In the face of the culture of death and the attacks which, unfortunately, are multiplying against the life of man, may the commitment to defend it in every stage, from the first instant of […]

TORONTO, Mar 27, 2001 (LSN.ca) – CanWest Global TV, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and Home Box Office (HBO) are all set to air propaganda films designed to link the pro-life movement with violence against abortionists. On Wednesday March, 28 at 10pm Global Television will air the first half of a special on their Blue Murder series, with the second half airing Monday April 2 at 10pm. TV programming write-ups describe the first part of the special, “Remembrance Day,” as: “Four abortionists are murdered by the same killer,” and the second part as “Investigators seek to tie anti-abortion militants to […]

Catholic News Service reports that Bishop John F. Kinney of St. Cloud Minn. has blasted the opening of a Planned Parenthood abortuary in his community. “I am particularly disturbed that they have chosen to do this in a community that is strongly supportive of human life at all stages,” he said. National Review reports that a new Kellyanne Fitzpatrick’s poll shows that a plurality of voters – 48 percent – are pro-life while 41 percent believe that abortion should be generally permitted. The majority believe, that is, that abortion should either be prohibited or allowed only in cases of rape, […]

The Italian doctor who heads a team set to undertake human cloning has defended cloning in the face of worldwide denouncement. He also slammed the Vatican which has forcefully condemned his proposal.  https://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/03/22/human.cloning/index.html The Journal of the Canadian Medical Association has taken up active pro-abortion propaganda in their March 20 issue. An article on “abortion services in Canada” laments the limited access and says erroneously that abortion is a “medically necessary service.”  https://www.cma.ca/cmaj/vol-164/issue-6/0847.asp Zenit News reported that several Latin American countries celebrated the Day of the Unborn Sunday on what is traditionally called the feast of the Annunciation – the […]

WASHINGTON, Mar 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Trumping the attempts of a number of pro-abortion Congressman seeking to undermine the Mexico City Policy President George W. Bush issued a Presidential memorandum reinforcing his pro-life policy late Friday. Rather than an agency announcing the measure, as it was originally, a memorandum issued directly by the President is much more difficult to overturn. The policy, which was re-enacted after President Bush took office, bars US overseas funding to groups which perform and/or promote abortion. For more see the AP coverage at:  https://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010324/ts/bush_abortion_dc_1.html https://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/abc/20010326/pl/bush_abortion010326_1.html

KAMLOOPS, BC, Mar 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Spurious criminal charges of uttering threats against abortuary workers which were laid against BC pro-life activist Merle Terlesky have been dropped but Merle still faces charges of violating the bubble zone. The Kamloops Daily News reports today that the remaining charges were laid when two women undercover police officers asked Merle for information while they were standing inside the 50 metre bubble zone surrounding an abortuary. The legislation states that anyone protesting abortion outside a clinic cannot do so within 50 metres of the entrance. (The Daily News (Kamloops) Mon 26 Mar 2001 […]

LONDON, Mar 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Stephen Hone, who went to court to try to block the plans of his ex-girlfriend to abort their unborn child, was greatly saddened to learn Sunday that his child had already been aborted. Claire Hansell, the mother of the child said through her lawyers that she had already had the abortion despite the fact that Hone offered to leave his job and raise the child himself. Hone told the media Monday that after a sleepless night thinking of how his child was killed, he said he would go to court to fight for the […]

CALGARY, Mar 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Bishop Fred Henry of Calgary is beginning to become a household name for pro-lifers across Canada with a recent wave of articles and media interviews taking politicians to task over the sanctity of human life. His most recent defence of the unborn came in his Sun column on Sunday where he smashes the argument frequented by politicians: “We should not legislate or impose our morality on others.” Responding to this argument Bishop Henry counters, “In fact, we legislate morality all the time, in many ways. We have laws against murder, rape, physical and sexual […]

VANCOUVER, BC, Mar 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The ruling New Democrat Party in British Columbia has unveiled a government resolution pro-life leaders are calling the “most extreme government measure on abortion in all of North America.” Labour Minister Joy MacPhail is set to present the resolution to “help protect the right of BC women to make their own choices on reproduction” today or tomorrow and it will be subject to a vote in the BC legislature. The resolution includes:  – Increased funding for school and community groups promoting sex education, birth control, and (pro-abortion) counseling – Increased funding for the […]

The Washington Times has added its voice to the multitude of sources noting the dirth of mainstream media coverage surrounding the murder, rape and torture of a 13-year-old Arkansas boy by two homosexuals – this despite the frenzy that surrounded the alleged anti-homosexual motivation behind the murder of Matthew Shepard.  https://www.washtimes.com/national/default-2001323224241.htm In San Francisco, the government officially renounced the Truth in Love campaign, which shares the Bible with homosexuals, accusing it of “hateful rhetoric.” Truth in Love was co-sponsored by pro-family groups. The City said that calling homosexuality a sin leads to violence against homosexuals, and the ministries were partly […]

South Africans are split down the middle over the acceptability of voluntary euthanasia, according to a recent poll. The poll of 2000 conducted in February showed that white respondents were by far more accepting of euthanasia.  https://www.iol.co.za/html/frame_news.php?click_id=125&art_id=  ct20010321092510354E352326 Russian authorities have released statistics noting that Russia is still one of the world’s leading nations in abortions with 2.1 million unborn baby killings reported every year. The article noted that the real figures might be considerably higher.  https://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=316180

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Kofi Annan will seek a second five-year term as Secretary-General of the United Nations. News reports suggest that Annan only announced his intentions after securing support from the five permanent veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council – the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China. Annan is almost assured another term since he has the support of most of the countries of his native Africa. While Annan may have favoured status among the political elite he is no friend of pro-lifers. As head of the UN, Annan has appointed a cadre of […]

WASHINGTON, Mar 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Abortion supporters are in an uproar following President George W. Bush’s decision to end the American Bar Association’s traditional role of pre-screening federal judicial nominees. At the announcement of the decision, White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales said, “it would be particularly inappropriate, in our view, to grant a preferential, quasi-official role to a group, such as the ABA, that takes public positions on divisive political, legal and social issues that come before the courts.” The ABA has become aggressively political in recent years. The organization openly endorses abortion, even opposing parental notification before young […]

GENEVA, Switzerland, Mar 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Switzerland’s upper and lower houses of parliament have completed their voting in favour of legalizing abortion-on-demand for babies up to twelve weeks gestation. The National Council – Parliament’s larger chamber – voted 107-69, and the Council of States, approved the proposal 22-20. The issue has been debated for eight years, since the Socialist party introduced a bill to legalize it. AP reports that the centrist Christian People’s Party – a member of the four-party coalition government – immediately challenged the decision and announced it would collect the 100,000 signatures necessary under Swiss law […]

LONDON, Mar 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Catholic Bishops of England have released a document entitled “Vote for the Common Good” in which they note that abortion should be at top of the list of questions that a constituent asks any prospective MP. The bishops also warn that euthanasia could be legalized in the next Parliament. “To do so would be both wrong and dangerous. Whatever the motive, euthanasia amounts to murder. It is wholly against the common good,” says the document. Other issues included for serious reflection in the document included support for marriage and family. While the Conservative […]

WASHINGTON, Mar 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – President George W. Bush received a standing ovation yesterday from cardinals, bishops, clergy and laymen after a speech defending the unborn and praising Pope John Paul II. In his speech, delivered at the opening of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in northeast Washington, Bush said: “The culture of life is a welcoming culture, never excluding, never dividing, never despairing and always affirming the goodness of life in all its seasons. In the culture of life we must make room for the stranger. We must defend in love the innocent child waiting to […]

OTTAWA, Mar 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Garry Breitkreuz, Canadian Alliance MP for Yorkton-Melville, presented a motion in the House of Commons yesterday urging the government to amend the definition in section 223 of the Criminal Code which states that a baby isn’t a human being until it emerges completely from the womb. Debate on the motion ended after only one hour of debate with one Liberal and one Bloc MP voting against a motion seeking unanimous consent to make the motion votable (and another to forward it to the Commons justice committee for deliberation) and, thereby, also extending debate for […]

A subcommittee of the US House of Representatives Wednesday approved the Unborn Victims of Violence Act.  https://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010321/hl/fetuses_1.html   for more from LifeSite see:  https://lsn.ca/ldn/2001/mar/010316.html#4 An internet poll on abstinence education is on MSNBC at:  https://www.msnbc.com/news/535245.asp

Paul Jalsevac is in Toronto at Sunnybrook hospital. Regular updates on his case will be made on his LifeSite page. Today’s update is a summary and personal message from Steve Jalsevac.  https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/paul/paul.html REAL Women of Canada presented former Canadian Alliance MP Eric Lowther with an award at an Edmonton conference last week-end. Mr. Lowther was given the REAL Woman award for his consistent defense of the Canadian family, and his unfailing defense of life. The Montreal mother charged with her disabled daughter’s murder yesterday is undergoing a psychiatric examination to see if she is fit to stand trial.  https://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/03/21/assess_rett010321

NEW YORK, Mar 22, 2001 (LSN.ca) – On his Focus on the Family radio broadcast, Tuesday, Dr. James Dobson called on his millions of listeners to be aware of the level to which the homosexual agenda is being promoted in the public school system. Dobson noted that California, in particular, is facing a dire situation, as an unauthorized task force set up by California Superintendent of Public Instruction Delaine Eastin has drafted a radical set of 12 recommendations designed not merely to promote “tolerance” of homosexuality in the state’s public schools, but to force acceptance of homosexuality there. For more […]

VATICAN, Mar 22 (LSN.ca) – Pope John Paul II addressed the participants in the General Assembly of the World Union of Catholic Women’ s Organizations (WUCWO) today. The pope encouraged the six hundred delegates, who held their meeting in Rome from March 17 to 21, to pay “particular” attention to the “defenceless unborn children who in many cases are deprived of all legal protection.” The pope said, “Your Union exists to … voice, even in international forums, and insist that every life is a gift from God and deserves to be respected.”

CAPE TOWN, Mar 22, 2001 (LSN.ca) – All across South Africa Wednesday, thousands of pro-lifers demanded the right to life for unborn children. Since abortion was permitted in 1996, it has cost the lives of over 150,000 South African babies. Myrna King, one of the organizers of the event said that the beautiful rainbow that appeared at the end of the march symbolized their hope that one day South Africans would be able to really celebrate Human Rights Day – “when the human rights of unborn babies are also protected”. Christians for Truth handed out pamphlets noting, “The abortion laws […]

BRUSSELS, Mar 22, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Belgian senators have agreed on draft legislation to legalize euthanasia. It will go to the Belgian upper house of parliament within the next month with the lower house voting on it shortly thereafter. Politicians are being allowed a free vote on the issue. The proposed law is similar to that of the Netherlands and states that requests for euthanasia must be made by a patient who is conscious when making an active, voluntary and persistent demand. Most observers of the situation in the Netherlands know that the legal restrictions actually do nothing in practice […]

OTTAWA, Mar 22, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Preston Manning, the founder of the Reform Party of Canada which evolved into the Canadian Alliance has announced he is stepping down from politics. A press release from Calgary says he will “retire from public life by the end of this calendar year.” While Preston Manning has raised the hopes of pro-lifers in Canada he has also been a disappointment, insisting that issues of life be decided by referenda, as if the life of the unborn could be subject to a majority vote. Perhaps the high point of Preston Manning’s term as Leader of […]

WINNIPEG, Mar 22, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Last week, Juergen Severloh, the executive director of the Crisis Pregnancy Centre of Winnipeg discovered that the Centre had been vandalized. Spray painted over the windows of the building in huge yellow letters were the words “Anti-Choice F******”. At least a gallon of blood-red paint was also thrown on the wall and surrounding area making for a gruesome looking scene as the red paint resembles pools of blood. Severloh says that this is the third such hate-motivated incident directed toward the CPC in the past year. Ten months ago saw a similar graffiti attack […]

Reuters reports that President George W. Bush is reviewing whether the American Bar Association should continue its official role in screening potential Supreme Court nominees and other federal judges.  https://library.northernlight.com/HB20010319810000018.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc Cybercast News Service reports that the National Education Association is expected to take action on a resolution in support of development of school curriculum and programs designed to meet the needs of gay, lesbian and bisexual students when the union holds its annual convention in July in Los Angeles.  https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=Culturearchive

Zenit News reports that Chile has approved the sale of the abortifacient “morning-after pill” by prescription.  https://www.zenit.org/english/archive/0103/ZE010320.htm#3719 A bill has been introduced in Nepal which would allow abortion in the case of rape, incest, or alleged danger to a woman’s life. Moreover, a married woman would be allowed to abort a child of up to 12 weeks’ gestation with her husband’s consent. (CNN as reported by SPUC news digest)  https://asia.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/03/20/nepal.women/index.html A British woman has died after amniocentesis. She contracted an E. coli infection during the test.  https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1229000/1229861.stm Philippine President Gloria Arroyo said Tuesday she is set to fire the Philippines’ […]

WASHINGTON, Mar. 21, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A federal regulation prepared as President Bill Clinton left office and delayed by President George W. Bush would redefine the terms “fetus” and “child” and allow the legal use of newborns for scientific research. Cybercast News Service reports that the regulation states that a newborn is still considered a “fetus” until it is determined the baby will live by “independently maintaining a heartbeat and respiration” at which point it can be referred to as a “child.” The delay on the regulation expired March 19, however pro-life legislators demanded it be postponed for another 60 […]

EDMONTON, Mar 21, 2001 (LSN.ca) – On March 12, Ralph Klein’s Tories streamrolled the NDP and Liberal opposition, taking 74 of 83 seats in the provincial election. While commentators noted the absence of any substantive debate during the four-week campaign – the pro-life movement actively pursued the 300-plus candidates in the election for their views on the issues. CLC Alberta distributed a nine-point questionnaire in order to qualify candidates as pro-life, pro-life with exceptions or not pro-life. Eleven of seventy-three PC MLAs elected on March 12 are considered pro-life or pro-life with exceptions based on responses to the CLC Alberta […]

LONDON, Mar. 21 (LSN.ca) – Stephen Hone, who went to court to try to block the plans of his ex-girlfriend to abort their unborn child, claimed partial victory after the abortion centre admitted fault in court for not seeking the required medical opinion of two doctors. The Calthorpe Nursing Home in Edgbaston, Birmingham, said it would seek the opinions before aborting the child. Furthermore Hone was assured that they would not dispose of the remains of the foetus without giving him a week’s notice so he can arrange a burial. “It is a victory in one sense, but a loss […]

MONTREAL, Mar. 21, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Rachel Capra Craig, 46, was charged with first-degree murder yesterday in the poisoning death of her 14-year-old daughter Chelsea. Police report that the mother had made a lethal drug cocktail and administered it to her daughter and to herself. Mrs. Craig survived but Chelsea died from the poison. Chelsea had Rett syndrome, a disorder which affects girls causing loss of control over muscle movements, particularly in the hands. While Rett patients must be cared for extensively due to their physical disability, mental capacity and life expectancy are much less affected. Chelsea attended a local […]

OTTAWA, Mar. 21, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Gary Breitkreuz, the Canadian Alliance MP who is scheduled to present his pro-life motion in parliament tomorrow, has received confirmation that the federal government has no evidence to support its claim that abortion is “medically necessary.” Earlier this year Liberal Health Minister Alan Rock demanded that provinces fund all abortions, even in private abortuaries, claiming that abortion is “medically necessary.” Mr. Breitkreuz filed an Access to Information request to the Information Commissioner demanding any “documents, reports and correspondence in the department that provide evidence that abortions are ‘medically necessary.’” An official reply to the […]

A pro-abortion media campaign is underway involving Boston’s Public Transportation. At the bottom of the story at the link provided there is a chance for people to voice their opinions on the issue.  https://befearless.oxygen.com/newsfeed/2001/03/15/eng-uwire/eng-uwire_000947_ 199_970543102827.html Mandatory student assemblies which promote abortion and homosexuality have come under fire in Mill Valley California. Dave Lapp, a teacher at Tamalpais High criticized the mandatory student assemblies put on by “political left” groups such as the student National Organization for Women Club and the Black Student Union. The NOW Club assembly included discussion of abortion without giving opposing views, objected Lapp.  https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=Culturearchive

Canada Family Action Coalition (CFAC) presented its first annual Family Life and Freedom award to Eric Lowther, former MP in Calgary Centre, for his diligent defense of family during his years serving in the federal government. This annual award is designed to honor and thank Canadians who have exhibited courage and dedication in supporting family, life and freedom in Canada. CFAC President Roy Beyer presented the 2001 inaugural award to Mr. Lowther on Saturday March 17, 2001 at a Real Women’s conference in Edmonton. NICARAGUA: The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) is promoting “sexual and reproductive rights” among Nicaraguan youth in […]

OUAGADOUGOU, Mar 20, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Catholic Church in Burkina Faso is tackling the AIDS crisis after various anti-AIDS campaigns focusing on the distribution of condoms have failed miserably to check the advance of the disease. Fides news agency reports that the Church has launched a campaign among young people to encourage the reserving of sex for marriage and chastity and faithfulness in marriage. A TV campaign called “chastity and faithfulness,” which focuses on rejecting the use of condoms and encouraging moral behaviour is having success. Moreover, an increasing number of youth vow to live in chastity before marriage, […]

LISBON, Portugal, Mar 20, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Zenit News reports that the Portuguese Parliament has approved the free distribution of the abortifacient morning after pill in pharmacies, hospitals and health centres in the predominantly Roman Catholic country. The law was approved with the votes of the Socialist Party, the Communist-Greens, and the Left Bloc, as well as three dissident votes from the Social Democratic Party, a center-right political force. LifeSite reported last week that Portugal’s National Assembly passed legislation allowing homosexual couples the same rights as heterosexual couples in common law “marriages.” See the Zenit report at:  https://www.zenit.org/english/archive/0103/ZE010316.htm#3612

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 20, 2001 (LSN.ca) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland said yesterday she would resign from her position in September at the end of her four-year term. Robinson indicated that the reason for her decision to leave was based on the lack of funds available to the Human Rights Commission and because she felt constricted in terms of the activities she wanted to pursue. “I believe that I can, at this stage, achieve more outside of the constraints that a multilateral organization inevitably imposes,” she said. Her office receives some […]

OTTAWA, Mar 20, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A leak to the media reveals that the Government’s Canadian Institutes for Health Research, set up recently by Health Minister Alan Rock, has prepared guidelines regarding the use of human embryos in research, including human cloning. It was reported that the guidelines would be open for public comment prior to being adopted. Campaign Life Coalition condemns without reservation all destructive use of human embryos, says CLC British Columbia president, John Hof, because the embryo is a living child from the time of fertilization/conception. These young children have the inalienable right to life based on […]

Pro-life Senator Rick Santorum (R-Penn.), who has been a leading opponent of partial-birth abortion in the U.S. Senate, has said he does not plan to introduce another bill prohibiting the procedure, according to the Washington Times Friday. “The Supreme Court basically shot down the statute that we’ve been trying to pass,” he said, pointing to their decision last year striking down a Nebraska ban. Other pro-life politicians, however, have indicated that they will not abandon similar efforts. Rep. J.C. Watts (R-Okla.) said “there’s always other ways of doing things around this crazy place.”  https://www.latimes.com/news/nation/20010318/t000023696.html Nebraska state Sen. Matt Connealy said […]

“An experimental therapy for Parkinson’s disease suffered its second setback in a month,” reported the New York Times today. The revelation comes from the Genzyme Corporation and Diacrin Inc., which were implanting fetal pig cells into the brains of patients. The condition of these patients has not improved compared with a control group.  https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/19/business/19CELL.html?searchpv=nytToday (requires an online subscription) The latest column by Report magazine writer, Mariette Ulrich, discusses the media bias surrounding euthanasia coverage, particularly in terms of dehumanizing the victims. She notes, for example, that “Tracy Latimer is always referred to as “His Severely Disabled Daughter,” as if she […]

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 19, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The United Nations is facing more controversy today over the way it handles human rights abuses and a report accusing the international body of giving financial kickbacks to accused war criminals appearing before the UN tribunals for Rwanda and Yugoslavia. The commission in charge of the UN’s annual review of human rights abuses opens in Geneva today. Ironically, however, it is packed with countries that are major human rights offenders, charge critics including the Freedom House, a New York-based think-tank, which publishes a “freedom index” of political rights and civil liberties. The Geneva […]

NEW JERSEY, Mar 19, 2001 (LSN.ca) – An opinion poll in New Jersey indicates that more than three-quarters of the state’s population supports parental notification laws. Seventy-six percent of New Jersey residents support parental notification laws before teenage girls can have an abortion, reported the Newark Star-Ledger last week; 63% would also support a constitutional amendment to this effect. The state’s supreme court has already thrown out a parental notification law, but the New Jersey House recently passed a proposal calling for a constitutional amendment that would effectively reverse the court’s ruling. The poll was performed by Quinnipiac University, which […]

SOUTH CAROLINA, Mar 19, 2001 (LSN.ca) – South Carolina is doing little to endear itself to the abortion movement, judging by the number of pro-life initiatives currently being advanced and considered in that state. The state Senate is considering an Unborn Victims Act (SB 312), which criminalizes the “unlawful killing or battery of any person” with person being defined to include “an unborn child at every stage of gestation in utero from conception until live birth.” It was supposed to be sent to the Judiciary Committee last week but has first gone to a subcommittee for the consideration of amendments, […]

Canada’s “father of palliative care” urges reform – MONTREAL, Mar 19, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Dr. Balfour Mount, the 61-year-old Montreal physician who has been dubbed the “father of palliative care” in Canada, says that “Canada must dramatically improve its palliative care system for dying patients if it is to succeed as this country’s alternative to euthanasia and assisted suicide.” The National Post reports today on Dr. Mount’s comments from his article published in this month’s journal of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. In Canada, palliative care is only accessible to five percent of the population, he […]

U.S. President Bush has steered away from the mandatory reductions in carbon dioxide output enshrined in the UN’s Kyoto protocol. The dubious science surrounding global warming and its supposed causes is not reason enough to undergo the drastic measures the UN is calling for – measures which many predict would cause a world-wide depression. https://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/ed-house-2001315174613.htm

A physician and sex consultant in Indonesia has reported that every year around 1.3 million Indonesian teenagers have abortions. “Teenage pregnancy, abortion, school dropout, teenage marriage, divorce and drug abuse are all a result of misguided love and sexual adventures,” said Boyke Dian. https://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20010316023002&irec=6 Portugal’s National Assembly has passed legislation allowing homosexual couples the same rights as heterosexual couples in common law ‘marriages.’ https://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_244161.html

HOLLYWOOD, Mar 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A rock concert in support of abortion is to take place April 6th at the Hollywood Palladium; it is sponsored by Rock for Choice. The militantly pro-abortion groups performing include, Sarah McLachlan, Melissa Etheridge, Paula Cole, The Bangles, and Mia Doi Todd. The aim of the fundraiser is to lobby to ensure that a pro-abortion Supreme Court Justice is appointed by the Bush administration. The campaign aims to “Save Roe v. Wade” having the Senate leadership “filibuster and block any anti-choice nomination.”

AMSTERDAM, Mar 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The bill to legalize euthanasia which was expected to fly through the Dutch Senate may be upset after a Dutch physician was charged with murder for administering drugs which killed a woman without her request to die. Dr. Wilfred van Oijen, a general practitioner was found guilty of killing an 84-year-old sick and comatose woman in February 1997 after her daughters asked him to finish her off, ostensibly to end her suffering. The woman stopped breathing shortly after Van Oijen gave her a muscle-relaxing drug commonly used in euthanasia. The doctor was charged with […]

WASHINGTON, Mar 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2001, which seeks to have those who would attack pregnant women charged for harm to both the mother and to her unborn child, has come under intense fire from “pro-choice” groups. Melissa Seckora of National Review pointed out today the absurdity of abortion proponents who oppose the bill even though the act in no way restricts a mother from obtaining an abortion. Pro-abortion Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D., Mich.) said of the bill, “This Act is nothing but a transparent attempt to expand fetal rights.” However, those […]

MOSCOW, Mar 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Figures on abortion and infertility were cited at a meeting between State Duma security committee chairman Alexander Gurov and specialists of Moscow’s centre of obstetrics, gynecology and perinatology today. The statistics revealed that ten per cent of the over two million women who obtain registered abortions in Russia each year are left sterile by the procedure. Itar-Tass reports that the figures are particularly detrimental given Russia’s massive under-population woes. Russia’s birth rate continues to plummet with infertility and miscarriage abounding say doctors. The statistics indicate that more than five million Russian women and four […]

REGINA, Mar 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Pat Fiacco, the Mayor of Regina, has signed a proclamation declaring June 18 Heterosexual Family Pride Day. Bill Whatcott of Christian Truth Activists had requested the proclamation after mayors throughout Canada have been forced to proclaim homosexual pride day despite objections based on their Christian faith. It seems the city council only took Whatcott’s request seriously after he threatened to file a human rights complaint against the city. On Monday, June 18 Whatcott plans a Heterosexual Family Pride Parade through the streets of Regina followed by a flag raising ceremony and the Mayoral proclamation. […]

LONDON, Mar 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A new technique would allow lung transplants from dead donors, for the first time. Prior to this technology, only lungs from donors who were alive, but declared “brain-dead” could be used for transplants. The new technique allows transplant of the lungs even though the donor is truly dead – the heart has stopped beating. A successful transplant has shown that coolant pumped into the lungs of the dead body over an hour after death allows the lungs to survive for another 12-24 hours. Dr. Stig Steen, professor of cardiothoracic surgery at the University of […]

Lawmakers in Ohio, Indiana, Kansas and Kentucky are pushing bills that would provide job protection to pharmacists if they refuse to dispense medication on moral grounds. The bills are versions of a 1998 South Dakota law that lets pharmacists refuse to fill prescriptions—like morning-after contraception pills—if it conflicts with their beliefs.  https://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/03/14/pharmacists.drugdebate.ap/index.html A 16-year-old girl went to an abortion clinic in South Florida, where a fake doctor botched the abortion which may have left her unable to have children. Police are searching for Joe Casso, 71, who ran the Hialeah clinic.  https://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/wplg/20010313/lo/334074_1.html

The only independent abortion clinic in the Australian state of Tasmania has closed after an eight-year campaign by pro-lifers. Ecumenical prayer meetings had been held in churches near the Women’s Health Foundation clinic every Thursday since August 1992. About 10 abortions were performed each week in the clinic, which announced that it was closing due to a drop in customers. [The Mercury, 9 March] (As reported by the Society for the Protection for the Unborn)  https://www.themercury.com.au/common/story_page/0,4511,1785744%255E921,00.html After cries in the House of Commons that Liberal supporters owned a majority of Canadian media and were using it to promote the Liberal […]

LONDON, Mar 15 (LSN.ca) – A survey of youth in England found that a majority of Christian youth repudiated the teachings of their religions on pre-marital sex, divorce, and abortion, while Muslim youth tend to hold their religion’s teachings more strongly. The Daily Telegraph reported that the survey found 82% of young Anglicans reject life-long marriage and believe divorce is acceptable and only 31% view abortion as wrong. Among Roman Catholic teenagers, 85 per cent dismiss their Church’s teaching that sex outside marriage is wrong and 50% are against abortion. In comparison, 58% of Muslim youth reject abortion, 42% believe […]

HOLLYWOOD, Mar 15, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Researchers are blaming the promotion of homosexuality in popular TV shows for massive increases in the practice of homosexual sex among Americans. A national survey, the results of which are published in the current Journal of Sex Research, found that homosexual sex acts among women had increased 15-fold from 0.2% in 1988 to nearly 3% in 1998. Over the same period, the homosexual sex among men doubled from 2% to 4%. Homosexual activist groups agreed that the TV and film promotion boosted their cause. Cathy Renna, of Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) […]

Call for Ethical Use of Stem Cells – From Adults, Bone Marrow and Placenta Blood WASHINGTON, Mar 15, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Today, March 15, is the deadline for the decision by the Bush administration to decide whether or not to continue the illicit funding of destructive research with human embryos. In light of this petitions were sent to President Bush signed by hundreds of organizations, comprising millions of Americans. The Christian Defense Coalition sent a letter decrying the research and asking for funding to end. It was signed by the American Bioethics Advisory Commission, American Life League, Concerned Women for […]

WASHINGTON, Mar 15, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Yesterday, Fr. Frank Pavone, Director of Priests for Life (PFL) unveiled a bold and ambitious media plan for 2001. “By utilizing paid media in an extremely daring manner, we will be able to take our message to more people outside conventional Church circles, and to do so more extensively than the pro-life movement has been able to do in 30 years,” says a PFL release. In the next six months, Priests for Life will launch a major billboard advertising effort in key cities across the nation. By July, they will have an estimated 5,000 […]

GENEVA, Mar 15, 2001 (LSN.ca) – On Wednesday, Switzerland’s parliament approved the legalization of abortion on demand. Under the new law, women will be permitted to have their children aborted during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy with a written request to a doctor. Xinhua News Agency reports that before being implemented, the amendment may need approval by Swiss voters if its opponents are able to collect the 50,000 signatures needed to force a nationwide vote on the issue. (Xinhua News Agency, March 14, 2001)  https://library.northernlight.com/FB20010314930000088.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc

VANCOUVER, Mar 15, 2001 (LSN.ca) – British Columbia Premier Ujjal Dosanjh demonstrated his militant pro-abortion activism once again yesterday during his throne speech. “My government is committed to protecting a woman’s right to make her own decisions about her body and about abortion. My government helped make a woman’s right to choose a reality. We will fight to ensure that a woman’s reproductive rights are safeguarded and never taken away,” he said. He continued: “Earlier this year, my government gave pharmacists the ability to dispense emergency contraceptives to women throughout BC. Our work to ensure women have better access to […]

New York’s Cardinal Egan was in Albany yesterday lobbying politicians against a law forcing religious institutions to cover birth control in health-care coverage for their employees. “Government must not interfere in matters of religious faith,” Egan said. “To do so is un-American.”  https://www.nypostonline.com/news/regionalnews/26411.htm Douglas Scott of Life Decisions International is reported to have announced that Target Corp. has agreed to end its sponsorship of Planned Parenthood. (Life Advocacy Briefing. E-version, part B, 2/26/01, available via paid subscription from [email protected]) [as reported by American Life League]

Mexican Bishops have warned that the culture of death is making inroads into Mexico. In a Lenten message, the Catholic Bishops of Veracruz denounced “murders, abortion, euthanasia, suicide,” noting also that the “massive imposition of sterilization of women in various sectors; and massive distribution of contraceptives … profoundly offend human dignity.” (Zenit News March 13, 2001) Statistics Canada reports today that Canada recorded its lowest-ever number of stillbirths with a gestational age of 28 weeks or more, known as late fetal deaths, in 1998. Medical officials reported 1,079 stillbirths at 28 weeks or more in 1998, down 8.1% from 1997. […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mar 14, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Matt Evans, a third-year student at Harvard Law School, has been confronted by university administration for posting small signs on student bulletin boards reading, “Smile! Your mother chose life.” Don Feder writing for WorldNetDaily today reports that the signs were torn down frequently and after two weeks Evans was confronted by a member of the staff who sweetly inquired, “Are you the one putting up this sh—?” Evans says the lady “denounced my message as one of hate, accused me of meddling in women’s issues and called me a coward because I had not […]

BERN, Mar 14, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Switzerland’s National Council has overwhelmingly approved the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. A second ratification, by the Council of States, is still required under Swiss law. Switzerland would be the 30th country to sign on to the court. For more see Agence Telegraphique Suisse/Edicom, 13 Mar (in French) :  https://www.edicom.ch/news/suisse/010313120023.tu.shtml

MANILA, Mar 14, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The process of cloning human embryos for the purpose of creating stem cells to manufacture body parts has been condemned by Catholic Bishops in the Philippines. The Filipino bishops said destroying an embryo would be tantamount to “plain murder,” stressing that this could not be “morally permissible.” For more see:  https://www.inq7.net/brk/2001/mar/13/obreak2.htm

RICHMOND, Mar 14, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States is funding research into an anti-pregnancy vaccine to be used in China, where the one-child policy has been enforced with forced abortions, forced sterilizations and infanticide. The Population Research Institute (PRI) released a report this month indicating that Dr. John Herr is carrying out research at the University of Virginia on “recombinant gamete contraceptive vaccinogens.” Herr hopes to develop a vaccine that will cause a woman’s body to react to sperm in the same way that it does to germs, causing the immune system […]

WASHINGTON, Mar 14, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Catholics For a Free Choice (CFFC), one of the most offensive pro-abortion groups (since it masquerades as a ‘Catholic’ entity) has cited Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Joe Clark, the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party as “Catholics” who “Support Choice.” The CFFC publication “In Catholic Circles” Vol. 5, No. 6: November-December 2000 quotes the Canadian politicians supporting abortion. See the CFFC publication at:  https://www.cath4choice.org/new/incathcircles/iccbottompg2.htm#state

Wesley J. Smith, an attorney for the Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, reports that the number of “angels of death” who stalk hospitals looking for dying patients they may “dispatch” is much more common than expected.  https://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-smith030601.shtml The Washington Post reports that “the Bush administration will delay action on parts of its plan to channel more government money to religious charities until it can quiet some of the surprisingly vehement opposition to the program.”  https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55217-2001Mar11.html Partial-birth abortionist LeRoy Cahart, who successfully took the case for allowing partial-birth abortion in Nebraska to the US Supreme Court is now suing […]

Paris, France may be on its way to electing its first openly practicing homosexual mayor. The election result however will only be known after a second round of voting next Sunday.  https://www.guardian.co.uk/Distribution/Redirect_Artifact/0,4678,0-450257,00.html Critics of the Teletubbies who were hounded for being paranoid fanatics have more evidence to support their case against the popular children’s program. The New York Post reports that the diminutive actress who plays the littlest Teletubbie, Po, has been cast as a lesbian in a sexually explicit British TV drama called ‘Metrosexuality’.

CANBERRA, Mar 13, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Australian bioethicist Nick Tonti-Filippini, who advised an Australian Senate inquiry into cloning admitted this week that Australia has already undertaken human cloning experiments. The Australian Daily Telegraph reported yesterday that in 1999, researchers implanted a cell containing human DNA in a pig. The cloned embryo lived for 32 days before it was destroyed. The experiments, were carried out by Melbourne company Stemcell Sciences which has applied for a European patent to continue its experiments. Although Australian law forbids artificially creating genetically identical humans, the company has evaded the authorities by creating animal-human hybrids. Some […]

LONDON, Mar 13, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Leaders of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) met in London yesterday to discuss their mutual goals of abortion’s provision and spread throughout the world under the guise of “reproductive health promotion”. Ms Thoraya Obaid, the Executive Director of UNFPA met with IPPF’s Director-General Mrs Ingar Brueggemann, as well as with IPPF central and regional directors. A press release from IPPF, the worlds largest abortion provider highlights the similarities between the two organizations giving the lie to the UNFPA’s claims that it is not pro-abortion. “The complementary work […]

OTTAWA, Mar 13, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Statistics Canada released a report today noting that Canada will experience “an enormous increase in the number of seniors” with less and less working people to support them. Moreover Canada’s population is set to decline despite heavy immigration by the middle of this century. Interestingly the report says “Immigration levels contribute heavily to the projected population growth at the national level, as the fertility rate is always assumed to be below the replacement level, a situation observed since the 1970s.” The report fails to mention that the advent of abortion and contraception have obviously […]

HAMILTON, Mar 13, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The controversy over having former US President Bill Clinton come to Canada to speak at a fundraiser for a Catholic hospital has been raised a notch by the Hamilton city entertainment board. An article in the Hamilton Spectator yesterday had the Hamilton Entertainment and Convention Facilities Inc. (HECFI) suggesting that the Clinton May 2 speech be moved from the Carmen’s Banquet Centre to Copps Coliseum. Since the 1,090 tickets for the speech sold out on the first day with an 800 person waiting list, the suggestion to move to the new venue – which […]

* Please note that since the Ontario Legislature was prorogued last week, bill 159 regarding privacy of medical records and denied parents free access to their children’s records has been dropped and must be reintroduced in the next session in order to move forward. * The e-mail address given for Bishop Fred Henry of Calgary was incorrect. For those wishing to send Bishop Henry a congratulatory note on his recent public statements on Joe Clark and Jean Chretien please contact him via email at:  [email protected]

MSNBC is holding an on-line poll on whether embryonic stem cell research, requiring the destruction of live human embryos, should be federally funded. The poll is a sidebar to a news story about a law suit to stop such funding.  https://www.msnbc.com/news/541770.asp ABORTED BABIES GIVEN BURIAL Msgr. Edward Kavanaugh, president of St. Patrick’s Home for Children and pastor of St. Rose Church in Sacramento was assisted by four altar boys as he performed a Rite of Catholic Burial outside the city’s sewage treatment center, which is the final resting place for tens of thousands of aborted babies flushed down area drains […]

PANAMA CITY, Mar. 12, 2001 (LSN.ca) – While the government of Panama has signed and is considering ratifying the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Catholic Church has spoken out against the move. EFE reports that Panama’s Archbishop Jose Dimas Cedeno sent a message to the congress in which he expressed the Church’s rejection of the CEDAW protocol on the grounds that it paves the way for legalized abortion, currently considered a crime under Panamanian law except in cases where the mother’s life is said to be endangered. The message […]

SACRAMENTO, Mar. 12, 2001 (LSN.ca) – An embryo adoption program, which LifeSite reported on in September 1999, has gained international attention. The Snowflake Embryo Adoption Program matches couples who want children with embryos “left over” from fertility treatments, which would otherwise be destroyed or abandoned to scientific experimentation. England’s Daily Telegraph and Canada’s National Post reported on the adoption agency today, reporting that at least seven babies have been born as a result of the program thus far. The agency has matched 50 pairs of adopting parents and 47 pairs of genetic parents, thus allowing for the transfer of the […]

UNITED NATIONS, Mar. 12, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court (ICC) concluded its seventh session Friday. The ICC will have universal jurisdiction once 60 countries have ratified the ICC’s Rome Statute. Currently 139 countries have signed the statute and 29 have ratified it. Last week a representative from the Netherlands said a suitable location in The Hague had been identified that would fulfill all the requirements for the functioning of the Court. The UN’s documentation notes that the Court will have universal jurisdiction even over the as-yet undefined crime of aggression. “The Court will be […]

NEW YORK, Mar. 12, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Today’s Parent, a popular magazine not known for conservative views recently published an article extolling the benefits of big families, written by Dorothy Nixon, mother of two children born two-and-a-half years apart. Nixon relates, “I though it would be easy, relatively speaking, raising just two kids, a comfortable two years apart. But now, . maybe Mother Nature, who equipped me to have many more children that that, has had the last laugh.” Reflecting on her brother-in-law who raised seven boys, she says, “I’m beginning to think having small families, period, is highly impractical. […]

Former Presidential Candidate Alan Keyes has begun a petition to Outlaw Fetal Tissue “Experimentation”  https://www.conservativepetitions.com/petition.html?name=keyes_anti_nih The Kentucky Senate Wednesday night passed a bill to define life as beginning with fertilization of an egg by a sperm. The legislation creates the definition so people who kill a pregnant woman can be charged with two acts of homicide.  https://enquirer.com/editions/2001/03/08/loc_life_starts_at.html In a just released report, the pro-abortion group “Catholics” for a Free Choice charges the Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute (C-FAM) with disrupting UN meetings and attempting to hide its connections to other pro-life groups. “Bad Faith at the UN: Drawing Back […]

The controversial Italian fertility doctor Severino Antinori who helped a 62-year-old woman give birth will tell a cloning conference in Rome on Friday that he is ready to start cloning babies for infertile couples. He has the required expertise and says he has 600 patients willing to undergo the fertility treatment and he is determined to press ahead with it despite international outcry. He also claims he has the support and backing of an un-named Mediterranean country for his research programme, which he says could begin in October.  https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1209000/1209716.stm Catholic Clergy in Canada received a briefing on biotechnology at the […]

WASHINGTON, Mar 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Christian Medical Association (CMA) has joined with other pro-life groups to launch a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health to halt Clinton administration guidelines which surreptitiously allowed federal funding of research that uses stem cells harvested in a process which kills embryos. The lawsuit notes that the Clinton guidelines illegally violate a Congressional ban on research using human embryos because they “require and depend upon the destruction of living human embryos.” They “fundamentally undermine long-established state laws and ethical norms that protect human life […]

MANILA, Mar 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Philippine Bishops’ Conference (PBC) has released a list of six reasons why, from the point of view of Christian morality, human cloning is inadmissible. “Cloning of human embryos cannot be justified, no matter how much good it might provide for humanity, persons affected with irreversible and incurable illnesses especially,” said Archbishop Leonardo Legaspi OP of Nueva Caseras, chairman of the PBC Office on Bio-ethics. The reasons listed by the bishops as report by Fides News agency are:  1. It is against nature to create an embryo artificially, without any connection with sexuality;  2. […]

TORONTO, Mar 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A bill in the Ontario legislature which has passed second reading and is in the committee stage threatens parental rights with regard to health records for their minor children. Bill 159, regarding privacy of health records includes provisions barring parents from the health records of their minor children unless the child or state consent to the parent’s viewing the records. The intent of the measure is to ensure that parents do not discover, for instance, that their child was taken for an abortion during school hours by school authorities. The genesis of this type […]

CALGARY, Mar 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Campaign Life Coalition Alberta has shown that the Alberta Liberal Party’s campaign position on abortion funding is based on a factual error. Susan McNeely, CLC spokesman in Alberta noted that in answering CLC Alberta’s 2001 Election questionnaire, the Alberta Liberals said that “the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 1989 that all abortions are medically necessary and must be fully funded by provincial health plans, otherwise the province would be in contravention of the Canada Health Act.”“This is simply not true,” said McNeely. “The Supreme court of Canada has never ruled that abortion is […]

A federal racketeering probe in Chicago alleges that a mafia don owns and operates a prominent local abortuary, and actively tries to bribe friendly politicians on the premises. Pro-life activists say the case, entitled People v. Anthony Centracchio, is only one example of the questionable activities at abortuaries in the area and possibly elsewhere.  https://www.mcjonline.com/news/01a/20010305e.shtml The tragic consequences of the homosexual lifestyle are the focus of a program airing tonight on an American cable television network. “It’s Not Gay” (www.itsnotgay.com), produced by the American Family Association, features former homosexuals sharing their real-life experiences, and the emotional pain, brokenness, and physical […]

Show the Truth tour details:  July 9 – 13 in Western Ontario August 5 – 10 in Quebec Cost is a donation. Transportation is by bus. Show the Truth is a non-denominational mission dedicated to showing the truth of abortion to the Canadian public. It is committed to peaceful and legal means of pro-life education. Please join as participants seek to rescue “the least of these.” For more info contact Rosemary at:  [email protected] Communist China’s psychiatric association is removing homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses in a new diagnostic manual due out this year. The 8,000-member Chinese Psychiatric Association […]

LIFESITE.NET, Mar 8, 2001 (LSN.ca) – An Alberta election page, which contains information on the positions of candidates in the Alberta provincial election concerning life issues, is up on LifeSite. Candidates have been responding to questionnaires probing their views on the issues. The page also contains a link to a very important document entitled, “The Moral Obligations of Voters and Politicians,” which is a compilation of quotes from religious leaders on why life issues should be the first consideration when deciding how to vote. See the Alberta Election page at:  https://www.lifesitenews.com/elections/provincial/alberta/index.html

WASHINGTON, DC, Mar 8, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Planned Parenthood clinics are losing more and more credibility with the public as an increasing number of successful lawsuits are laid against them. This week, STOPP International, an arm of the American Life League, reported that Planned Parenthood Mohawk-Hudson in New York paid a settlement in excess of $1 million to 24-year-old Lisa Joseph, whose breast cancer was misdiagnosed by Planned Parenthood nurse practitioner Ella Mary Wylie. Wylie had told Joseph that the lump in her breast was not cancerous and that she was too young to have cancer. Two months later, she […]

VANCOUVER, Mar 8, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Vancouver constituency office of B.C. Premier Ujjal Dosanjh was picketed yesterday by about 15 young people from Campaign Life Coalition Youth. Also present was CLC B.C. president John Hof, who told LifeSite News that the effort was a response to Dosanjh’s decision to make abortion an election issue. “Mr. Dosanjh warned British Columbians about ‘anti-choice’ individuals who support restrictions on abortion, as if those who value human life are the degenerates of society,” said Hof. “Our campaign will expose British Columbians to the ‘choice’ that Mr. Dosanjh supports. Mr. Dosanjh and his supporters […]

NEW YORK, Mar 8, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A study released in today’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine shows that the experimental treatment for Parkinson’s disease, which uses implants from the brain cells of aborted babies, has “disastrous side effects.” The results have prompted researchers including Dr. Paul Greene, a neurologist at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, to back out of work in the area. “No more foetal transplants. We are absolutely and adamantly convinced that this should be considered for research only. And whether it should be researched in people is an open question,” […]

Carolyn Lund, 66, a campaigner for Oregon’s euthanasia law, committed suicide with the “help” of a doctor by drinking a glass of cranberry juice loaded with barbiturates. She died early Monday morning, her children said – 37 hours after drinking the deadly cocktail.  https://www.dhonline.com/dhonline_news/regional/dhregional-07.html#TopOfPage Jane Fonda has donated $12.5 million to Harvard’s Graduate School of Education to establish a center devoted to studying the role of gender in education.  https://www.accessatlanta.com/partners/ajc/newsatlanta/fonda0303.html The online magazine The Daily Catholic has written an open letter to the Catholic Bishops of the United States to begin excommunicating pro-abortion Catholic politicians, such as Massachusetts Democratic Senator […]

Rod Love, the former campaign manager of Stockwell Day, has publicly expressed his “wholehearted” support for legalized abortion. Speaking of the “pro-choice” stand of Joe Clark and Jean Chretien he said, “I agree wholeheartedly with that.” (The Calgary Herald Sun 04 Mar 2001 Comment A13 Column Rod Love)  [with files from Pro-Life E-News] Alberta Premier Ralph Klein is now a full-fledged pro-homosexual activist. The National Post reports that Klein quashed dissent among his cabinet ministers, who objected to the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in the 1999 Vriend case, reading “sexual orientation” into the province’s human rights legislation. Reflecting on […]

PRINCETON, Mar. 7, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Princeton University’s infamous Professor Peter Singer, an advocate of infanticide in the first few weeks after a child is born, is now writing in favour of bestiality. National Review associate editor Kathryn Jean Lopez reported Monday on an article Singer wrote for the online magazine nerve.com entitled “Heavy Petting.” In the article the “ethicist” advocates the normalcy of bestiality. Lopez points out that Singer was appointed to his position at Princeton by President Harold Shapiro, chairman of President Clinton’s National Bioethics Advisory Commission. He was appointed despite massive protests by pro-lifers. For more see […]

NEW YORK, Mar. 7, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In an article published in the current issue of The Post-Abortion Review, Dr. Joel Brind debunks the myth commonly used by pro-abortionists who say that “therapeutic abortions” are necessary for women diagnosed with cancer while pregnant. Brind, a leading expert on the abortion-breast cancer link and head of the Breast Cancer Prevention Institute, notes studies have shown that pregnant women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and carry to term generally live longer than women who have abortions. In one study, while only 20 per cent of women who carried to term […]

VATICAN CITY, Mar. 7, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In an address to his “beloved” Pontifical Academy for Life last weekend, Pope John Paul II said, “Although a necessity and obligation, it is not sufficient to limit oneself to expose and denounce the lethal effects of the culture of death.” Addressing the 125 participants in the Academy’s General Assembly the pope encouraged working to regenerate contemporary culture. The pope noted that the areas to address were those affected by the culture of death – individual decisions, political and legislative decisions and decisions on how to proceed in the field of science. The […]

CALGARY, Mar. 7, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Calgary Bishop Fred Henry, was interviewed by CTV News and Current Affairs yesterday about his statements chastising Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark, a self-professed Catholic, for his pro-abortion stand. Interviewer Valerie Pringle was hostile in her choice of words to describe the bishop’s actions but Bishop Henry was not ruffled and answered her questions with flair. Asked why Clark was “targeted,” the bishop explained that Clark is a resident of Calgary diocese about whom he has a serious pastoral concern. He added, “I expressed my disappointment at some of our Catholic politicians, how they […]

The Family Coalition Party of Ontario held its Convention and annual meeting last Saturday, February 24th, 2001. At the meeting several resolutions were approved, including a motion to use the term “Ontario Coalition” (in place of “FCP”) as the short name for “Family Coalition Party of Ontario”. Web site:  https://www.OntarioCoalition.com The Globe and Mail newspaper yesterday identified Lianne McTavish, an assistant professor of history at the University of New Brunswick, as a volunteer escort for the Morgentaler abortuary in New Brunswick.  https://www.globeandmail.ca/gam/National/20010305/UABORY.html

NEW YORK, Mar 6, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation recently approved a grant of $600,000 to International Planned Parenthood Foundation (IPPF) to provide “sexual and reproductive health services to adolescents in Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.” The donation by the Hewlett Foundation brings the pro-life boycott of the printer company Hewlett-Packard to the fore. While Hewlett has often funded pro-abortion initiatives their activities have been far less recognized than similar funding by the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, who gave money for the manufacturing of RU-486 and many population control ventures. See the IPPF press release on […]

LONDON, ON, Mar 6, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) is concerned that the Government of Canada may grant Robert Latimer a lesser sentence or executive clemency. In order to combat a petition by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association asking the Government to grant Latimer clemency, EPC has designed a petition to the Government of Canada titled: Protecting the Disabled – The Supreme Court of Canada Latimer Decision. “If Robert Latimer is granted executive clemency it will send a message to Canadians that killing a disabled person is a lesser crime. We must show our support for the […]

OTTAWA, Mar 6, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Progressive Conservative Party leader Joe Clark, recently blasted by his Calgary Bishop Fred Henry as “scandalous” for being “pro-choice” while claiming to be a Catholic, has laid out stringent conditions for a united conservative alternative. In a letter in the Toronto Star yesterday, Canadian Alliance Leader Stockwell Day outlined Clark’s demands: “any new form of co-operation must retain the Conservative name, must espouse ‘socially progressive’ policies, must include ‘equal representation’ between Tory and Alliance members, and must be a viable national alternative.” Day responded to the demands noting that the process for discerning unifying […]

TORONTO, Mar 6, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In a statement issued last month by Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic of Toronto with the support of the Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Cardinal spelled out the reasons why marriage is reserved for persons of the opposite sex and why the institution should be afforded a special place in society. “Marriage, the committed union between a man and a woman with its inherent capacity for bringing children into the world, is an obvious and essential part of society,” said the cardinal. “Other societal institutions may help in various ways, but none can replace what […]

UN Conference Against Racism – Title Misleading NEW YORK, Mar 6, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The United Nations is set to unleash another bombshell as it begins its preparatory committee for the upcoming World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. While a conference against racism seems commendable, as usual the United Nations has mixed in error with good intentions. Most people would agree that the fight against racism is worthwhile, but the United Nations has attached to the anti-racist agenda the matter of discrimination based on “sexual orientation.” The Draft Declaration to be finalized at the World Conference, […]

* Following the refusal of the U.S. Supreme Court last week to hear an appeal on legislation requiring abortuaries to comply with a number of regulations spanning matters from bookkeeping and air flow in clinics to the width of doors, U.S. District Judge Henry Herlong has granted the abortion mills 120 days to comply with the new law.  https://cofax.thestate.com/content/columbia/2001/03/02/local/abortion02.htm * Thousands of Roman Catholics will be boycotting a St Patrick’s Day parade in New York because Jay O’Donovan, the politician selected as grand marshal, supports abortion rights. The co-leaders of Staten Island’s Roman Catholic Church have urged parishioners to attend […]

* Canadian Alliance Family Issues Critic Grant Hill has condemned Liberal Immigration Minister Elinor Caplan for her Government’s “latest assault” on the Canadian family. He was referring to Bill C-11, which will allow homosexuals to sponsor their partners into Canada as spouses under the immigration law’s family class provisions “to reflect the high value Canadians place on the family”. In a Friday press release Dr. Hill responded: “What a kick in the teeth. The Liberal’s continue their destruction of the family and now tell us it’s because Canadians value the family.” * A British couple, Louise and Alan Masterton, who […]

PENNSYLVANIA, Mar 5, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Pennsylvania lawmaker Rep. John Lawless is calling for a halt on funding for Penn State University following a sex education fair held on the university campus. It featured such exhibits as anatomically correct gingerbread men and women, and some critics say it crossed the line from educational to lurid. Mr. Lawless videotaped some of the fair and showed it to university president, Graham Spanier. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that one of his colleagues, Rep. Samuel Rohrer told the president: “I hope you’re embarrassed, because I’m angered and embarrassed. This incident was reprehensible … debauched […]

WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 5, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Christianity Today, a leading evangelical magazine in America, has published a list of “recommendations for President Bush and the 107th Congress,” and has placed pro-life reform at the top of its list. “Hands down, prolife initiatives topped our list. The prolife movement holds out hope for passage of a federal ban on partial-birth abortion and the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act. These two measures will be important steps toward restoring our national commitment to unborn human life,” wrote the editors in their March 5 editorial. They also expressed hope for the overturning of Roe […]

OTTAWA, Mar 5, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Following the announcement of $140 million in funding for Genome Canada, Canadian Alliance Members of Parliament are calling on the Liberal government to introduce legislate to regulate the realm of genetic technology. Last Friday two CA MPs raised the issue, Rob Merrifield (Yellowhead) and James Lunney (Nanaimo-Alberni). “On Wednesday the Minister of Industry threw an additional $140 million into genetic research. Canadians would expect the expenditure of millions of dollars to accompany clear guidelines of accountability measures. We remember HRDC,” said Mr. Merrifield. Two Parliaments and several years ago, the Liberal government introduced a […]

Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson said that the administration would decide by the summer whether to allow public funding of destructive stem cell research to proceed. He also said he has given the green light for researchers to apply to NIH for the funding of such research.  https://www.latimes.com/print/asection/20010301/t000018251.html

Pro-lifers wishing to congratulate Calgary bishop Fred Henry on his recent strong pro-life challenges to Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark may contact the bishop at:  Most Rev. Frederick Henry Phone: (403) 218-5526 Fax: (403) 264-0272 120 – 17th Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta T2S 2T2 Canada;  [email protected] Read the LifeSite coverage at: https://www.lsn.ca/ldn/2001/feb/010228.html#1 A trust fund has been set up to assist in the legal costs of BC pro-lifer Merle Terlesky. Terlesky was arrested and jailed last week on charges of violating a bubble zone around an abortuary. See the story:  https://lsn.ca/ldn/2001/feb/010226.html#1 Anyone interested in helping out can make donations to:  […]

DALLAS, TX, Mar 2, 2001 (LSN.ca) – District Attorney Henry Wade, who is historically remembered as the defender of the right to life in the Roe v Wade case, died Thursday at 86. In 1970, then Texas waitress Norma McCorvey (Roe) sued Wade, the Dallas county district attorney for the right to abort her baby. However, Wade’s assistant took the case rather than Wade himself, leading McCorvey’s attorney, then 25-year-old abortion activist Sarah Weddington to breath a sigh of relief since Wade never lost a case he personally prosecuted. For more see the AP coverage at:  https://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010301/us/obit_wade_4.html

PARIS, March 2, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The first international treaty banning human cloning entered into force Thursday after being ratified by five member states of the Strasbourg-based Council of Europe, according to a UPI report. So far, 24 out of the 41 members of the European Council have signed the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine. The signatories include some European Union countries, including France, Luxembourg, Sweden and Italy. But others, including Britain, Belgium and Germany, have not signed the protocol. For more see the UPI report at:  https://www.vny.com/cf/news/upidetail.cfm?QID=164051

BEIJING, Mar 2, 2001 (LSN.ca) – John Derbyshire a contributing editor for the National Review has presented startling evidence of the routine practice of eugenics in China. Derbyshire relates that when he was living in China several years ago, he mentioned Down’s Syndrome in conversation with a Chinese colleague. She did not know the English term and nor did he know the Chinese, so they had to look it up in a dictionary. “Oh,” she said when she understood it. “That’s not a problem in China. They don’t get out of the delivery room.” For further evidence Derbyshire points to […]

TORONTO, Mar 2, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A new series of ads for the Globe & Mail, a Canadian national newspaper, portray pro-life opinions as being equivalent to racism, holocaust denial and support of child pornography. Three ads the Globe & Mail is currently running on TV in Toronto, whose tag-line is “Everyone has an opinion, but is it informed?,” show a series of people voicing opinions, many of them bizarre and provocative. In the ads, one woman says, “All white people are racists”; a man says that viewing child porn is ok; another man says “The Holocaust? Never happened”. However, […]

HALIFAX, NS, Mar 2, 2001 (LSN.ca) – CBC, the Canadian public broadcaster, is again engaging in pro-abortion propaganda with a made for television movie funded by CBC that accuses the pro-life movement of involvement in the murder of abortionists and abortuary staff. CBC plans to air the two-hour film “Chasing Cain” on Sunday April 8, 2001 at 8pm. CBC claims in its press release that the film is “inspired by real life Canadian homicide cases.” The CBC description says the film “follows two homicide detectives investigating a brutal drive-by shooting … of a doctor and a Croatian woman who work […]

OTTAWA, Mar 1, 2001 (LSN.ca) – An Ottawa pro-life youth group with chapters at the two Ottawa universities has been under intense harassment for their efforts to set up a debate on abortion. Carleton University Womyn’s (sic) Centre objected to the debate after learning that the pro-life side would be represented by famed U.S. pro-life apologist Scott Klusendorf, of Stand to Reason. Ottawa Youth for Life at Carleton U. found themselves accused of ‘homophobia’ since the university’s Womyn’s Centre found that Klusendorf’s website has links to Christian organizations that discuss homosexuality. Like all reliable Christian responses to homosexuality, the sites […]

The Seattle Times reports that a bill introduced in Washington would mandate health insurers to cover abortifacient birth control.  https://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/SeattleTimes.woa/wa/gotoArticle?zsection_id=  268448412&text_only=0&slug=pills26m&document_id=134270099

The National Post reports that Alberta has opened the door to recognizing homosexual unions by not contesting a homosexual man’s “challenge of provincial inheritance laws. This opens the door for same-sex couples to be considered spouses in cases involving wills and estates.”  https://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20010301/488944.html Mark Pickup, one of North America’s strong voices against euthanasia and assisted suicide, has put out a new video. “To be, or not to be—the Human Family (a disabled man’s plea)”, makes a convincing argument for society to reject euthanasia consciousness in favor of inclusive “community” where all human life is welcomed and embraced. Disabled in adulthood […]

CLEVELAND, OH, Mar 1, 2001 (LSN.ca) – On Monday the Ohio Supreme Court Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline recommended that Patricia Cleary, formerly a Judge of the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, should be suspended for two years, with one year stayed. The board accepted the charge that Cleary was partial in the 1998 sentencing of Yuriko Kawaguchi. Kawaguchi, then 21 and over 20 weeks pregnant, attempted to avoid jail by saying she intended to abort her baby and thus should only be placed on probation for her fraud conviction. Cleary rejected the arguments and sentenced her to […]

State Supreme Court To Rule On Right to Life of Embryos CAMDEN, NJ, Mar 1, 2001 (LSN.ca) – On Monday the Supreme Court of New Jersey heard arguments in the case of a Catholic man seeking to protect his frozen embryonic children from death. The parents of the embryos divorced in 1998 after having used in-vitro fertilization to create 11 embryos in 1995.” The ex-husband is arguing that there was an agreement before they underwent in-vitro fertilization that the unborn children created would not be destroyed. He is now asking that the remaining seven frozen embryos be allowed to be […]

TO, Mar 1, 2001(LSN.ca) – Toronto pro-lifer Alex Vernon, who does pro-life sidewalk counselling, was arrested Tuesday while standing outside the bubble zone at Scott abortuary in Toronto. Vernon was arrested by four plain-clothes officers in an unmarked car followed by a marked car that took him to 51 Division where he was held about 6 hours and underwent a strip search. The arresting officers failed to read the injunction as they are required to do. In order to be released, Vernon was made to sign a condition that he would stay away from what amounted to the eastern part […]