Articles for Month: November 2001

SENATE TO VOTE ON TEMPORARY HUMAN CLONING BAN MONDAY https://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011130/pl/energy_cloning_3.html PRO-LIFE NURSE LOOKING FOR HELP WRITING BOOK Brenda Pratt Shafer RNN, “The Nurse” that witnessed the partial birth abortion procedure is writing a book titled, “What the Nurse Saw and Heard”. She wishes to include stories from other people who have dealt with abortion in her book. For more info see:  https://www.whatthenursesaw.com

VATICAN, Nov 29, 01 (CWNews.com/LSN.ca) – On Thursday, Pope John Paul II received the presidents of the Italian regions and autonomous provinces. The pope requested the regional and provincial presidents pay close attention to families and education. On this last point, he particularly invited them “to guarantee the freedom of educational choice for families” which wish to choose between the public and private schools. See the pope’s full speech (in Italian only) at:  https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/2001/november/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_20011129_province-autonome_it.html

OTTAWA, November 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In comments made in the Senate on November 22, British Columbia Senator Mobina Jaffer said defending the existing definition of marriage is tantamount to “giving comfort to those who hate.” Focus on the Family reported that Jaffer’s comments came in a debate around a bill seeking to affirm in law that marriage is exclusively “between a man and a woman,” introduced last January by Senator Anne Cools. Jaffer said speeches in favour of traditional marriage left her “dumbfounded” especially following the recent murder of Aaron Webster, a homosexual man who was viciously beaten to […]

LONDON, November 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Human Reproductive Cloning Bill cleared the House of Commons Thursday only days after passing the House of Lords Monday. The ban on human reproductive cloning has been criticized since it does nothing to prevent human cloning but merely ensures that cloned human beings are killed before birth. See related LifeSite coverage:  EMERGENCY UK CLONING LEGISLATION CASTIGATED BY ARCHBISHOP OF WESTMINSTER https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2001/nov/011123.html#2 See the AP coverage from the Washington Post:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37621-2001Nov30.html

Fertility Clinic Authority Expresses Concern WASHINGTON, November 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – President George W. Bush ordered an investigation into “assisted reproduction”, referring mainly to in vitro fertilization (IVF), Wednesday as he inaugurated the President's Council on Bioethics. In announcing the creation of the council in August Bush empowered the panel to study and make recommendations on embryonic stem cells, cloning, euthanasia and assisted reproduction. The news rattled the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), which has touted the wonders of IVF since the early 1980s without revealing its disastrous toll on human life. The Associated Press reports that ASRM has […]

TORONTO, November 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, the only one of the current 5 candidates for Leader who calls himself “pro-life” was interviewed yesterday by the Toronto Star (all other candidates called themselves “pro-choice” other than Health Minister Tony Clement who rated himself a “6 or 7 out of 10” on the pro-life side of the scale). Pro-life leaders found Flaherty’s comments puzzling. Asked about abortion in Ontario Flaherty responded, “I would not interfere with the status quo in Ontario.” He said, “Ontario does provides funding of abortion services, some in hospitals and some in clinics, and […]

CANADA APPROVES NEW PERMANENT CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE Conceptus Inc. announced that it has won approval to market its selective tubal occlusion procedure in Canada. The permanent contraceptive procedure, called Essure, is based upon the process of tubal ligation; it uses a 1.6-inch metal coil that is inserted into the fallopian tubes which irreversibly destroys their natural function after 3 months. The procedure is performed in 15-30 minutes.  https://ca.news.yahoo.com/011127/5/ev1q.html A SYPHILIS EPIDEMIC HAS BEEN LINKED TO HIGH-RISK HOMOSEXUAL SEX https://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/1233283p-1301723c.html AUSTRALIAN MOTHER ABORTS ONE IVF TWIN DUE TO “PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS”  https://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,3331701%255E661,00.html

London free Press Columnist Herman Gooden (Nov 29) on the problems with Canadian government:  “They take prayer out of our schools and gut the history and English curricula of any lingering traces of positive Judeo-Christian influence. They set up kangaroo-court human rights tribunals which unfailingly punish politicians and citizens who refuse to perjure their Christian conscience by promoting gay rights. They publicly fund a national TV network that mocks the religious tenets held by Stockwell Day, yet never questions the pro-abortion Catholicism of Jean Chretien or Joe Clark. They forbid clergy to mention Jesus Christ or offer Christian prayers at […]

The date of the Eric Genuis concert is Dec. 11, not Sept. 11 as reported in yesterday’s news

OTTAWA, November 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The controversial anti-terror legislation proposed by the Liberal government and amended after an outpouring of public objection passed the House of Commons yesterday. Pro-lifers’ concerns with the legislation were much abated when the government rendered its amendments. Gwen Landolt, a lawyer with REAL Women Canada, told LifeSite that the legislation’s amendments have alleviated the concerns of pro-life groups which could have been liable to prosecution under the original bill. The amendments “ensure that protest activity, whether lawful or unlawful, would not be considered a terrorist act unless it was intended to cause death, serious […]

INDIANAPOLIS, November 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Father Frank Pavone of Priests for Life, has said his parish assignment in the diocese of New York “will be compatible” with continuing his “pro-life leadership.” The Catholic News Service reports that Fr. Pavone made the comments in a talk to Civitas Dei, a Catholic business guild in Indianapolis. As LifeSite reported in September, Fr. Pavone, the National Director of Priests for Life for the past eight years, has been asked by Cardinal Edward Egan to resume full-time work within the Archdiocese of New York. The reason given for the decision was the need […]

CHICAGO, November 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – 60 Minutes II carried a special program on the cure of a teenage boy with sickle cell disease – a cure which came from stem cells from umbilical cord blood, not from embryos. The case of Keone Penn has made medical history since he was the first to be cured of the life-threatening disease using umbilical cord blood stem cells. Dr. Andrew Yeager of the University of Pittsburgh, attempted the experimental treatment on the boy after failing to find a bone marrow match. A public blood bank that had stored umbilical blood stem cells […]

OTTAWA, November 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Canadian Press reports that an Alliance Party caucus source has revealed that Stockwell Day will run for the Canadian Alliance leadership. “He’s going to run, for sure,” said an unidentified source. “It’s pretty much a fait accompli.” Day will step down as leader after an interim leader is chosen December 12. It is expected Day will announce his run for leader shortly thereafter. Although no candidates have officially declared, Stephen Harper former head of the National Citizens’ Coalition and Calgary MP Diane Ablonczy are seeking support to run. The Alliance leadership vote will […]

PM Says Not In Favour of Altering Law LONDON, November 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The House of Lords has rejected an appeal by Dianne Pretty, a 47-year-old British woman suffering from motor neurone disease, who asked the courts to allow her husband to assist in her suicide without facing criminal charges. The BBC reports that five law lords unanimously dismissed the appeal, saying that human rights legislation, on which grounds Pretty appealed, was in place to protect life rather than end it. The Telegraph reports that Lord Bingham, the senior law lord, said it would have been a “gross abuse […]

OTTAWA, November 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) presented its petition entitled: Protecting People With Disabilities – The Supreme Court of Canada Latimer Decision to Liberal MP Paul Steckle today. The purpose of the petition, signed by over 31,500 Canadians, is to support the needs of people with disabilities and other vulnerable Canadians by rejecting the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy for Robert Latimer. Mr. Steckle said he would present the petition in the House of Commons. Pro-euthanasia activists have been clamouring to allow convicted murderer Robert Latimer a royal prerogative of mercy (negating his […]

Campaign Life Coalition has produced a unique weekly planner to help pro-lifers be organized and stay informed. The planner shows the month and week at a glance. It also contains lots of valuable information on the history of abortion and euthanasia in Canada as well as on the development of the unborn child. For more information and to order planners for yourself and for others as Christmas gifts see:  https://www.lifesitenews.com/shop/lifeplanner.html

On Tuesday Sept. 11 at 7:30 p.m., singer/composer/recording artist Eric Genuis will perform a benefit concert for Campaign Life Coalition in Toronto. One and all are invited to attend this special event. There is no admission charge but a free will offering will be taken up. For more details about the event and Eric’s music see:  https://www.lifesitenews.com/events/genuisconcert/genuis.htm

VATICAN, November 28, 2001 (LSN.ca) – After his General Audience today, Pope John Paul II personally condemned human therapeutic cloning in an address to a group of doctors. The Vatican condemned the US announcement on Monday. “True humanism can never permit methods and experiments that constitute threats against life that are programmed in a scientific and systematic manner,” he said. The Pope urged the doctors to “uncompromisingly defend life and the dignity of the human person and work within respect of moral law.” See related LifeSite coverage:  US COMPANY CREATES FIRST CLONED HUMAN EMBRYO https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2001/nov/011126.html#1 PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE IS […]

TORONTO, November 28, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Ontario Labour Minister Chris Stockwell announced on Monday his bid to become the Ontario Tory Leader and thus Premier. Campaign Life Coalition records indicate that Stockwell is not pro-life. The Globe and Mail reported November 20 that Stockwell said he is “pro-choice.” LifeSite has learned that Stockwell marched in the gay pride parade in June 1999. Political observers suggest that he is using the run for Premier as a stepping-stone to a campaign to become Mayor of Toronto in 2003. For coverage of Stockwell’s stand in the Globe see:  https://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/GIS.Servlets.HTMLTemplate?tf=tgam/common/SearchFullStoryPrint.html&cf=tgam/common/GenericSearch.cfg&configFileLoc=tgam/config&encoded_keywords=chris+stockwell&option={194}{164}t_row=3&start_row=3&num_rows=1&search_results_start=1

REGINA, Sask, November 28, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A municipal court in Regina, Saskatchewan has ordered Bill Whatcott of the Christian Truth Activists to pay a $90 fine by Dec 31 or spend four days in jail for distributing pro-life leaflets at the University of Regina. In May university security ordered Whatcott to remove pro-life leaflets he had placed on car windshields and according to Whatcott even took some of the literature out of the hands of two Oriental students who of their own free will accepted it. When Whatcott refused to remove the literature from the vehicles, campus security ticketed […]

OTTAWA, November 28, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Ottawa pro-life billboard that was damaged by masked individuals who were part of the G-20 protests in Ottawa last week, has been repaired. Action Life, the pro-life group which pays for the sign told LifeSite that a G-20 protester who witnessed the sign’s destruction called the pro-life group to apologize for the actions of the other demonstrators and even offered to try to raise funds to pay for the damage. Carroll Rees of Action Life, told LifeSite she was at the site Monday to note the damages for the commercial company it pays […]

‘PROM MOM’ WHO KILLED NEWBORN RELEASED AFTER SERVING ONLY 3 YEARS A New Jersey woman who gave birth in the bathroom at her high school prom and then killed the baby before going back to the dance floor is out of jail. Melissa Drexler, now 23, served just over three years of the 15-year prison sentence she got after pleading guilty to aggravated manslaughter in 1998.  https://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,39403,00.html The Federalist reports that Saturday, November 17, 2001, was the second annual “National Adoption Day,” when more than 1,500 children in 16 participating cities were legally adopted into their new families under streamlined […]

LIBERAL GOV’T SHUTS DOWN DEBATE ON ANTI-TERROR LEGISLATION Opposition MPs attacked the Liberal majority government Tuesday in the Commons for its use of closure to speed passage of a sweeping anti-terrorism bill. Liberal back-bencher, John McKay, has broken from Liberal ranks, criticizing the anti-terrorism bill as “a deal with the devil.” Peter MacKay, the Conservative House Leader, said debate on the anti-terrorism legislation is expected to end tomorrow when the bill will likely be passed by the House and sent to the Senate for final approval. “It’s completely perverse that exercising this type of power to limit debate on a […]

LONDON, November 27, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The House of Lords in Britain has passed a ban on human reproductive cloning, which will do nothing to prevent human cloning but merely ensure that cloned human beings are killed before birth. In a twist of logic, Lord Hunt pointed to the US announcement of an embryo created by human cloning as an impetus to pass the legislation – legislation which would actually legally sanction the perverse experiment. Health minister Lord Hunt told peers: “These are not usual circumstances as indeed yesterday’s announcement from the USA has shown.” See related LifeSite coverage:  EMERGENCY […]

OTTAWA, November 27, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Homosexual activists have filed a $400-million lawsuit against the federal government seeking what they say are outstanding survivor benefits. Various homosexual couples are demanding that benefits granted to homosexual couples under recent legislation should be retroactive to 1985. Legislation which allowed homosexuals whose partners die to receive government benefits was restricted to those situations where one of the partners died after Jan 1, 1998. See the CBC coverage:  https://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/11/27/samesex_011127

A “very, very serious thing” that “could apply even to religious leaders” OTTAWA, November 27, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Canadian Justice Minister Anne McLellan announced a new push to include sexual orientation as a protected status in hate propaganda laws. The Toronto Sun reported last week that in response to questions by homosexual activist MP Svend Robinson McLellan promised action on the measure. McLellan said she would seek the support of provincial and territorial justice ministers when she meets with them this week. “If there is general agreement to proceed, we will do so,” she said. Similar statutes in Canadian human […]

Advanced Cell Technology media strategy “nothing but hype” to raise funds WASHINGTON, November 27, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Following the announcement of the production of the world’s first human clones Sunday, condemnations of the practice came quickly from the US President and the Vatican and was followed by a host of other groups. Pro-life and pro-family groups heaped the act with criticism and condemnation of the move came from various religious groups as well. The Russian Orthodox Church condemned the research from Moscow saying, “We condemn therapeutic, as well as reproductive, cloning because the embryo from the moment of conception can […]

OTTAWA, November 27, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Prime Minister Jean Chretien has come out publicly against human 'therapeutic' cloning as proposed and executed by Advanced Cell Technology over the weekend. Questioned on the practice Chretien referred to the draft legislation on the subject which he claims bans human reproductive as well as therapeutic cloning. “This bill clearly indicates that the government, and I hope the House, is opposed to this practice,” Mr. Chretien said. Stockwell Day, Leader of the Opposition condemned human cloning and called on the government to fast-track a ban on the procedure. “Cloning a human embryo, creating a […]

DDT: KEY TO THIRD WORLD’S WAR ON MALARIA “Radical environmentalists think we have too many people. By supporting a ban on DDT they are sentencing millions of children to death’’ Environment & Climate News, 19 South LaSalle #903, Chicago, IL 60603. Related item:  https://www.accesstoenergy.com/view/ate/s41p1357.htm

LONDON, November 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) in the UK has insisted on placing newspaper advertisements which describe morning-after pills as abortion-inducing, despite a warning from advertising regulators. Donna Mitchell of the Committee for Advertising Practice warned the group that continued ads with the banned message could lead to fines and imprisonment. John Smeaton, SPUC’s national director, is prepared to go to jail rather than accede to the Advertising Standards Authority’s ruling that SPUC should change its claim so that it is presented as opinion rather than fact. Ms Mitchell told The […]

LONDON, November 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Steven W. Mosher, president of Population Research Institute (PRI), and the first American social scientist permitted to conduct field research in China, made a presentation to UK parliamentarians today on the United Nations involvement in China’s coercive one-child policy. “It is widely recognized in the West that voluntarism does not exist in China’s family planning policy,” said in the House of Lords during his presentation entitled: “Ethical foreign policy? Western funding for population control programmes in China”. “The evidence obtained on videotape by PRI in China a few weeks ago confirms this fact”, Mosher […]

WATERLOO, ON, November 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Environment Minister Elizabeth Witmer, who declared her candidacy for Leader of the Ontario Tories Friday repeated her pro-“choice” stand for reporters. Last week, she told the press she supported abortion. After being questioned on the issue by the media Witmer said, “I believe it is up to each individual, and I respect the decision that each woman will make in this regard.” Her apparent disregard for the life of the unborn marks a massive flip-flop for the 55 year old MP. Campaign Life Coalition records on Witmer indicate that in response to a […]

WHITBY, ON, November 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Jim Flaherty, the only candidate in the race for Ontario Tory Leader who has declared himself pro-life, launched his campaign Friday. Flaherty, the Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance, used his speech to his supporters to emphasize that he is a man of principle and solidly in support of the private school tax credit which he initiated. Political insiders say that while the other contenders for Leader have all said they would not remove the tuition tax credit, their statements are based on fear of negative reactions from voters rather than a commitment […]

WORCESTER, MA., November 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – “The news that scientists from Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) Center in Worchester, Massachusetts have cloned a human embryo ushers in a dark era for humanity,” says Jim Hughes, National President of Campaign Life Coalition. Hughes was reacting to yesterday’s announcement by the company that they had used somatic cell nuclear transfer to create a human clone which survived until the six-cell stage before it stopped dividing. Published first in Scientific American and in the Journal of Regenerative Medicine, ACT revealed that it first found evidence of their living human clone on October 13. […]

MAN KILLS BABY AFTER GIRLFRIEND REFUSED ABORTION   Pennsylvania man accused of killing infant daughter By Matthew Gilbert, Court TV PHILADELPHIA ( Court TV) – Angry that his girlfriend refused to have an abortion, Henry Hohberger III, killed their 7-week-old daughter, authorities said Thursday.  https://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ct/20011116/cr/pennsylvania_man_accused_of_killing_ infant_daughter_1.html VATICAN NEWSPAPER SAYS EUTHANASIA UNDERMINES DEMOCRACY https://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=21170

FLAHERTY AND WITMER TO ANNOUNCE ONTARIO TORY LEADERSHIP CANDIDACY TODAY Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Environment Minister Elizabeth Witmer will announce their Tory leadership bids today. Labour Minister Chris Stockwell will launch his bid Monday. LifeSite will present pro-life analyses of the new candidates Monday. VIDEO SUGGESTS STOCKWELL DAY TO RUN FOR ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP The Toronto Sun reports Canadian Alliance Leader Stockwell Day has made a video promoting the party and himself just weeks before he’ll say if he’s running to keep his job.  https://www.canoe.ca/TorontoNews/ts.ts-11-23-0036.html PRAYER REQUESTED   Long time Campaign Life Coalition activist Carl Scharfe has recently been diagnosed […]

CHARLES RICE ON THE TERRORIST ATTACKS “The terrorist attacks are a horrific thing where Satan is attacking innocent people, but he has been doing that for four decades with abortion. ” Dr. Charles Rice in talk at Sterling, Va., Nov. 5, 2001 PEGGY NOONAN ON THE SEPT.11 HEROES   We have learned, as a minister put it, that the age of the genius is over and the age of the hero begun. The observation is that of Father George Rutler, a Roman Catholic priest who ran to the Trade Center when the towers were hit. As New York’s firemen, the […]

ST JOHN’S, NF, November, 23, 2001 (C-Fam.org/LSN.ca) – The medical director of a Catholic relief agency charges that UN officials in some of the poorest countries in the world reject the assistance of obstetricians and gynecologists if they do not offer reproductive services. Dr. Robert Walley, medical director of MaterCare International (MCI), charges he has been routinely ignored by UN officials once they learned that he was Catholic and pro-life, even though pregnant women desperately needed medical attention. Walley believes these actions show the UN is more interested in stopping births through contraception and abortion than helping women who suffer […]

Campaign Life Coalition is again offering its gourmet Christmas cakes for sale. For details on how you can order these cakes at a very reasonable price while also supporting pro-life work. See https://www.lifesitenews.com/shop/cakes.html

Exclusive offer from Campaign Life Coalition Campaign Life Coalition is presenting an exclusive offer of the print, Jesus and the Little Children, by renowned painter and author Michael O’Brien. This would make an ideal Christmas gift. Michael’s unique religious painting style emphasizes deep, vibrant colours and is highly regarded. To view Jesus and the Children and details of how you may purchase the limited edition print.  See https://www.lifesitenews.com/shop/obrienprint.html

One town uses name from Harry Potter book for its politically correct season LONDON, Nov 5, 01 (CWNews.com/LSN.ca)) – Residents of Luton, England, will not be able to celebrate Christmas this year. Instead, the town’s official ceremonies will be re-branded “Luminos,” a word taken from the wildly popular line of Harry Potter books. In it’s attempts to be all-inclusive, the town on the outskirts of London has been accused of “politically correct paranoia” by both Christian and Muslim groups. Iain Bainbridge, a spokesman for the Christian Institute, described the approach as a “ridiculous overreaction.”“It is not so much an agenda […]

New York, November 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The revamped World Youth Alliance website is now on line. Additions to the site will be made in the coming months. See https://www.wya.net

TORONTO, November 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Howard Stern Show, known for foul language and graphic and degrading sex talk, will have its final Canadian airing in Toronto today. The Toronto Star reports “the self-proclaimed ‘King of All Media’ was dumped after a steady drop in local ratings” – a 50% drop since his high-profile debut on Toronto’s Q107 rock station in 1997. Q107, owned by Corus Radio, decided to buy out Stern, even though he was under contract until 2003. Interestingly, the Star reports that John P. Hayes – the man who famously fired Stern from New York’s WNBC […]

LONDON, November 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Human Reproductive Cloning Bill will be rushed through all its stages in the Lords on Monday and all its stages in the Commons on Thursday, according to the Daily Telegraph. The Bill will make it an offence to “place in a woman a human embryo which has been created otherwise than by fertilization”. The maximum penalty will be a 10-year jail sentence. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, Archbishop of Westminster, wrote an article in the paper saying “this rushed legislation squanders” the opportunity given, by last week’s court ruling striking down the former law, to […]

OTTAWA, November 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is funding Planned Parenthood Canada $982,000 to target “adolescents and youth in Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador and Jamaica.” The funding, announced Tuesday by International Cooperation Minister Maria Minna, is to “reduce the incidence of teen pregnancy, increase the practice of healthy sexual behaviour and improve sexual and reproductive health services.” In other words, the project will promote graphic morally-neutered sex education and push for teens to have access to contraceptives and abortion. The project is part of CIDA’s Action Plan on Health and Nutrition, which constitutes Canada’s contribution […]

Links to the Globe and Mail stories noting pro-life influence in political campaigns were incorrect. Here is the active link:  https://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/GIS.Servlets.HTMLTemplate?tf=tgam/common/SearchFullStoryPrint.html&cf=tgam/common/GenericSearch.cfg&configFileLoc=tgam/config&encoded_keywords=abortion&option={194}{164}t_row=3&start_row=3&num_rows=1&search_results_start=1 (LifeSite has retained copies of the stories) The other reference came from a story in the Globe by Richard Mackie on Saturday, November 17, 2001 – Print Edition, Page A16

PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL PRIVATIZATION PLAN SCRAPPED The Washington Post reports today that Pennsylvania Gov. Mark S. Schweiker (R) abandoned today a proposal to privatize the central management of Philadelphia’s public school district, a centerpiece of a plan he unveiled three weeks ago to upgrade the city schools.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62210-2001Nov21.html FDA APPROVES ABORTIFACIENT ‘CONTRACEPTIVE’ SKIN PATCH The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced approval of Ortho Evra, the first transdermal (skin) patch approved for birth control. The weekly prescription patch releases norelgestromin (a progestin hormone), and ethinyl estradiol (an estrogen hormone), through the skin into the blood stream which can act to […]

ERNIE EVES’ LAVISH SPENDING HABITS The Globe and Mail reports that during his messy divorce with his former wife, Vicki, “Eves declared in court documents that he spent $700 a month on toiletries and dry cleaning alone. He allots himself an annual clothing allowance of $25,000.”  https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/printarticle/gam/20011117/FOCINTE CANADA’S PORN PIONEER CHARGED WITH CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IN HONDURAS The National Post reports today that Randy Jorgensen, the adult video store mogul who helped legalize hard core pornography in Canada, has been charged in Honduras with making X-rated videos of underage girls at his luxurious country home. Jorgensen, who founded Adults Only […]

TALLAHASSEE, November 22, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Leon County Circuit Judge Nikki Ann Clark threw out a lawsuit Wednesday against Florida’s “Choose Life” licence plate, which was launched by the pro-abortion National Organization of Women (NOW) and a Palm Beach County synagogue. NOW said they would appeal the decision to the state Supreme Court. Gov. Jeb Bush’s press secretary commented on the ruling saying, “We’ve always believed that the suit had no merit. People have a personal choice to choose this tag.” Proceeds from the $70 bright yellow plate go to support crisis pregnancy centers which promote adoption. Interestingly, sales of […]

Grieves Over Abortion – Dreads Telling Surviving Twin LONDON, November 22, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Kim Nicholls, a Staffordshire woman who was pressured by doctors to have an abortion, has sued her abortionist for criminal negligence following the birth of her son. The BBC reports that Nicholls was advised to have an abortion after she developed fluid on the brain following the birth of her third child. In March 1999 she reluctantly went ahead with an abortion. However, three months later she found she was still pregnant and eventually gave birth to a healthy baby girl, Darcy, now aged two. She […]

NEW YORK, November 22, 2001 (LSN.ca) – As the Harry Potter craze sweeps the planet with the recent release of the Potter film, several articles have been published presenting compelling arguments against the suitability of the series for children. The current issue of Envoy magazine, a respected Catholic publication, carries a feature article by Toni Collins who presents arguments on the dangers of the books. Collins, who has read the Potter books and has experimented with witchcraft, notes that of the commentators who supported the Potter books, “virtually none of them had ever experienced the occult” but “almost every commentator […]

VATICAN CITY, November 22, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Pope John Paul II included a call for the defence of the unborn in the first document he has ever personally posted on the Internet. The pro-life message came in a document that summed up the themes of a synod of bishops from Oceania held in the Vatican in 1998. The Pope wrote: “In the more secularized and affluent societies of Oceania, the right to life is the one most under threat. There is a profound contradiction in this, for these are often societies which speak insistently about human rights while denying the […]

Policy Worse Than Feared OTTAWA, November 22, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Stockwell Day, Leader of the Opposition, rebuked the recently revised military policy banning military chaplains from using specifically Christian references in public worship services. In comments in the House of Commons Wednesday, the Canadian Alliance leader called the new policy “political correctness gone crazy.” He explained that “it is not the role of government to promote a particular religion nor is it the role of government to stand against a particular religion.” Day said, “This continues a disturbing trend we saw at the Swissair memorial, where the government said the […]

JUDGE EXTENDS BLOCK OF ATTORNEY GENERAL’S MOVE AGAINST OREGON ASSISTED SUICIDE A federal judge extended a court order Tuesday that blocks an attempt by Attorney General John Ashcroft to dismantle Oregon’s one-of-a-kind law allowing physician-assisted suicides. U.S. District Judge Robert Jones extended his Nov. 8 temporary restraining order and gave the state and the Justice Department up to five months to prepare their arguments. The judge stressed that his order “nullifies giving any legal effect’’ to Ashcroft’s directive—in other words, doctors should not fear legal repercussions if they follow the Oregon law.  https://library.northernlight.com/EB20011121310000021.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc COURT UPHOLDS KEVORKIAN CONVICTION The Michigan Court […]

TORONTO, November 21, 2001 (LSN.ca) – An Ontario Film Review Board (OFRB) ban on Fat Girl, a controversial film screened at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival has survived an appeal by the film’s distributors backed by leading Canadian filmmakers. The ban was placed on the film since the distributors refuse to cut scenes showing a 13-year-old and 15-year-old in nude sex scenes. The ruling by an expanded panel of the board was 3-2 against the film, with the two dissenters taking the unprecedented step of filing public dissents. Dissenting board member Sara Waxman wrote: ‘‘This intelligent handling of a […]

TORONTO, November 21, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Environment Minister Elizabeth Witmer, an as yet undeclared candidate for leader of the Ontario Conservative party, has told the press she supports abortion. After being questioned on the issue by the media Witmer said, “I believe it is up to each individual, and I respect the decision that each woman will make in this regard.” Liberal MPP George Smitherman attempted to paint Witmer as wavering on abortion as he put out a press release claiming “Elizabeth Witmer wants to kick-start a divisive, province-wide debate on abortion.” Smitherman is stretching the truth since such a […]

TORONTO, November 21, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Ontario MPPs who have declared their support for Ernie Eves in the Ontario Conservative leadership race, are attacking the Equity in Education Tax Credit designed to assist parents who send their children to independent schools. These families often bear a considerable financial burden for this choice while saving taxpayers thousands of dollars per pupil who would otherwise have been an expense to the public system. In addition to providing real education choices to families, it is also argued that private schools provide much-needed competition to the monolithic public system and its powerful teachers’ unions. […]

TORONTO, November 21, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In recent days, the Globe and Mail, one of Canada’s two major national papers, has commented on the strength of pro-life political influence. Yesterday’s Globe and Mail reports, “Anti-abortion groups, which can organize large numbers of people, were credited with a large role in helping Stockwell Day win the Canadian Alliance leadership.” Again on November 17 the Globe explained why the media were focusing on abortion, and questioning all Conservative leadership candidates on the issue. “This issue has importance in the Tory leadership race because some of the groups that could deliver large numbers […]

SCHOOL BOARD NIXES ‘WAIT TILL MARRIAGE’ ENCOURAGEMENT In a 6-1 vote, the school board in Frederick Maryland decided Wednesday to take a marriage reference out of the sex education program’s discussion of abstinence. In its stead, the board elected to add language advising that abstinence “is a healthy, safe and responsible decision for adolescents.” The former language called abstinence “appropriate behavior before marriage.”  https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,38896,00.html ABSTINENCE ONLY FUNDING GOING TO NON-ABSTINENCE ONLY GROUP A member of Congress has asked federal officials to investigate why $91,000 in abstinence-only education funding has been awarded to a Wisconsin group that says on its Web […]

UNITED NATIONS, November 20, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The United Nations Legal Committee supported a measure calling for a global treaty to ban human reproductive cloning. The committee decided to create an ad hoc committee to study the proposal, with a draft proposal presented by France and Germany, the initial sponsors of the measure. In their comments during the session, France and Germany insisted that the measure would only ban reproductive cloning and not ban human cloning for experimental uses. While many of the international delegates expressed a desire to co-sponsor the measure only the Vatican spoke up in favour of […]

WASHINGTON, November 20, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Population Research Institute (PRI) has confirmed that operatives working for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) are on the ground in Afghanistan, and have been distributing abortion devices and chemicals -disguised in kits marked for safe delivery- in Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan and Iran. PRI President Steve Mosher reports that “Given the great unmet need for food, shelter, water and basic health supplies – along with strong opposition to abortion throughout the Islamic world – the UNFPA’s Afghan refugee operations are gaining little ground against the intended recipients.”“Early reports confirm that war-traumatized […]

CALGARY, November 20, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Yesterday Alberta Premier Ralph Klein said that he would not even consider removing abortion from the list of publicly funded “medically necessary” services. “The chances, I believe, are slim and none, said Klein at a press conference. The Edmonton Sun reports that when pressed over whether the issue was still open to debate, Klein said, “No, it’s not. Not at all. No. Full stop.” In the legislature Klein said, “My position is that this is a matter between a woman, her doctor and her God,” and claimed, “It is covered under the Canada Health […]

WASHINGTON, November 20, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Rock For Life, a division of American Life League, is asking music buyers to be aware of what they are supporting with their purchases this Christmas season. Consumers are urged not to purchase music from artists who help raise money and generate support for the abortion industry. “Most people don’t know where their money goes or what these bands support,” said Bryan Kemper, director of Rock For Life. “Some of the most popular bands support the abortion industry by playing at fundraising concerts or donating their music for compilation CDs that benefit the pro- […]

ONTARIO PARENTS SURVEYED ON EDUCATION The Ontario government is asking parents what they think about their children’s schooling. A 26-question survey is to arrive in late November as part of the government’s Winter 2001-2002 On magazine. The issue presents an opportunity to advocate fairer taxation for parents who choose private or home schooling for their children.  https://www.canoe.ca/OntQueTicker/CANOE-wire.Ont-Education-Survey.html UK TO INTRODUCE EMERGENCY CLONING LEGISLATION The UK Government is introducing emergency legislation to ban reproductive cloning early next week. Human cloning advocate Dr. Antinori has claimed he hopes to begin cloning humans in Britain.  https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1661000/1661438.stm BISHOP REJECTS UNIVERSITY DECISION TO SACK PRO-FAMILY […]

ANCHORAGE, November 19, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Alaska Supreme Court has rejected a Superior Court judge’s ruling, which rejected outright a 1997 state law requiring parental consent for abortions. While the justices did not rule in favour of permitting the state law to take effect, they determined, in a 3-2 ruling, that the case deserves to be heard again. The Supreme Court found that Superior Court Justice Sen Tan was wrong to issue a summary judgment in the case without even hearing evidence as to whether the state had compelling interest in requiring parental consent. Such judgments are to be […]

BOGOTA, November 19, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Colombia’s Health Ministry has approved the sale of the abortifacient morning after pill. “It is a tool that is cheap and safe,” said acting Minister of Health Miguel Rueda, in a television interview. The Catholic Church condemned the move reminding politicians that taking the pill after intercourse is “direct abortion.” In July the Catholic Church warned doctors, medical practitioners and judges who participate in procuring abortion that they may face excommunication. In a letter signed by all Colombian Catholic bishops, Columbians were called to practice conscientious objection and refuse to participate in the “abominable […]

TORONTO, November 19, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Ontario Health Minister Tony Clement announced his candidacy to lead the provincial party and take over as Premier. Clement who plans to run on a campaign promising tax cuts and focusing on his youthful image was asked about abortion at the launch of his campaign. “I’m probably about a 6 or 7 out of 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 on pro-life, pro-choice,” he said in response the questions, explaining that 10 would be pro-life and 1 pro-choice. “I believe there are some instances where the woman’s right to choose does trump […]

Canadian Media Edit Out Violence Against Pro-Life Billboard OTTAWA, November 19, 2001 (LSN.ca) – News of the violent G-20 protests which took place in Ottawa last week was seen around the globe with coverage mainly by the wire service Agence France Press (AFP). The Canadian Press coverage and the AFP coverage both mentioned that along with smashing windows at two McDonald’s restaurants, masked members of the mob were photographed kicking down Ottawa’s only publicly displayed pro-life billboard. Worldwide coverage, including reports in Africa and Australia included the violence towards the pro-life sign. Canadian media, many which used the Canadian Press […]

MINNESOTA CONSIDERS TWO ANTI-ABORTION BILLS The first of two proposed abortion bills would amend the Minnesota Constitution so that it has the same standard as the U.S. Constitution regarding the ability to have an abortion. Federal law is considered more restrictive than Minnesota’s. The second piece of state legislation proposes to amend the Minnesota Constitution to prohibit state funds from being used for abortion services unless the Legislature authorizes their use.  https://www2.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisStory=85312304 SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SCALIA DISLIKES NATIONAL ID CARD IDEA https://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/ap/20011115/us/scalia_speech_2.html

CANADIAN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES HAS PROBLEMS WITH ANTI-TERROR BILL The Canadian Council of Churches made a presentation to the House Committee on the federal anti-terrorist legislation. On Nov. 6 the council said it was “concerned that the net cast by this definition is too wide and could catch those involved in the kind of political dissent and protest which have long been part of Canada’s social landscape.”  https://www.web.net/~ccchurch/english/jp/index.html?C36.htm~main DOC ADMITS NEW DOWN’S SYNDROME TEST IS USED FOR ABORTIONS Professor Howard Cuckle, writes in the Lancet medical journal about a new test for Down’s syndrome involving the presence of a bone […]

PERTH, Australia, November 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Edith Cowan University in Australia has dismissed a Roman Catholic priest for signing a pro-family ad urging the state government not to demean marriage by giving Homosexual relations the same legal recognition. Cybercast News Service (CNS) reports that the university said in a letter to the Catholic Archbishop of Perth, Barry Hickey, that it would no longer require the services of Fr. David Watt, a visiting chaplain not paid by the university, because of his “recent public actions.” Fr. Watt added his name to the ad published in The West Australian with his […]

STRASBOURG, November 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In a ruling last month, the European Court of Human Rights dismissed an appeal by pharmacists who were claiming recognition of the right to conscientious objection to supplying the so-called “contraceptive” pill. Euro-Fam reports that on October 2nd 2001, the court dismissed the appeal by Mr Bruno Pichon and Mrs Marie-Line Sajous (pharmacists from Salleboeuf in Gironde, France). The appellants argued that their religious convictions prevented them from selling the pill in their pharmacy since the pill is in some cases abortifacient. However, the court did not consider the abortifacient argument and ruled on […]

VATICAN, November 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In an address to the Bishop’s of Thailand today, Pope John Paul II called them to have “in every diocese an active family apostolate” where “fresh efforts must be constantly made” to address the “scourge of abortion”. John Paul said, “The family is under threat from various forms of materialism and from widespread offences against human dignity, such as the scourge of abortion and the sexual exploitation of women and children.” He stressed that “Fresh efforts must be constantly made in your local communities to meet these difficulties.” He also did not shy away […]

Federal anti-religious policies becoming officially entrenched without public or parliamentary debate OTTAWA, November 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Reciting the Lord’s prayer, or using phrases like “Father, Son and Holy Spirit,” at last week’s Remembrance Day services was a no-no according to a new directive from the Canadian military to its chaplains. The policy change came down from the chaplain general in Ottawa July 24 and was reported yesterday in the Kingston Whig Standard. All military chaplains are Christians, since the number of representatives of other religions, such as Muslims does not warrant a full-time chaplain, according to Col. Ron Bourque, […]

TORONTO, November 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Fat Girl, a controversial film screened at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival has been banned by the Ontario Film Review Board since the distributors refuse to cut scenes showing a 13-year-old and 15-year-old in nude sex scenes. However, the decision is being appealed with the help of some of Canada’s leading filmmakers. Noah Cowan of Cowboy Pictures, which is releasing the film jointly with Lions Gate Films, has appealed the decision. The National Post reports that he has collected letters of support from several Canadian filmmakers, including David Cronenberg (The Fly), Atom Egoyan […]

BRUSSELS, November 15, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The European Parliament voted yesterday to pass first reading on a measure to fund research on human embryos. Euro-fam, a European pro-life network reports that the measure which deals with the 6th European Union research framework programme, with a 17 billion euros over four years (2002-06) budget, will now be sent back to the European Commission before it returns to the parliament for a definitive vote. During the debate and vote on the first reading, MEPs backed funding for research which involves the use of excess embryos from fertility treatments and existing embryonic stem […]

LONDON, November 15, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Pro-Life Alliance in the UK has won a High Court challenge to the British regulations allowing human cloning for experimentation. The pro-life group argued successfully against the government that the government did not have the authority in law to regulate cloning since it was not covered under existing legislation. The existing legislation only governed embryos created with sperm and ova, leaving cloned embryos outside the legislation. The government has appealed the ruling. However, the BBC reports that the issue may force the government to reconsider the issue in Parliament. Bruno Quintavalle, director of […]

Catholic Former Prime Minister Uses F-Word (Again) in Rebuke to 14-year-old TORONTO, November 15, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Pro-lifers were on hand last night to protest a fundraising dinner with special guests Toronto’s Cardinal Ambrozic and Catholic former Prime Minister Turner. At issue was the inappropriateness of honoring Turner, the unrepentant co-architect of Canada’s law allowing abortion, at a Catholic dinner headlining the leading Canadian prelate. About 20 pro-lifers turned out for the protest with signs showing the horrific results of abortion and those reading “John Turner one of abortion’s architects.” Protester Evelyn St. Denis was present with her 14-year-old son […]

TORONTO, November 15, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Ontario Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, one of the candidates for the race for Leader of the Progressive Conservatives and thus interim Premier came out publicly affirming his pro-life beliefs yesterday. Reporters questioned Flaherty on his stance after the other top contender in the race, Ernie Eves, offered his pro-abortion stance. The Toronto Sun reports today that Flaherty responded to the query saying, “I am pro-life, I’m on record in that regard.” Unfortunately he also added the statement: “It’s not a matter we deal with provincially except our obligation to comply with the Canada Health […]

TORONTO, November 15, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Ernie Eves has revealed himself to be a candidate firmly against life and family and all things social conservatives hold dear. In announcing his candidacy yesterday, he boasted about his pro-abortion voting record. The National Post reports today “Eves also attempted to make abortion a campaign issue, reminding voters that he broke with Conservative ranks to support a Liberal abortion-rights bill in the 1980s.” The vote was actually to allow public funding for “women’s” centres, which performed abortions. Eves’ negative record on family issues is very public. His messy 1998 divorce of his wife […]

JUSTICE MINISTER SET TO ANNOUNCE AMENDMENTS TO ANTI-TERROR BILL NEXT WEEK https://www.guelphmercury.com/news/national/n1113152A.html POLITICIAN: 10% OF IRISH BABIES ABORTED IN BRITAIN https://www.online.ie/news/irish_examiner/viewer.adp?article=1577475 CATHOLIC CHURCH DISMANTLES PRO-LIFE DISPLAY AFTER TOWN WARNING https://www.detnews.com/2001/wayne/0111/12/d03-339457.htm USCCB INFO ON THE BISHOPS’ REVISED PLAN FOR PRO-LIFE ACTIVITIES https://www.nccbuscc.org/comm/archives/2001/01-197.htm PHILADELPHIA CARDINAL BEVILACQUA ELECTED BISHOPS’ SPOKESMAN ON PRO-LIFE https://www.phillyburbs.com/couriertimes/news/news/1114bevilacqua.htm

LONDON, November 14, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Lawyers for Diane Pretty, the 42-year-old suffering from Motor Neurone disease, took her case to the House of Lords today. The hearing is set to last for two to three days, with a judgement expected next week. The House of Lords agreed to hear the case, despite the fact that a panel of three High Court judges ruled unanimously against the request to allow her husband to assist in her suicide without facing criminal charges. The High Court judges, while saying they felt “desperately sorry” for the couple, ruled that no-one had the human […]

WASHINGTON, November 14, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In signing the “Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2002” into law yesterday, President Bush praised the bill for retaining anti-abortion sentiments. “I am pleased that the bill continues current law provisions that prohibit the use of Federal funds to pay for abortions in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, except in cases where the life of the mother is endangered, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest,” he said. See the White House release at:  https://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/1113-179.html

MONTREAL, November 14, 2001 (LSN.ca) – McGill University professor Katherine Young and co-author Paul Nathanson argue that men have routinely been portrayed as evil, inadequate, or as honorary women in popular culture since the 1990s. In Spreading Misandry: The Teaching of Contempt for Men in Popular Culture, they suggest these stereotypes are profoundly disturbing for they both reflect and create hatred and thus further fracture an already fractured society. The first in an eventual three part series, Spreading Misandry offers an impressive array of evidence from everyday life – case studies from movies, television programs, novels, comic strips, and even […]

3 to 4.5 boys victimized per homosexual male while 1 girl is victimized per 11 heterosexual males CRESTWOOD, KY, November 14, 2001 (LSN.ca) – An important research paper by Dr. Judith Reisman, demonstrates with statistics from the 1992 US Statistical Abstracts that the ‘gay’ population contains a vast subset which “commits multiple, repeated child sex offenses.” Dr. Reisman is the famous psychologist who discovered that the main body of research which led to the sexual revolution was fraudulent. In her seminal work on the father of modern sexology, Alfred Kinsey, Reisman showed that Kinsey paid pedophiles to sexually experiment with […]

DUBLIN, November 14, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Irish Medicines Board has given its approval for the “morning-after” pill, declaring it to be a contraceptive rather than an abortifacient. The Irish Times reports that the board’s decision contrasts with its position of just a year and a half ago when it upheld an application to licence the sale of the morning after pill questioning the drug’s “abortive nature”. The board said it “in consultation with legal and expert medical advisers has deemed Levonelle to be classed as a contraceptive”. Acting to stop implantation of the embryo in the uterus, the morning […]

BUSH DECLARES NOVEMBER NATIONAL ADOPTION MONTH https://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/1112-105.html MS. MAGAZINE SOLD TO FEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATION https://biz.yahoo.com/apf/011112/ms_magazine_1.html DC SENATE APPROVES FUNDING OF HOMOSEXUAL BENEFITS https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59105-2001Nov7.html

EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF CANADA CONCERNED WITH TERROR LEGISLATION https://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/resources/resource_viewer.asp?Resource_ID=125 EMBRYONIC STEM-CELL DOGMA CONTRADICTED Read Jon Dougherty’s coverage of the latest research which shows adult tissue just as promising in fighting disease.  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=25302

PARIS, November 13, 2001 (LSN.ca) – French media are reporting that French Health Minister Bernard Kouchner has altered his position on legalizing euthanasia over the last few months. Although he said in July that he did not plan to introduce pro-euthanasia legislation, Le Monde reports that he now believes the law – which holds euthanasia as a crime punishable by up to 30 years in prison – should be changed. Kouchner, admitted in July that he committed euthanasia when he worked as a doctor. In an interview with the Dutch weekly magazine Vrij Nederland, Mr Kouchner said that during the […]

Mexican State Reacts Declaring it is in Favour of Life CUERNAVACA, Mexico, November 13, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A contentious global pro-abortion conference sponsored by the Population Council and the Alan Guttmacher Institute in predominantly Catholic Mexico has outraged from local officials and citizens. AP reports that on Monday health officials from 20 Latin American countries kicked off a regional conference on abortion. The three day conference, with some 250 delegates in attendance, aims to help “Latin American governments establish ‘a free exchange of ideas’ about the possible legalization of abortion.” The AP coverage, carried in most reports on the conference, […]

WASHINGTON, November 13, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Yesterday the Salvation Army Western Division reversed its policy, which would have extended health benefits to homosexual couples. In a press release on the organization’s website, the Salvation Army says they have “established a national policy to extend health benefits access to an employee’s spouse and dependent children only.” The decision follows a deluge of complaints from members of the organization and pro-family supporters. The release says, the decision to rescind the policy stemmed from a review of the benefits “which has included messages received from Salvationists and other members of our constituencies.” Salvation […]

LONDON, November 13, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A comprehensive study following the lives of 10,000 civil servants for two decades has found that middle aged men whose partners worked part-time or who were at home caring for the family had lower depression scores than those whose partners worked full time. Similarly men whose partners moved from caring for the family to full time work had higher depression scores. Interestingly, the study also found that career women face greater levels of depression if their partner is not working. The study by psychiatrists at Queen Mary’s School of Medicine in London was funded […]

OTTAWA, November 13, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A website on sex information targeting teens and administered by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada is misleading young people regarding the abortifacient nature of the morning after pill. Despite the fact that it is well known that the pills are abortifacient – (act to prevent implantation of an embryo in the womb) the prestigious society deceives teens calling the pill “emergency contraception” and saying, “EC is a simple and safe way to prevent pregnancy when you forget to use protection. They say that it “works to delay/prevent ovulation, and can be […]

US CONGRESSMAN JIM GREENWOOD STRESSES NEED FOR POPULATION CONTROL https://www.phillyburbs.com/couriertimes/news/news/1111planned.htm WISCONSIN SENATE PASSES FUNDING FOR EMBRYO RESEARCH https://www.jsonline.com/news/state/nov01/senate07110601a.asp SEE VIDEO OF HILLARY CLINTON GETTING BOOED OFF STAGE https://gopportal.com/video/hillaryboo.html Please help us to continue this service. Mail contributions to:  Interim Publishing, attn LifeSite, 104 Bond St. E., Toronto, ON M5B 1X9 (416) 204-1687 Contribute on line at https://www.lifesitenews.com/contribute/lifesite/  NEWS TIPS to [email protected] or LifeSite News at (416) 204-1687 ext 444

ONTARIO CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP ELECTION MARCH 23 https://www.canoe.ca/NationalTicker/CANOE-wire.Ont-Tory-Leadership.html COURT TV EPISODE MAY LINK PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT WITH TERRORISTS In a one-hour “documentary” on November 19, Court TV will interview Shelley Shannon, the crazed woman who shot at an abortionist and firebombed various abortion clinics. The show is entitled: “An Unlikely Terrorist: Shelley Shannon” and features an exclusive behind the bars interview with Shannon. https://biz.yahoo.com/bw/011106/62292_1.html Priests for Life Canada is holding its second annual Pro-Life/Pro-Family Symposium in Ottawa on Saturday, November 24, 2001. Guest speakers will be: Fr. Jim Whalen, Michael O’Brien, Fr. Tom Lynch, Dr. Janet E. Smith, Fr. Paul Burchat https://www.webhart.net/vandee/symposium2001.html

LONDON, November 12, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The largest survey into homosexual lifestyles in the UK has revealed that only 46.3% of lesbians believe they were born homosexual despite the mass propaganda by the homosexual lobby movement claiming homosexuals are “born gay”. The survey of 10,500 people found however that 65.5% of homosexual men think they were born with their disordered sexual orientation. The survey conducted for Channel 4 News by ID Research found that 5.5% of those lesbians questioned made a conscious choice as adults to lead a homosexual lifestyle, compared with 2.4% of homosexual men. See the Ananova coverage […]

WASHINGTON, November 12, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Former President Bill Clinton resigned from practicing law before the US Supreme Court Friday. Clinton was facing disbarment by the Supreme Court for lying under oath about his adulterous relations with Monica Lewinsky. He was suspended by the court October 1st and given 40 days to show why he should not be disbarred. He initially boasted he would fight the disbarment. Phil Kent, president of the Southeastern Legal Foundation, which filed the first formal complaint against Clinton with the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on attorney ethics in 1998, said, “Today’s decision by Mr. Clinton […]

LONDON, November 12, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The British government decided Thursday to retain their laws allowing parents to use “reasonable chastisement” in disciplining their children. Forced to review the law by a 1998 ruling of the European Court of Human Rights, the government heard a tirade of radical children’s rights advocates demand the banning of spanking by parents in the home. However, according to the government “common sense” prevailed in the decision that applies to England and Wales. The Scottish government is considering legislation to ban spanking of children under 3 years old and ban spanking with an object for […]

NEW YORK, November 12, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The recent release of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) State of the World Population report with its fear-mongering predictions of mass overpopulation and environmental degradation and starvation, has engendered criticism even from the United Nations itself. Joseph Chamie, director of the Population Division of the U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, which collected much of the data the UNFPA report is based on, told the Washington Times that the UNFPA was presenting the most negative scenarios to make a political point. “The relationship between population and the environment is very complex,” […]

NEW YORK, November 12, 2001 (LSN.ca) – New York City Mayor-Elect Michael Bloomberg, who won the mayoral election two weeks ago, said on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday that he would be a pro-abortion and pro-homosexual activist. The New York City billionaire, chairman and namesake of his financial news and information company, was asked by host Tim Russert “Will you be an active spokesman trying to shape Republican Party policy, particularly on issues like abortion rights and gay rights?” Bloomberg, who spent about $50m of his own money – a mayoral election record – in his successful election bid responded: […]

US BISHOPS REVITALIZE PRO-LIFE PLAN Zenit News reports that the US Catholic Bishops Conference has revised their pro-life plan to take into account recent documents on life issued by the pope and to make formal mention of prayer as undergirding all pro-life activities in the plan which includes an educational campaign, a public policy effort, and pastoral services. https://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=12272 FLORIDA SUPREME COURT TO CONSIDER PARENTAL NOTIFICATION The Florida Supreme Court has agreed to take an appeal of the constitutional battle over a law which requires doctors to notify parents of girls under 18 before performing most abortions.  https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-fabort08nov08.story?coll=sfla%2Dnews%2Dflorida

BRITAIN REJECTS HUMAN CLONING APPLICATION   The British government said Wednesday it plans to reject an expected application from an Italian fertility doctor who wants to clone humans in Britain.  https://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/sns-cloning.story?coll=sns%2Dtechnology%2Dheadlines DEVELOPED BREAST CANCER AFTER ABORTION?  The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer is seeking women who’ve both had abortions and developed breast cancer and who believe that they have no other risk factors for this disease. “If this describes your circumstances, we would like to talk with you.” Please call our toll free number at 1-877-803-0102. [email protected]

CHICAGO, November 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – On November 6, Republican hopeful for the U.S. Senate seat in Illinois, James Oberweis, called Catholic League president William Donohue to discuss his remark that equated pro-life lawmakers with the Taliban. The comment that got him in trouble was, “I think the Taliban is the best example that we’ve ever had about what is wrong with my trying to impose my religious views on you.” Donohue explained the purpose and the outcome of the phone call saying: “I am delighted that James Oberweis called me to discuss his regrettable remark. Oberweis convinced me that […]

PORTLAND, November 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – U.S. District Judge Robert Jones granted a temporary restraining order Thursday blocking Attorney General John Ashcroft’s directive which would effectively stop physician-assisted suicide in Oregon. The judge blocked the directive till November 20, at the request of Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers. Under Ashcroft’s directive Oregon doctors who prescribe federally controlled drugs for assisted suicide and Oregon pharmacists who dispense the drugs for assisted suicide could have their DEA licenses to prescribe or dispense federally controlled substances revoked. Loss of a DEA license would make it difficult for most physicians to continue to practice […]

WASHINGTON, November 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – US House and Senate negotiators agreed Thursday to prohibit any US cooperation in the establishment of the International Criminal Court. After last-minute intervention yesterday by House GOP Whip Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), the negotiators agreed to the American Serviceman’s Protection Act put forward by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Republican Jesse Helms. Last month the Bush Administration signaled its support of the legislation. Helms described the legislation as acting in the following ways: (1) It will prohibit cooperation with this kangaroo court, including use of taxpayer funding or sharing of classified information. (2) It will […]

MONTREAL, November 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Quebec Superior Court began hearings today into a case brought by homosexual activists to have homosexual marriage legalized. The Quebec case marks the third homosexual marriage challenge in Canadian courts this year. The challenges were orchestrated by the homosexual activist group Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere (EGALE). In July 2000, EGALE put out an alert seeking “couples in committed relationships to tell the courts, the media and the public their reasons for wanting the right to choose whether or not to get legally married.” EGALE said it would select the most promising […]

ST THOMAS, ON, November 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Lisa Klassen, a grade 11 student at Central Elgin Collegiate in St Thomas, Ontario was given an “unofficial suspension” for wearing a pro-life shirt. Klassen was sent home by principal Ele Gibling who told the 16-year-old that some people found the shirt offensive. The front of the “Rock for Life” sweatshirt reads: “Abortion is Mean” and on the back it says: “You will not silence my message; You will not mock my God; You will stop killing my generation.” In an interview with LifeSite, Klassen was resolute in not caving in and […]

US EMBRYONIC STEM CELL REGISTRY RELEASED ON WEB The National Institutes of Health has released its Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry on the web here:  https://escr.nih.gov/ UK HOSPITAL REPROVES WOMAN FOR FAILING TO ABORT CHILD A UK hospital and doctor are being sued by a woman for failing to perform a proper sterilization operation resulting in the pregnancy and birth of a child. They are accusing the mother of contributory negligence since she did not have an abortion when she learned she was pregnant. (with files from SPUC Digest)  https://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,3200228%5E3163,00.html TURNER GIVES UN $25 MILLION Population control zealot and media […]

LONG BEACH, CA, November 8, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Salvation Army’s Western Corporation, encompassing 13 states, has decided to begin extending domestic partner benefits to the sex partners of its homosexual employees. Colonel Philip D. Needham, the Chief Secretary for the organization’s western corporation, defended The Salvation Army’s decision, saying the new policy was “made on the basis of strong ethical and moral reasoning,” and that the change in benefits policy was necessary due to “the dramatic changes in family structure in recent years.” The American Family Association (AFA) reacted to the news saying it was stunned and disappointed. “We […]

PHILADELPHIA, PA, November 8, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The state of Pennsylvania intends to improve the troublesome record of their public schools by privatizing the top administrative jobs and placing the operations of the city’s worst schools in the hands of church, business and other community groups. The Washington Post reports that the plan approved under a state law, would be the most radical reform effort ever tried in a large public school system – the sixth largest in the nation. Gov. Mark S. Schweiker’s takeover plan, which will begin taking effect in December follows years of failed reform efforts in […]

WASHINGTON, November 8, 2001 (LSN.ca) – An appropriations bill for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education that passed the Senate last week contains an amendment that recognizes the existence of “post-abortion depression and post-abortion psychosis.” Kathryn Jean Lopez of National Review, points out in her column this week that the amendment marks the “first federal recognition that women – other than the ones who actually die or are otherwise physically injured, by infections or worse, at the hands of abortionists – can actually suffer from something real: a genuine, medically recognized depression.” The amendment implores the […]

VATICAN, November 8, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Vatican released an official document today condemning a United Nations field manual on reproductive health for refugees. The Vatican document, “The Reproductive Health of Refugees” slammed the United Nations document for promoting “irresponsible sexual relationships and even abortion.” The 241-page field guide was published in 1999 by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), written in collaboration with the World Health Organization, the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) and some Non-Governmental Organizations. The Vatican document, sent to bishops’ conference around the world, said the manual “has created moral and intellectual confusion” and is “utilitarian […]

LIFESITE, November 8, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A sexual health survey being promoted at school boards across Canada has been placed on LifeSite in order to allow parents to preview the graphic material. See the links to the full surveys at the bottom of LifeSite’s story at:  https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2001/oct/011023.html#1

Pro-abortion New Jersey, Democrat Jim McGreevey, defeated pro-life Republican candidate Bret Schundler in the race for governor.  https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=Politicsarchive

An Ottawa area couple whose infant stillborn twins were buried in a common grave with 16 other stillborn babies and fetuses has won the first round in a lawsuit seeking to establish that their children were not given a “decent and dignified” burial. A judge allowed the matter to move to trial, rejecting the Ottawa Hospital’s bid to have the suit dismissed.  https://www.canada.com/ottawa/story.asp?id={3553BCC4-C069-4DA1-96BA-F67614D7D51C} A National Audit of Abortion services in Britain for 2000 found that one in four abortion centers do not take adequate measures for infections after abortions.  https://www.rcog.org.uk/guidelines/nataudit_iabortion_2000.pdf An ethics committee for Kyoto University has approved a study […]

Report contradicts non-ideological UN Population Division report NEW YORK, November 7, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) released their State of the World Population report today. The report entitled, ‘Footprints and Milestones: State of World Population 2001,’ suggests that overpopulation is the root cause and major contributor to environmental degradation and resource depletion and advocates a reduction in the number of babies born in poor countries. Or as the report delicately puts it, “Slower population growth in developing countries will contribute measurably towards relieving environmental stress.” Stephen Mosher, of the Population Research Institute points out that the […]

WASHINGTON, November 7, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A high school in Malone New York which suspended a student for wearing a pro-life shirt has been forced to apologize and allow the shirt in the school. A female student was wearing one of Rock For Life’s ‘abortion is homicide’ shirts and was told by school administrators to either wear a different shirt or go home. She went home. The school district claimed the message on the shirt was “offensive” and a form of religious proselytizing. But the district backed down after an attorney from the Thomas More Law Center explained the Constitution […]

Bush Administration Praised for Protecting Vulnerable in Oregon SALEM, Ore., November 7, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Oregon’s state Attorney General’s office filed motions in U.S. District Court in Portland today seeking to block the Bush administration from hampering with the state’s allowance of physician-assisted suicide (PAS). Tuesday, federal Attorney General John Ashcroft sent a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration reinstating the application of federal law to Oregon – the law allows the revocation of drug licenses of doctors who participate in an assisted suicide using a federally controlled substance. The National Right to Life, Christian Medical Association, National Catholic Bishops […]

TORONTO, November 7, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Toronto Star reports today that former Ontario Finance Minister and close Mike Harris friend Ernie Eves is expected to announce his run for Premier very soon. An Eves’ source told the paper that Eves will attack current Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, who is likely to be his strongest opponent. The source said Eves will attack Flaherty over the introduction of a tax credit for parents who send their children to private schools while still paying taxes to support the public school system. Eves is known as a staunch pro-abortion advocate. In his April […]

TORONTO, November 7, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Ontario Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty announced yesterday that Ontario low-and middle-income working families are to receive a monetary boost before Christmas. The Minister announced that the government is proposing to assist these families by providing a one-time, tax-free payment of $100 per child under age seven. “We know that a slowing economy is especially hard on lower-income parents. We value their hard work and their dedication to raising their families,” Flaherty stated. About 220,000 families with 367,000 children would share an estimated $37 million in benefits. The average payment would […]

TAIPEI, November 6, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Taipei Times reports that “many of the nation’s gynecologists have given up the use of legal RU486 abortion medication to buy black market RU486.” The abortionists are upset with the country’s restrictions on the use of the abortion drug and have turned to illegal sources. Meishih Pharmaceutical, which was the first to import legal Apano RU486, says that according to their sales people, more than 20 gynecologists in southern and central Taiwan now use illegal RU486. For more see the Taipei Times at:  https://www.taipeitimes.com/news/2001/11/06/story/0000110290

NEW YORK, November 6, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly which addresses “Social, Humanitarian, Cultural” concerns has, in recent weeks heard the US and Canada take opposite approaches to abortion promotion in UN documents. According to a UN report, on November 1, the US representative to the Committee clarified that the US “Government understood that the term ‘reproductive health services’ did not endorse or support abortion services.” During debates over the UN Special Children’s Summit a member of the Canadian delegation revealed that the term “reproductive health services” includes abortion. Last month Costa Rica […]

HAMILTON, November 6, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The possibility that publicly funded alternative Christian schools will soon be a reality in Ontario is very real. A group known as People for Alternative Christian Education (PACE) hopes to begin their project as early as next September within the Hamilton-Wentworth School Systems (Public or Separate). Offensive and anti-Christian teaching, and a forced absence of God from public education has caused many Christian parents to resort to home schooling or private schooling. However the situation was manifestly unfair as those parents had to pay twice – their education taxes to the public schools and […]

NEW YORK, November 6, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Doctors Without Borders, known internationally by their French title M{197}{189}decins Sans Fronti{194}{143}res (MSF) supports abortion, despite an official policy not to take a stand on the controversial issue. Chris Torgeson, spokesperson for MSF told LifeSite that the organization does not take a position on the issue. However documents on the group’s website suggest otherwise. Documents on the MSF website show that MSF provided medical utensils which MSF knew were to be used for abortions in North Korea. An MSF document describing their activities in the country states: “Among patients hospitalized for gynecological reasons, […]

FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE COMPARES ABORTION TO TERRORISM Two-time former U.S. presidential candidate Alan Keyes spoke at the annual West Virginians for Life fund-raiser Thursday. During his keynote address Keyes said, “The violation on innocent human life is the same whether you commit terrorism or commit abortion.”  https://www.dominionpost.com/a/news/2001/11/02/ae/ CLINTON-APPOINTED SURGEON GENERAL SATCHER TO STEP DOWN Surgeon General David Satcher, who riled the Bush White House by slamming abstinence-only education, says he’ll be stepping down in three months when his four-year term ends Feb 13, 2002.  https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/printedition/bal-te.satcher04nov04.story

CLONING SCIENTIST ASKS TO PRODUCE HUMAN CLONES IN ENGLAND The controversial Italian fertility doctor, Severino Antinori, who has vowed to produce human clones has asked for permission to carry out his cloning experiments in Britain. Britain has been criticized by most other countries for having allowed human cloning, but only for “therapeutic” purposes (to produce embryos for stem cell experiments). Antinori says he wants to allow fathers with fertility problems the chance to have genetically linked progeny.  https://www.sundayherald.com/19882

CHICAGO, November 5, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Republican businessman James Oberweis, who announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in Illinois yesterday, is in hot water with the Catholic League after remarks comparing pro-life politicians to the Taliban. On two occasions recently, Oberweis, who is Catholic, explained that the reason he is not a pro-life candidate is because that would put him in the same camp with the Taliban. He was quoted in last Sunday’s Springfield Journal Register as saying, “I think the Taliban is the best example that we’ve ever had about what is wrong about my trying to impose […]

WASHINGTON, November 5, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Children of God For Life, the Internet’s most reliable source for information on vaccines tainted by the use of aborted baby tissue in their manufacture, has warned that a new Smallpox vaccine may use aborted fetal cell lines. A contract for development of a new smallpox vaccine was awarded to the Oravax/Acambis Corporation. The pro-life group checked the proposed ingredients through the CDC and found the company intends to use aborted fetal cell line MRC-5 as the cell substrate for growing the virus. The group also notes that animal substitutes exist to create the […]

Interfaith Coalition Defends Heterosexual Nature of Marriage TORONTO, November 5, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice began hearings today in a homosexual-activist orchestrated challenge to traditional marriage. Despite having virtually all the financial benefits of marriage and even adoption rights, homosexual activists are seeking to divest marriage of its tradition restriction to opposite sex couples. The case is expected to last 5 days. Eight homosexual couples were selected by the homosexual activist group Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere (EGALE) to go ahead with the court challenge. The couples are Barbara McDowall and Gail Donnelly, Tom Allworth and […]

EDMONTON, November 5, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Alberta’s standing policy committee on health is looking at deinsuring various procedures in order to save health care dollars for the more serious health concerns. The Edmonton Journal reports today that several of the province’s MLAs are considering defunding abortion. Alberta cabinet ministers Lorne Taylor and Victor Doerksen, are among the MLAs who strongly disapprove of the current spending of $5 million a year on abortions. Even MLAs supportive of abortion are against funding. The paper quotes Edmonton-Rutherford MLA Ian McClelland saying, “I think abortion should be available, but I don’t think it should […]

The US House approved a $32.8 billion financing measure, 339-85, on Wednesday that requires the coverage of abortifacient contraceptives but would continue existing law that forbids federal employees’ health insurance from covering abortion. The New York Times reports that a much-anticipated registry of human embryonic stem cells that could be used for federally financed research should be available to scientists and the public within a week.  https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/01/national/01STEM.html?searchpv=nytToday

Catholic World News reports that the Archdiocese of Thrichur in south India has dedicated four million rosaries ‘in penance’ to counteract the rampant culture of death, in a campaign that concluded October 31. Father Jose Maliekal, vicar of Nirmalapuram parish in the Thrichur archdiocese told CWNews.com that during the campaign, mounted the pro-life group of his parish, most of the 200 parishes in the archdiocese responded to the call, dedicating 20,000 rosaries per parish. In a pastoral letter to 450,000 Catholics of the archdiocese, Archbishop Jacob Thoomkuzhy had urged parishes to join in the campaign.  https://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=20484 Priests for Life is […]

LONDON, November 2, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Pro-Life Alliance has taken the UK government to court over their allowance of human “therapeutic” cloning. The pro-life group is arguing that based on a technicality, the government’s embryo regulatory authority does not have the regulate cloning. The judge in the case has deferred his judgment and it is expected next week. The group is arguing that the Human Embryology and Fertility Authority cannot regulate clonging since the 1990 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act does not define embryos as they are when created by cloning. “Cloned embryos have not undergone fertilisation and no […]

NEW YORK, November 2, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Roman Catholic priest, Father Norman Weslin was told he must surrender himself to McKean Federal Prison, Bradford, Pennsylvania Monday. On October 19, the priest was sentenced by U.S. Federal Judge Richard Arcara to 5 months in federal prison for “criminal” contempt. The priest was guilty of kneeling in silent prayer in full priestly vestments inside a “60’ Banned Free Speech and Religious Expression Zone” set up by Judge Acara outside an abortuary. Fr. Weslin was not taken into custody immediately after sentencing in what many thought was a move to allow him to […]

WASHINGTON, November 2, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Oregon Democrat Senator Ron Wyden wrote President George Bush Tuesday warning him not to tamper with Oregon’s law allowing physician assisted suicide. “I am writing to urge you to avoid taking any unnecessarily divisive actions at this time with regard to Oregon’s physician assisted suicide laws,” Wyden said in a four-paragraph letter. Wyden said he wrote the letter based on rumours from federal sources that Bush was set to overturn Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act, which has resulted in at least 70 deaths thus far. The Federal Drug Administration, which should have taken actions […]

WASHINTON, November 2, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Pro-embryo research Republican Senator Arlen Specter, who outraged pro-lifers by attaching measures contrary to President Bush's stand against research on human embryos to a massive spending bill, was forced to withdraw the provision. Spector's provision, inserted by the Democratic-controlled Senate Appropriations Committee, would have allowed experimentation on live human embryos that would otherwise be destroyed, if permission were granted by the people whose fertility treatments created the embryos. Pro-life Republican Senator Sam Brownback threatened to delay the $123.1 billion measure funding federal education, labor and health programs by debating stem cell research and offering […]

SEOUL, November 2, 2001 (LSN.ca) – South Korea’s top court has rejected a challenge to the country’s law against adultery. South China Morning Post reports that a young couple convicted of the offence – one of the partners was married – challenged the law, saying the state had no right to interfere with their private lives. Under the law, offenders can be imprisoned for up to two years. In their ruling, eight of the nine judges said they were defending the country’s traditional values of chastity, the sanctity of marriage and the importance of maintaining monogamy. The ruling said: “The […]

LONDON, November 2, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The House of Lords has agreed to hear a right-to-die case, despite the fact that a panel of three High Court judges ruled unanimously against the request for assisted suicide. Dianne Pretty, a 47-year-old British woman suffering from motor neurone disease asked the courts to allow her husband to assist in her suicide without facing criminal charges. The High Court judges, while saying they felt “desperately sorry” for the couple, ruled that no-one had the human right to “procure their own death”. They said that the Director of Public Prosecutions could not agree not […]

GUATEMALA CITY, November 1, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Two weeks ago, Guatemala’s first-ever population control law was signed into law by President Alfonso Portillo. The measure was fought vehemently by pro-life activists in the country and was condemned by the Catholic Church. The Social Development and Population Law, puts a “reproductive health” agenda directly into national policy which calls for encouraging contraceptives – including abortifacients, and mandates sex education in the nation’s schools. Mercedes Wilson, the former official delegate of Guatemala to the United Nations, told LifeSite that she has been intensely involved in fighting the legislation, which she says is […]

OTTAWA, November 1, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Canadian Abortion Rights Action League admitted yesterday that abortions are a “socio-economic” rather than medically necessary procedure. In a submission to the House of Commons Finance Committee, CARAL Executive Director Marilyn Wilson said that women who seek abortions: “… do so for socio-economic reasons. Sometimes it is a desire to complete their education and become financially independent. In many cases, couples with children wish to restrict their family size in order to provide adequate financial support. Often, choosing abortion is a conscious decision not to become a socio- economic burden on society.” Alliance […]