Articles for Month: November 2001

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 […]