Articles for Month: April 2002

UNITED STATES REGAINS UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION SEAT https://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSTopNews/un_apr29-ap.html TEXAS SUPREME COURT ALLOWS MINOR TO HAVE AN ABORTION WITHOUT NOTIFYING PARENTS https://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/front/1389692

STUDY FINDS FERTILITY FADES IN WOMEN BEGINNING IN THEIR 20s https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1958000/1958465.stm UK GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL DRAWING UP GUIDELINES ON WITHHOLDING TREATMENT https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1958000/1958969.stm WOMAN WHO SUCCESSFULLY APPEALED TO UK HIGH COURT FOR RIGHT TO REFUSE TREATMENT DIES https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,1-282643,00.html DOCTORS SAY CONJOINED NEWBORN TWINS MUST BE SEPARATED https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020430/ap_wo_en_ge/britain_conjoined_twins_1

WASHINGTON, April 30, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In his proclamation for the US National Day of Prayer Friday, President George W. Bush noted the sanctity of human life. In a proclamation overflowing with references to God, a taboo on the Canadian political scene, Bush included a line sure to endear his pro-life supporters. “We offer thanks for the countless blessings God has provided. And we thank God for sanctifying every human life by creating each of us in His image,” he said. For the full National Day of Prayer Proclamation see the White House at:  https://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/04/20020426-2.html

Not One of the 235 Private Members’ Bills During Current Parliament Have Been Adopted. OTTAWA, April 30, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Saskatchewan MP Garry Breitkreuz has told the media he is bracing to have the Prime Minister’s Office shut down his motion to open discussion in parliament on when human life begins. The motion is scheduled to be put to the House of Commons on May 22. “I think the government should have to listen to the views of Canadians,” said a very frustrated Mr. Breitkreuz. Breitkreuz told the Saskatoon Star Phoenix that his frustration is fuelled by the knowledge that […]

NEW YORK, April 30, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Anthony DeStefano, the Executive Director of Priests for Life, has commented on the abuse scandal in a release entitled Memo to Catholics: Stop Playing Defense! DeStefano describes himself as “a lay person who has worked closely with the clergy for over a decade, and who has seen first-hand how heroically selfless and self-sacrificing our Roman Catholic priests truly are.” While he acknowledges the horror of the crimes committed by guilty priests and stresses that they should be punished, he asserts that the media attacks on the church over this issue are motivated by […]

LONDON, April 30, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The British government is working on legislation to give dogs, cats, and other house pets and circus animals a legal bill of rights which would hold owners liable to prosecution if the rights are violated. The Sunday Times reports that Elliot Morley, an environment minister is drawing up the proposals with the help of The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. In a speech today Morley will announce the proposals. “We need to modernise the law by setting minimum standards for the animals in our care. We have an obligation to […]

OTTAWA, April 30, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The federal funding agency, Canadian Institutes for Health Research, has announced that it has postponed its grants for research involving embryonic stem cell research until next April. Moreover, Genome Canada, another federal funding agency has said it will go along with the CIHR decision and postpone funding as well. The hold comes after CIHR president Alan Bernstein came under heavy fire by the Health Committee for releasing funding guidelines prior to federal legislation on the issue. The delay will give legislators a chance to debate the reproductive technology legislation which Health Minister Anne McLellan […]

FORMER PRESIDENT FORD URGES BUSH NOT TO BAN HUMAN CLONING https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020426/ap_on_sc/ford_cloning_1 US GOV’T AWARDS $3.5 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH The grants from the National Institutes of Health were awarded to Cellsaurus, a subsidiary of Bresagen of Athens, Ga.; ES Cell International Pte Ltd. of Melbourne, Australia; the University of California, San Francisco; and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation in Madison. HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson announced the grants Friday and said that more would be coming.  https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020429/ap_on_sc/stem_cells_6

FUND ESTABLISHED FOR BISSONNETTE FAMILY Friends of Joe and France Bissonnette have established a special fund to assist them with the many extra expenses they are incurring during their daughter Angela’s battle with aplastic anemia. Joe and France are not yet aware of the fund. It is felt that this one wage earner family could certainly use extra help during this stressful period. France is currently pregnant with their 7th child. Contributions may be made via a cheque to Campaign Life Coalition and marked “Angela Bissonnette”. The address is 301-104 Bond St., Toronto, Ontario M5B 1X9. UK LIFE CHAINS ATTRACT […]

ERFURT, Germany, April 29, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Robert Steinhauser, the former student who killed 16 people and injured 10 others in a shooting massacre at a high school in Germany was heavily involved in violent computer video games. Der Spiegel magazine reports that Steinhauser spent much of his time playing the games with his favourite being Counterstrike” in which anti-terror units wearing masks battle each other to death. Steinhauser also wore a black mask and dark clothes to carry out his attack. Related links:  Video violence fears real   https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0018973.html Video game violence: what does the research say?  https://www.mediafamily.org/research/vgrc/1998-2.shtml Interview […]

UNITED NATIONS, April 29, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Speaking at a United Nations meeting discussing aging populations earlier this month, Libyan delegate Abdulhamid Asseid Zentani noted the root cause of the aging crisis to be “family planning and the encouragement of abortion.” His comments were made April 12 at the Second World Assembly On Ageing held in Madrid. “We do not view the problem we are discussing today only in terms of an increase in the number of the aged. We also see it through the causes which have led to a disruption in the demographic composition of the population, the […]

BERN, April 29, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A poll commissioned by the Swiss Broadcasting Company has found that a majority of Swiss intend to vote in favour of a government-backed initiative to legalize abortion on demand in the first twelve weeks after conception. The poll, conducted between April 10 and 22, found 64 per cent of voters intend to cast their ballots in favour of the initiative with 23% opposed and 13% undecided. The issue will be put to a vote June 2. In related news, the Christian Democrats voted against the initiative at a party meeting. Delegates to the meeting […]

“No justification for believing that this will not happen with humans.” EDINBURGH, Scotland, April 29, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Ian Wilmut, of the Roslin research centre in Scotland who is best known for his work in creating Dolly the cloned sheep, says every cloned animal is genetically and physically defective. Dolly the sheep itself suffers from premature arthritis, and Wilmut says cloned mice, cows, sheep and pigs all show developmental difficulties. Wilmut published a new study over the weekend which surveyed cloning experiments around the world. The major defects found include mice becoming grotesquely fat, white blood cell production in a […]

Quebec still self-destructing QUEBEC CITY, April 29, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Quebec Attorney General Paul Begin announced Friday that the province will give legal status to homosexual unions by late June. A draft bill presented in the legislature Thursday would give homosexual couples the same rights as married couples including adoption and artificial insemination. “It will be a civil union for gays and lesbians, just like marriage for heterosexuals,” Begin told reporters. Hearings on the legislation are scheduled for May. Once passed Quebec follows Nova Scotia to become the second Canadian province to legalize homosexual civil unions. In a shocking move […]

STRASBOURG, April 29, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The European Court of Human Rights ruled against assisted suicide today in the case of Dianne Pretty – a UK woman suffering from motor neurone disease. After having her case rejected by the UK High Court, Pretty appealed to the European Court to have her husband be allowed to assist in her suicide without being punished. The seven member court ruled unanimously that the refusal of the UK to allow her husband to assist in her suicide did not violate the European Convention on Human Rights. Pretty perversely claimed that the “right to life” […]

ROME, April 26, 2002 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At the conclusion of the meeting between Pope John Paul II and the Cardinals of the United States Wednesday, the pope called on the “Pastors of the Church” to “publicly…reprimand individuals who spread dissent.” At the meeting discussing the sexual abuse of minors by members of the clergy the pope noted that “doctrinal issues” underlie “the deplorable behavior in question” and proposed three “lines of response.” This may be an especially difficult task for some of the bishops and cardinals since in the U.S., and even more so in neighbouring Canada, where dissent or […]

THE ROOKIE – Disney : A heart warming, pro-family movie about a happily married, baseball loving high school teacher with three small children. He finds himself in the unexpected situation of possibly, at a late age, fulfilling his life-long dream of playing for a pro baseball team. Chock full of goodness and wonderful life lessons. Nothing at all objectionable. Excellent acting and music. ICE AGE – If you fell the need for a lot of good, clean laughs, this movie is for you. A very different kind of animated movie about a small group of a mammoth, sabre tooth tiger […]

UPDATE ON ANGELA BISSONNETTE Yesterday it took approximately 2 hours to remove the bone marrow from Angela’s sister Marie Claire. At 4:00 they began transplanting the bone marrow into Angela intravenously, and it was completed by 9:00. Angela looks great today, says her father Joe. Engrafting of the marrow should begin within the next 1-2 weeks. One difficult effect of the chemotherapy is the development of sores along the gastro-intestinal track. The most dangerous thing in the next few weeks is the risk of infection. Angela is in reverse isolation, protecting her from germs. Only staff and parents may enter […]

OTTAWA, April 26, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Two weeks ago federal Health Minister Anne McLellan wrote her New Brunswick provincial counterpart to suggest a three-member panel to arbitrate disputes around the Canada Health Act. One of the major disputes between Ottawa and the provinces in this regard has been the funding of abortions at private abortuaries rather than only in hospitals. The federal government has threatened some provinces with loss of funds if they refuse to fund abortions at private abortuaries. Through a freedom of information request The Moncton Times and Transcript obtained a copy of notes for a conversation between […]

LONDON, April 26, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Richard Lynn, Emeritus professor of Psychology at the University of Ulster, has written a book suggesting that modern reproductive technology calls for society to re-think its condemnation of eugenics. “The general principle of eugenics, that we could improve the genetic quality of the population, needs taking seriously,” says Lynn. “The new medical technology of eugenics is going to take off, because it satisfies the needs of individuals, both for themselves and as parents. Parents would like to have children who are free of genetic diseases, and potentially in the future they will want to […]

BERLIN, April 26, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Yesterday the German parliament gave final approval to a law allowing imports of human embryo stem cells for research. The vote was 369 to 190 with nine abstentions. While existing German law forbids the use of human embryonic stem cells coming from Germany it did not explicitly forbid imports. The imports will only be allowed for embryonic stem cells produced before Jan. 1, 2002 so as to curb incentives for researchers to manufacture more stem cells.

TORONTO, April 26, 2002 (LSN.ca) – CTV television, one of Canada’s largest broadcasting companies, has refused to apologize for an attack against Catholic clergy on its Mike Bullard show. Following the program’s airing April 24, the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) wrote the President of CTV’s parent company Bell Globemedia (which also owns The Globe and Mail) to demand an apology. Ed Robinson, Senior VP of Comedy and Variety Programming at CTV responded to the CCRL saying “sorry you were offended” and going on to defend the defamation of priests saying it was not intended to be taken seriously but […]

Non-Profit SPUC Punished by Court Which Ordered it to Pay Legal Costs of Government and Pharmaceutical Co. LONDON, April 25, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has been denied leave to appeal in its challenge to the sale of morning-after pills without a doctor’s prescription. The Court also sent an intimidating message that public interest groups should not challenge the establishment on these issues. It ordered the small non-profit SPUC to pay the substantial legal costs of the vastly wealthier government and Schering, the pills’ distributor in Britain. Last week the English high court […]

WASHINGTON, April 25, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The White House has denied allegations that they will support a move to redefine the traditional family at the United Nations. A Washington Times report Monday, noted yesterday by LifeSite, quoted an unnamed source within the Bush administration indicating that the US would support a European Union bid to recognize families “in various forms.” The pro-family lobby group Traditional Values Coalition (TVC) reports that they contacted a White House official about the report and were told the source was in error. “I am happy to say that our office now has the assurance of […]

Higher Rates of Depression Persist Over At Least Eight Years SPRINGFIELD, Ill., April 25, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Agencies which assist post-abortive women have concurred with a recent study published in the January 22 edition of the British Medical Journal. The study examined a national sample of 1,086 American women who had a history of unintended first pregnancies. Depression scores revealed that women who had abortions experienced a significantly higher risk of clinical depression compared to women who delivered unintended pregnancies. Psychotherapist Dr. Theresa Burke, founder of Rachel’s Vineyard post-abortion ministries, said she has seen many women haunted by depression after […]

TORONTO, April 25, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Catholic Civil Rights League members witnessed two men in their mid 20’s dressed up as Catholic priests jumping around on the corner outside the CTV studios for the Mike Bullard show last night. Later last night, the episode of Open Mike with Mike Bullard used the seriously damaging Boston pedophile priest scandal and related it to the recent Vatican meeting to further shame Catholics and defame Catholic priests. The actors who were seen earlier were being used in Bullard’s words, to “scare away kids that were hanging around the building.” The two actors mocking […]

CATHOLICS FOR A FREE CHOICE CALLS ON UN TO SANCTION VATICAN OVER SEX ABUSE https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=Culturearchive

LONDON, April 24, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In a startling decision UK High Court Justice Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss has granted a psychotic violent prisoner the right to “refuse medical treatment” for a self-inflicted wound which he hoped would kill him. The man, who can only be identified as W. told the justice by video link that he had been mutilating his own right leg since December last year in the hope that the wound would turn septic and cause his death. “I am doing this because of the conditions I am kept in. I am kept under close supervision and I […]

ROME, April 24, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Italian fertility doctor, Severino Antinori, told Italy state television on Wednesday that three cloned pregnancies exist in the world at the moment. “There are three pregnancies,” Antinori said in response to the question of how many cloned pregnancies existed. He said two of the three pregnancies were developing in Russia and one in an “Islamic state” and that they were six to nine weeks along.

Vatican Rep States “I don’t know what the United States is doing”. UNITED NATIONS, April 24, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The Washington Times reports that United States UN representatives have agreed to back a measure brought by delegates from Switzerland and the European Union to recognize families “in various forms.” A senior official from the US Mission to the UN spoke to the Times anonymously and explained the support of the US saying, “obviously we feel this more reflects the families of today, which are headed by single parents and extended families.” However critics note that the language would almost certainly […]

Government puts “the interests of sexual predators, and now horses, above the interests of children” OTTAWA, April 24, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The majority of Liberal and Bloc Québécois MPs combined to defeat a Canadian Alliance motion (163-62) yesterday aimed at protecting children from sexual predators. The Alliance put forth a motion yesterday in the House of Commons that recommended tougher provisions against child pornography, and raising the legal age of consent to at least 16. The motion read:  “That the government immediately introduce legislation to protect children from sexual predators including measures that raise the legal age of consent to […]

MP was Militant Canadian Government Supporter of Homosexuality at UN OTTAWA, April 24, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In one of the most outrageous speeches ever made in the Canadian parliament, Liberal MP Hedy Fry, the former Secretary of State for Status of Women Canada, endorsed the “right” of children “below the age of 16” to “engage in sexual activity.” In her speech, made yesterday regarding a motion to raise the age of consent in Canada from 14 to at least 16, she went so far as to positively discuss “sexual activity…at the age of 13.” Fry spoke of a “need” of […]

AIDS RESEARCH FUNDED DISPROPORTIONATELY In fiscal 2002, the US National Institutes of Health allocated $2.5 billion for research into AIDS—which killed 15,288 persons in 2000. On the other hand, heart disease research received $1.9 billion—even though heart disease claimed 709,894 victims in 2000. Diabetes resulted in 68,662 deaths—but received only $771.7 million in funding. Breast cancer took a toll of 42,290—but cost $627.7 million in research.  https://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020422-69582976.htm ABORTION RESPONSIBLE FOR 40% DECREASE IN FERTILITY IN GREECE https://www.mpa.gr/article.html?doc_id=264503 (files from Pro-Life E-News)

WASHINGTON, April 23, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Mary Cheney, the self-professed lesbian daughter of US Vice President Dick Cheney, has joined a homosexual activist group seeking to promote homosexuality within the Republican Party. The London Telegraph reports that Miss Cheney said she had joined the board of the Republican Unity Coalition which attempts to persuade party leaders to accept homosexuals into their ranks. “We can expand the party’s outreach to non-traditional Republicans; we can make sexual orientation a non-issue for the party; and we can help achieve equality for all gay and lesbian Americans,” said Miss Cheney. See the report in […]

LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2002 (LSN.ca) – On April 17, shock radio host Howard Stern, known for his offensive comments, impersonated Pope John Paul II as promoting and engaging in pedophilia and child pornography. In his comments Stern related the term “Catholic” to commentary so offensive it cannot be repeated by this news service. The American Decency campaign against Stern’s abuse of the airwaves has succeeded in convincing many stations to dump Stern’s offensive programming and over since 1998 over 13,000 advertisers have fled from advertising on his shows. To join the American Decency Campaign see the Stern page at:  […]

“eugenics movement still seeks to eliminate the 'unfit' and build a 'master race.” CAMBRIDGE, UK, April 23, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In an amazing demonstration of ignorance, scientists at the Wellcome Cancer Research Institute in Cambridge suggested that harvesting stem cells from abnormal embryos rather than from healthy ones would end the ethical objection to destructive research on human embryos. John Gurdon, head of the team at the Institute said, “If an embryo is certain to die, I can't see why anyone would object to someone taking cells and working with them.” Through various experiments with frog embryos, Gurdon created several […]

WASHINGTON, April 23, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A release from the Pro-life Action League gives more detail on the upcoming US Supreme Court review of the NOW v. Scheidler federal RICO national class action. The action was launched by the National Organization for Women and the abortion industry against Joseph M. Scheidler, Tim Murphy and Andrew Scholberg and the Pro-Life Action League, along with Operation Rescue. The Court will consider:  (i) whether injunctive relief – which may include remedies such as dissolution or dismemberment of enterprises – may be available in “racketeering” lawsuits brought by private parties as well as by […]

“The abuse…is by every standard wrong and rightly considered a crime by society” ROME, Italy, April 23, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Pope John Paul II presented a powerful address today to the extraordinary gathering of US Cardinals summoned to Rome to address the growing sex abuse scandals. The pope bluntly stated that “People need to know that there is no place in the priesthood and religious life for those who would harm the young” and that “The abuse which has caused this crisis is by every standard wrong and rightly considered a crime by society”. John Paul also referred to the […]

No Evidence the College Attempted to Disseminate This Important Health Risk Information TORONTO, April 23, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A study sponsored by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario found that abortion very significantly increases the risk of serious infection, need for further surgery and psychiatric problems. Interestingly, there is no evidence that the College attempted to disseminate this important abortion health risk information to Ontario women. The study came to the attention of LifeSite from the introduction pages of the deVeber Institute’s new book “Women’s Health after Abortion: The Medical and Psychological Evidence.” The study was published in […]

GOOD NEWS STORY – DENVER BILLIONAIRE FUNDING FILMS WITH MORAL MESSAGE https://www.gazette.com/stories/0420life2.php?section=3 CATHOLICS FOR A FREE CHOICE DEFEND CONDOM ADS https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=ForeignBureaus  archive

Says in Immoral US “Liberated sex is offered to people all day long, all evening long” NEW YORK, April 22, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The North American Catholic sex scandals continue to be major news in most media. While NY Cardinal Egan and the other US Cardinals are in Rome meeting on the issue, yesterday’s sermon by Egan’s stand-in at St. Patricks, Msgr Eugene Clark, condemned U.S. immorality and the admission of homosexuals into Catholic seminaries. Today’s New York Daily News reports that Clark “pointedly blamed the priest sex abuse scandal yesterday on homosexuality, a ‘sex-saturated’ society and a constant assault […]

OTTAWA, April 22, 2002 (LSN.ca) – On April 23 Canadian Alliance Family Issues Critic Larry Spencer will present a motion in parliament to address child pornography and the low age of sexual consent. The motion will include provisions to prohibit the creation and use of child pornography. It will also aim to protect underage children from sexual exploitation by adults, by raising the Canadian legal age of consent, currently at 14. The Canada Family Action Coalition (CFAC) was delighted with the motion. “Under current legislation, adults can legally prey on and have sex with children in Canada because the age […]

WASHINGTON, April 22, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In a blow to the pro-abortion movement, the US Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of two pro-life groups who were sued under racketeering law for damaging the business of abortionists by blocking abortuary entrances. Despite the free speech issues involved and the similarities between the pro-life protests and those of the civil rights movement, last year the US Court of Appeals upheld a lower court judgment in favour of the abortionists. The case involves a suit by the National Organization of Women and various abortionists against the pro-life groups Pro-Life Action […]

More Than Politics Likely Seen as Corrupt by Canadians OTTAWA, April 22, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Nearly 70% of Canadians believe that their political systems at both the federal and provincial levels are corrupt. Moreover, the Leger Marketing poll also found that nearly a quarter of Canadians believe that our federal and provincial systems were not democratic. At the federal level 69% of Canadians found that the political system was ‘highly’ or ‘somewhat’ corrupt, compared with 26 per cent who thought it was ‘not very’ or ‘not at all’ corrupt. At the provincial level the ratio was 68% to 26%. At […]

VANCOUVER, April 22, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Joyce Arthur, Director of the BC Pro-Choice Action Network (BCPCAN), has sent a letter to the Charities Directorate and the federal Minister of National Revenue demanding that the charitable tax status of the Pro-Life Society of BC (PLSBC) be revoked. Arthur requests that the Charities Directorate conduct an audit of PLSBC arguing that the pro-life group is operating outside of the guidelines for registered charities. Arthur’s claims, however, are completely hypocritical. Ted Gerk, a former spokesperson for PLSBC who is mentioned in Arthur’s documentation to the Charities Directorate, told LifeSite that Arthur has demonstrated […]

TORONTO, April 22, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Abortion complications are seriously under reported, leaving women who undergo abortion largely unaware of the range of physical and psychological risks they face, according to a new study by a Canadian bioethics institute. The deVeber Institute, a nonprofit bioethics and social research group based in Toronto, has released its comprehensive review of the world medical literature on abortion in a new book entitled “Women’s Health after Abortion: The Medical and Psychological Evidence.” The investigation is based on over 500 studies that have appeared in medical and other journals, chiefly during the past twenty years […]

UPDATE ON ANGELA BISSONNETTE The treatments for 7 year old Angela’s severe condition were delayed because of more bone marrow donor tests and the onset of chicken pox within the family. This would have been deadly to Angela during chemotherapy. Chemotherapy has finally started today at Sick Kids and the very difficult bone marrow transplant procedure is now scheduled to take place on Thursday. Angela’s sister Marie Clare will be the donor and will have needles inserted about 100 times into her pelvic bone. Angela has become very weak but her bravery has been an inspiration. Prayers are asked for […]

CALGARY, April 19, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The Christian Heritage Party (CHP), the only pro-life Canadian federal political party, is fielding a candidate in the Calgary Southwest by-election to be held May 13. CHP leader Ron Gray filed nomination papers Wednesday. The by-election was called after Reform-Party founder Preston Manning resigned. Newly elected Canadian Alliance leader Stephen Harper has announced that he will be running in the riding. For more information see the CHP website:  https://www.chp.ca

Former Associate of Ted Turner and Pro-World Government Groups WASHINGTON, April 19, 2002 (LSN.ca) – An investigative report by Cliff Kincaid of Cybercast News Service has revealed that a board member from a pro-United Nations lobby group and former associate of controversial CNN founder Ted Turner has won a coveted post as a Bush administration representative to the U.N. Richard S. Williamson, who once served with Turner on the board of directors of the United Nations Association (UNA) has been named the alternate U.S. representative to the U.N. for special political affairs. In his report Kincaid points out that UNA […]

UNITED NATIONS, April 19, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In a United Nations release today the UN Special Rapporteurs on Sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and on Freedom of opinion and expression expressed regret at the child pornography decision of the US Supreme Court. Mr. Juan Miguel Petit (Children) and Mr. Abid Hussain (Freedom of Expression) criticized the decision of the US Supreme Court to strike down the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996, which prohibits the distribution and possession of “virtual” child pornography – using computer-generated images. In a 6-3 ruling, the US Court said the law violates […]

CANBERRA, April 19, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Friday that there is “a very strong likelihood” the government will introduce changes to the federal Sex Discrimination Act allowing state governments to restrict artificial procreation treatments to married women and heterosexual couples. The comments came a day after the High Court dismissed an appeal by the country’s Catholic Bishops Conference that sought to overturn a lower court ruling allowing single women and lesbians full access to fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization. Howard explained his stance against allowing the procedure to single women and lesbians saying, […]

Removes Contraindications and Warns of Harmful Side-Effects WASHINGTON, April 19, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The US Food and Drug Administration yesterday released a labeling change notice to health care workers regarding Cytotec (misoprostol) – one of the drugs used in the RU-486 abortion regimen. Cytotec was originally used to treat ulcers and as such contained a strict labeling warning against use of the drug by pregnant women since it could cause abortion. The FDA explained that the contraindication was removed since “The drug is widely used by obstetricians and gynecologists (OB-Gyns) to induce labor, delivery, and is part of the FDA […]

OTTAWA, April 19, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Yesterday the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the case of Toronto homosexual/AIDS activist James Wakeford who was requesting legal assisted suicide. The case, James Wakeford – v. – Attorney General of Canada was dismissed without comment by Justices L’Heureux-Dubé, Bastarache and Binnie JJ. The Supreme Court of Canada had already decided on the assisted suicide question in 1993 when it rejected the appeal of Lou Gehrig’s disease sufferer Sue Rodriguez, noting that laws against assisted suicide did not infringe her constitutional rights. Wakeford’s lawyer, David Corbett, insisted that the case was different from that […]

VIRGINIA LAWMAKERS FAIL TO OVERRIDE GOVERNOR’S VETO OF PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION BAN https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020418/ap_wo_en_po/us_virginia_abortion_3 FEDERAL APPEALS COURT NIXES COLORADO LAW REQUIRING PARENTAL NOTIFICATION ON ABORTION https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020418/ap_wo_en_ge/us_abortion_notification_1

WASHINGTON, April 18, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the Child Custody Protection Act (H.R. 476), by a lopsided margin of 260-161. This bill would make it a federal crime to transport a minor across a state line in circumvention of a state law requiring parental or judicial involvement in the minor’s abortion decision. More than 24 states have laws that would be covered by the bill. National Right to Life Committee Legislative Director Douglas Johnson commented, “By passing the Child Custody Protection Act Congress would take a clear stand against the bizarre notion that […]

LONDON, April 18, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The English high court has rejected a legal challenge by the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) to sales of the abortifacient morning-after pill from pharmacists. Mr Justice Munby handed down his judgment this morning, after which SPUC announced its intention to seek leave to appeal. The judgement ran to 398 paragraphs in total, but the judge’s principal reason for rejecting SPUC’s case was that the term “miscarriage” in the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 should be understood according to what it means today rather than what it meant when the […]

Deceptive International Campaign Funded by U.S. Foundations is Challenged MANILA, April 18, 2002 (c-Fam/LSN.ca) – The latest media campaign of “Catholics” for a Free Choice (CFFC) has finally garnered attention, but it may not be the attention CFFC desired—CFFC is being sued for deceptive advertising. For the past few months, CFFC has purchased billboards and newspaper advertisement in cities worldwide, which claim that Catholic bishops “ban” condoms, and that the Church is responsible for the deaths of millions of people due to HIV/AIDS. In response, a group of pro-life and pro-family advocates in the Philippines has lodged a court complaint […]

Taxes paid by Hundreds of Thousands of Catholics Not Considered ‘Public tax Dollars’ TORONTO, April 18, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Earl Manners, President Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF), in a release denounced a Catholic school’s refusal to allow a student’s homosexual prom date. Commenting on the situation Manners, writes, “why should any institution that receives public tax dollars be allowed to ignore basic rights and protections afforded to all citizens of Ontario?” Manners calls for an end to allowing Catholics to support Catholic education through their education taxes, a right guaranteed in the Constitution. Apparently, education taxes collected from hundreds […]

OTTAWA, April 18, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Today, Garry Breitkreuz, MP for Yorkton-Melville, appealed to Canadians to write their MPs in support of his Private Member’s Motion M-392 that calls for the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights to prepare a report on laws protecting unborn children. “I understand that not all Canadians hold opinions similar to mine that life begins at conception; therefore, I want to use the democratic process to determine what the majority of Canadians do think about this important issue,” said Breitkreuz. The Saskatchewan MP has raised this issue in Parliament on a number of occasions […]

NEW YORK, April 18, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Danco Labs., the New York company which manufactures and distributes the abortion pill Mifeprix (RU-486) sent a letter yesterday to health care workers warning of severe complications associated with the deadly drugs. The letter notes that six women have developed serious illnesses and two have died after taking the drugs to induce abortions. The letter also warns doctors that they must report similar complications following the use of the drugs. Three women who took the drug along with misoprostol to expel the aborted baby suffered bleeding caused by rupture of ectopic pregnancies; one […]

PRO-LIFE JUSTICE WHO DISSENTED ON ROE V WADE DIES Retired Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White died Monday at 84.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56145-2002Apr15.html SCOTLAND’S ARCHBISHOP CONTI BLASTED FOR UPHOLDING CHURCH TEACHING ON HOMOSEXUAL ADOPTION https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/page.cfm?objectid=11787837&method=full&siteid=89488 CATHOLIC ORG. FOR LIFE AND FAMILY ON CANADIAN STEM CELL DRAFT LAW https://www.cccb.ca/english/fullpresse.asp?ID=357 SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL LAUNCHES ABORTION REFERENDUM https://www.nzz.ch/english/swiss_week/index.html

FRESNO, Calif., April 17, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Popular talk show host Dr. Laura Schlesinger has supported Dr. James Dobson’s call for concerned parents to remove their children from public schools. Dr. Dobson noted the promotion of homosexuality and anti-Christian mentality in schools was damaging to children. On her April 9 broadcast Dr. Laura said, “stand with Dr. James Dobson: Take your kids out of public schools.” Listen to Dr. Laura’s April 9 broadcast:  https://www.premiereinteractive.com/cgi-bin/members.cgi?stream=shows/02/04/drlaura020409.rm&site=drlaura See March 28 LifeSite story https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2002/mar/020328.html

BARRIE, ON, April 17, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Dr. Stephen Dawson, the Barrie Ontario family doctor who is in danger of losing his medical licence over his refusal to prescribe the birth control pill to unmarried women, has had his hearing delayed. In an interview with LifeSite today, Dawson noted that his disciplinary hearing at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, which was to commence yesterday, has been put over until September due to the reception of another complaint. Dawson also told LifeSite that the hearing has been extended from a 4-day to a 10-day undertaking. Dr. Dawson has scaled down […]

WASHINGTON, April 17, 2002 (LSN.ca) – On Tuesday the US Supreme Court struck down two provisions of a law against child pornography. Two sections of the 1996 Child Pornography Prevention Act, one banning computer-generated “virtual child pornography” and another prohibiting sexually explicit images promoted as involving minors, were declared unconstitutional since they were found to be overly broad and thus hampering free speech. The votes on striking down the provisions were 7-2 on the first and 6-3 on the second. Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justice Antonin Scalia dissented. Attorney General John Ashcroft was outraged by the decision and moved […]

PORTLAND, April 17, 2002 (LSN.ca) – U.S. District Judge Robert Jones ruled today that the US Justice Department may not use its authority over the federal Controlled Substances Act to quash Oregon’s practice of legal physician-assisted suicide. Judge Jones slammed Attorney General John Ashcroft accusing him of attempting to “stifle an ongoing, earnest and profound debate in the various states concerning physician-assisted suicide.”“The citizens of Oregon, through their democratic initiative process, have chosen to resolve the moral, legal and ethical debate on physician-assisted suicide for themselves by voting – not once, but twice – in favor of the Oregon act,” […]

Release Conceals that Project Involves Destructive Research on Human Embryos OTTAWA, April 17, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The first publicized federal government funding for embryonic stem cell research was announced last week. Genome Canada and the Government of Ontario will share in providing an $11.1 million grant to researchers at the Ottawa Health Research Institute. The funding of the “Stem Cell Genomics Project,” headed up by Dr. Michael Rudnicki, was announced by Genome Canada, a $300 million federal agency under Industry Canada. Rob Merrifield, M.P. (Yellowhead) and Official Opposition Health Critic, questioned the government on the matter in the House of […]

OTTAWA, April 16, 2002 (LSN.ca) Homosexual activst MP Svend Robinson demanded this week that Alliance MP Cheryl Gallant apologize for comments she made during a heated exchange in parliament. Robinson charged that Gallant had outraged the ‘gay’ community by saying “Ask your boyfriend” to Liberal Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham. Graham is a darling of homosexual activists and reported to have had homosexual affairs despite being married with children. Gallant apologized in the House today after being told to do so by Alliance leader Stephen Harper. Robinson threatened to demand an apology in the House if Gallant did not offer […]

EDMONTON, April 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A motion at the Canadian Alliance National Convention held April 4-6 discussed the current major controversy of stem cell research. Alliance MP Jason Kenney spoke advocating a ban on destructive research on human embryos. Kenney noted that such research is unethical since it destroys human life and that considering the amazing results of adult stem cell research, experimentation on human embryos cannot be excused. Prior to an amendment which would have suggested a moratorium on such research rather than a ban, one of the delegates to the meeting asked that the motion be tabled. […]

Supremacy of Parliament replaced With Supremacy of the Charter OTTAWA, April 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Canadians are currently being inundated with media propaganda celebrating 20 years of implementation of Pierre Trudeau’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The mostly liberal media are reporting poll results indicating that 82% of Canadians feel the Charter has been good for Canada. The Charter has been a feel good exercise since its inception with few Canadians questioning how it could add to the already substantial rights and freedoms that Canadians enjoyed before the charter. Unfortunately, the implications of the radical change to Canadian democracy and […]

TORIES ASK CLARK TO STEP DOWN BEFORE AUGUST LEADERSHIP REVIEW https://www.canoe.ca/TorontoNews/ts.ts-04-15-0011.html SCIENTIST AFFILIATED WITH RAELIAN CULT CLAIMS TO HAVE IMPLANTED CLONED HUMAN EMBRYOS IN WOMEN https://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,4125004%255E13762,00.html   Story has been archived and requires free sign-up to be retrieve.  PRO-LIFE US PRIEST FR. WESLIN RELEASED FROM JAIL https://www.maranatha.tv/_wsn/page3.html

OTTAWA, April 15, 2002 (LSN.ca) Thursday, in the House of Commons, Larry Spencer, Alliance Family Issues Critic, made a strong case for raising the legal age of sexual consent. During Question Period, Spencer raised questions with Martin Cauchon, Minister of Justice, asking when the Minister would do the right thing and raise the legal age of sexual consent. Mr. Spencer argued that 14-year-old children are too young to drive, consume alcohol, smoke or vote and yet the law irresponsibly provides that these same children can legally consent to sexual relations. In a release Spencer said he believes that it is […]

$815 Million since 1977 WASHINGTON, April 15, 2002 (LSN.ca) – “Abortion and contraception mean big business for Planned Parenthood,” says Ed Szymkowiak, national director of STOPP International. The division of American Life League which is dedicated to fighting Planned Parenthood’s anti-life agenda, has produced a report detailing Planned Parenthoods financial activities. “Planned Parenthood’s entire business relies upon sex education, which corrupts young minds and increases youth promiscuity,” says Szymkowiak. “This in turn establishes a customer base of contraception users, and eventually abortion clients.” This month’s issue of the Ryan Report, STOPP International’s newsletter, contains detailed information about Planned Parenthood’s business, […]

Children With Mother and Boyfriend are 33 Times More Likely to be Abused WASHINGTON, April 15, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Marriage is the only institution that protects mothers and children from domestic abuse, according to a new study from the Heritage Foundation. The report reveals:  – Domestic abuse is twice as high among women who have never married than among those who have.  – Children of divorced or never-married mothers are six to 30 times more likely to suffer from serious abuse than children raised by both biological parents who are married.  – Never-married women experience more domestic abuse than those […]

OTTAWA, April 15, 2002 (LSN.ca) Canadian doctors have used adult stem cells taken from multiple sclerosis patients to attempt to cure them of their disabling condition. CTV News reports that researchers at the Ottawa Hospital have successfully treated four patients with stem cells obtained from their own bone marrow. The doctors destroyed the immune systems of the patients with chemo-therapy and then inject the stem cells to regenerate systems without the disease. Six months after the first patient was treated, she was found to have no evidence of the disease on MRI scans. Researchers are very hopeful but remain cautious. […]

McLellan Blasted for “fraud, a sham and a waste of taxpayers’ money” OTTAWA, April 15, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Dr. Alan Bernstein, President of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) is to appear before the House Health Committee Wednesday. At the meeting he will likely be asked to account for his presentation of the funding guidelines on stem cell research prior to legislation on the matter being presented in Parliament. Rob Merrifield, Official Opposition Senior Health Critic called for Berstein to appear before the committee last month saying, “Dr. Bernstein needs to explain why the CIHR pre-empted Parliament.” James Lunney, […]

Cardinal Law Offered to Resign OTTAWA, April 15, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Catholic World News (CWN) and major U.S. media reported today that Pope John Paul II has called the 13 US cardinals to Rome for an extraordinary meeting to address the worsening situation of priest sex abuse charges. CWN reports that this latest development may also contradict statements made to reporters on Saturday by the president of the US bishops’ conference that the Pope has told the US bishops to deal with the crisis among themselves. CWN says that sources have also told it Cardinal Law “has offered his resignation […]

BRUSSELS, April 12, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Pro-family Members of the European Parliament have successfully re-introduced the pro-family statements into a resolution sent to the UN Genaral Assembly on Children. Undoing the previous removal of pro-family statements from the document by anti-family Members, the EP has just voted overwhelmingly (72-12, 9 abstentions) to support an amendment reading: “Supports the view that the ‘family is the fundamental unit of society and holds primary responsibility for the protection, upbringing and development of children’, as stated in UNICEF’s draft outcome document under preparation for the Special Session”. Another addition passed with the same vote […]

OTTAWA, APRIL 12, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Most major papers and television and radio broadcasts across Canada trumpeted an unguarded comment made by a Canadian Alliance MP and ignored a major controversy about the Minister who was the subject of the unguarded remark. Canadian media emphasized that Ontario Alliance MP Cheryl Gallant had outraged the ‘gay’ community by saying “Ask your boyfriend” to Liberal Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham during a heated exchange in the House of Commons. Graham, is a darling of the homosexual activist community having constantly supported pro-gay initiatives including homosexual marriage. However, last year a Toronto-based homosexual […]

Not opposed to Same-Sex Couples Having Some Marriage Privileges MONTREAL, April 12, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In an article published in the Quebec City daily Le Soleil on March 18 Archbishop Bertrand Blanchet of Rimouski wrote on homosexual civil unions. In the article, highlighted on the webpage of the Quebec Bishops Conference on April 11, Archbishop Blanchet wrote “The bishops of Quebec are not opposed to attributing to same sex couples certain advantages reserved up to now to married persons.” The archbishop admitted that “some people were surprised, this position did not seem to be faithful to Catholic morality.” He added, […]

NEWFOUNDLAND ALLOWS HOMOSEXUAL ADOPTION The revised adoption law should be in place by June.  https://www.cbc.ca/stories/2002/04/11/nfld_adopt020411 EUTHANASIA ACTIVIST KEVORKIAN’S REQUEST FOR NEW MURDER TRIAL DENIED https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020411/ap_wo_en_ge/us_kevorkian_appeal_1 SURVEYS SAY: AMERICANS WANT A TOTAL BAN ON HUMAN CLONING https://www.frc.org/get/p02d04.cfm FORTY NOBEL LAUREATES ANNOUNCE SUPPORT FOR HUMAN CLONING FOR RESEARCH https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020410/180/1dlaw.html DOLLY THE SHEEP CLONER, IAN WILMUT, TARGETS HUMAN EMBRYOS https://library.northernlight.com/MB20020411760000034.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc

NASSAU COUNTY, N.Y. April 11, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Newsmax.com reports today that long-time Nassau county Attorney General Denis Dillon says that incidences of pedophilia in the on-going church sex scandals are being greatly exaggerated. At a news conference this week Dillon stated “What you have here, as I’ve said, are adult males who are molesting or allegedly molesting adolescent males. That smacks of homosexuality”. He emphasized that “This in no way lessens the harm to the victims.” Newsmax notes that Dillon’s views are in line with Michael Rose’s new book “Goodbye! Good Men” which claims that the current sex scandal […]

“The evidence is unequivocal – the pill is a pollutant just like DDT or PCBs.” LONDON, April 11, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A statement issued by the Environment Agency on March 26 confirmed that the ‘pill’ is a major pollutant. The Agency stated that “oestrogenic steroids – natural and synthetic hormones in sewage effluent – have been shown to be more potent than previously thought, with the synthetic steroid 17a ethinyloestradiol (the contraceptive pill), showing effects in fish at concentrations below 1 nanogram per litre (a thousand millionth of a gram).” UK Life League, a local pro-life group which broadcast the […]

OSHAWA, April 11, 2002 (LSN.ca) – 17-year-old Oshawa Catholic high school student Marc Hall has launched a $100,000 lawsuit against his school after he was refused permission to bring his homosexual 21-year-old ‘boyfriend’ to the school prom. Hall, who has been supported in his bid against the Catholic school by politicians at all three levels of government, also filed an injunction in the Ontario Superior Court to force the school to allow his homosexual prom date. In his statement of claim, Hall argues school administrators violated his rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms by “discriminating against him on […]

Says large investors putting little into ethical stem cell research because lower profits anticipated VATICAN, April 11, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In a letter released publicly by the Vatican today, Pope John Paul II warns that by the “pursuit of profit” the pharmaceutical industry has delved into unethical products such as the contraceptive pill, patches, morning after pills and abortion drugs. “The pharmaceutical industry has favoured research which has already placed on the world market products contrary to the moral good, including products which are not respectful of procreation and even suppress human life already conceived,” he said. The March 25 […]

May Lead to World-Wide Imposition of “Subtle and Simultaneously Most Far Reaching Social Change” Revolution UNITED NATIONS, April 11, 2002 (LSN.ca) – At a ceremony at United Nations headquarters this morning, the required instruments of ratification for the entry into force of the Rome Statute to establish the International Criminal Court were formally lodged by 10 nations. The deposited ratifications of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ireland, Jordan, Mongolia, Niger, Romania, and Slovakia brought the total number of ratifying countries to 66, well above the required 60 needed for the ICC to assume universal jurisdiction. […]

STUDY FINDS OBESITY DURING PREGNANCY DOUBLES CANCER RISK A study of 27,000 Finnish breast cancer patients concluded women who gain more than 17 kilograms while pregnant are significantly more likely to develop breast cancer after menopause, a finding the researchers believe is linked to women’s estrogen levels.  https://www.nationalpost.com/scripts/printer/printer.asp?f=/stories/20020410/597473.html SURGEONS CALL FOR LEGALIZING TRADE IN BODY PARTS https://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_medical/story.jsp?story=282987 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DRAFT DOC HAS REMOVED ALL REFERENCES TO ‘FAMILY’  https://www.euro-fam.org/eurunion/eu-parl/actions2002/2002-04-11-INT/A.php?LG=EN

SYDNEY, April 10, 2002 (LSN.ca) – For the first time, scientists are attempting to use adult stem cells to repair heart damage. Surgeons at Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital north of Sydney announced today that they had extracted stem cells from 74-year-old patient Jim Nichol's bone marrow then injected them back into his heart wall to stimulate blood vessel growth in areas which lacked sufficient blood supply. Reuters reports that Nichol was discharged from hospital on Tuesday. Doctors will monitor his condition for six months. The trial is part of an international investigation also being carried out in Hong Kong and […]

MOSCOW, April 10, 2002 (LSN.ca) – With an overwhelming vote of 260-4, the State Duma has passed a bill containing a five year ban on cloning of human embryos. The law also bans imports and exports of cloned human embryos during this period. The preamble to the bill notes that the ban is introduced “due to the principals that respect human beings, recognize the unique characteristics of a personality, and due to a necessity to protect rights and freedoms”. Those found guilty of violating the ban will face criminal penalty. The bill contains provisions for prolonging or cancelation of the […]

OTTAWA, April 10, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In a face-to-face meeting with Canadian Alliance leader Stephen Harper yesterday, Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark rejected an offer to form a “full coalition” in the House of Commons and run just one conservative candidate in each riding in the next federal election. After the failed bid for unity, five of the seven Alliance rebels who had formed the Democratic Representative Caucus have asked to rejoin the Alliance. Deborah Grey, Chuck Strahl, Grant McNally, Val Meredith and Jay Hill said they are asking to return to the Canadian Alliance and Harper has indicated that […]

Carstairs one of Canada’s “leaders to liberalize euthanasia laws.” OTTAWA, April 10, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Health Minister Anne McLellan has announced that the Leader of the Government in the Senate and Minister with Special Responsibility for Palliative Care, Sharon Carstairs, is leading Canada’s delegation to the United Nations’ Second World Assembly on Ageing. The Assembly is being held in Madrid, Spain, from 8 to 12 April. Last year Liberal Sharon Carstairs, one of the foremost euthanasia activists in the Canadian Senate, was given special responsibility for overseeing palliative care by Prime Minister Jean Chretien. The appointment is of concern to […]

WASHINGTON, April 10, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In remarks made today, US President George Bush spoke out against human cloning, promoting legislation seeking to ban the practice which is stalled in the Senate. Bush clearly indicated the distinction between reproductive cloning and research cloning noting that he was totally opposed to both. “I believe all human cloning is wrong, and both forms of cloning ought to be banned,” he said. “As we seek to improve human life, we must always preserve human dignity,” said Bush to a round of applause. “Advances in biomedical technology must never come at the expense of […]

“The solution is simple”…“have more children” UNITED NATIONS, April 10, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Anna Diamantopoulou, Commissioner responsible for Employment and Social Affairs of the European Commission addressed the Second World Assembly on Ageing Monday urging an end to low birth rates. Diamantopoulou, also the President of the International Federation of Ageing, a non-governmental organization, noted “alarming” statistics which show especially in Europe “one person in three will be at least 60 years old by 2050.” She described the aging problem as one which “has major social and economic implications.” Adding, “But what we are primarily facing is the failure or […]

Calls Buddhists to Work With Christians to Build A Culture of Life VATICAN, April 10, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Cardinal Francis Arinze, President of the Pontifical Council For Interreligious Dialogue called Buddhists to join with Christians in building a “culture of life.” In comments marking the Buddhist Feast of Vesakh yesterday, Cardinal Arinze spoke to Buddhists about the commonly held respect for human beings on which “Christians and Buddhists should build a ‘culture of life’, in which the right to life is fully protected from conception until natural death.” He described our current “culture of death” as one “in which abortion, […]

44% RISE IN GERMAN WOMEN USING ABORTION DRUG RU-486 https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020408/hl_nm/germany_drug_1 UN: NUJMBER OF PEOPLE OVER 60 WILL QUADRUPLE DURING THE NEXT 50 YEARS https://www.nandotimes.com/healthscience/story/328859p-2765772c.html STUDY CLAIMS NEW BRUNSWICKERS WANT MORE SEX-ED EVEN IN KINDERGARTEN The results are to be used the provincial government to revamp sex-ed curriculums in the province’s schools.  https://www.thestar.ca/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=  Article&cid=1018303302141&call_page=TS_Canada&call_pageid=968332188774&call_pagepath=  News/Canada&pubid=968163964505&StarSource=email

WINDSOR, April 9, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Pro-life activist Earl Amyotte had 2 graphic signs depicting aborted babies confiscated by Canada Customs officers on Saturday. However, on Monday Amyotte was told that the signs were deemed not offensive and he could pick them up. However, Amyotte insisted that the, wrongly confiscated signs, be delivered to his home – which they were. Canada Customs spokesman Danny Yen told the Windsor Star that the signs were reviewed Monday morning by a specialist in the area of obscenity. “They were deemed not to be obscene,” said Yen. See the Windsor Star coverage: https://www.southam.com/windsorstar/news/020409/83406.html (with […]

MPP Threatens Court Action, Public Funding Cut and to “Embroil” World Youth Day OSHAWA, April 9, 2002 (LSN.ca) – At a meeting of the Durham Region Catholic School Board last night, the board heard arguments for and against allowing a 17-year-old male student to bring his 21-year-old “boyfriend” John Paul Dumond to his Catholic school’s prom on May 10. The student, Marc Hall, was permitted to make a presentation to the board and 6 other delegations addressed the board on the issue. Ontario Liberal MPP George Smitherman, a self-proclaimed homosexual, addressed the meeting in a threatening fashion. He warned that […]

OTTAWA, April 9, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Toronto Auxiliary Bishop Anthony Meagher has written a response to Ontario Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty regarding McGuinty’s communication to a Catholic school insisting the school allow a male student to bring his homosexual date to the school prom. Meanwhile, Federal Industry Minister Allan Rock has written the Catholic school board also urging them to give in to the student’s demand. In the first known public statement by a member of the Canadian Catholic hierarchy on the matter, Bishop Meagher wrote: “There is also no doubt in my mind that if permission by a principal […]

WASHINGTON, April 9, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A man who developed Parkinson's disease has been seemingly cured after a transplant of his own brain stem cells. Dr. Michel Levesque of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles led a team of scientists who extracted a pea-sized portion of the patient's brain and then nurtured stem cells from it. Once reinjected into the patients brain the cells began producing dopamine and his Parkinson's symptoms subsided. More than two years after the experimental treatment, the man has no symptoms of Parkinson's. Scientists are puzzled that while the man's dopamine production, as measured by […]

UNITED NATIONS, April 9, 2002 (LSN.ca) – United Nations officials confirmed yesterday at the beginning of a session of the Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court (ICC) that the ICC would come into being this Thursday, April 11. Canadian Phillipe Kirsch, Chairman of the Preparatory Commission, said a number of countries have informed the UN that their already completed ratification of the Rome Statute on the ICC will be officially deposited with the UN Thursday. The new ratifications, when added to the current 56 ratifying countries, will meet or exceed the 60 necessary for the Court’s jurisdiction to come […]

CLONING SCIENTISTS SAY CLONED BABY IS CHILD OF RICH ARAB https://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/04/07/wclone07.xml&sSheet=  /news/2002/04/07/ixnewstop.html SEXTUPLETS DOING WELL, MOTHER NEVER CONSIDERED ‘REDUCTION’ BY ABORTION https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020408/ap_wo_en_ge/us_sextuplets_3 SHOCK ROCKER ALICE COOPER NOW A DEDICATED CHRISTIAN?  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26647 MOTHER ABORTED NORMAL CHILD UPON FALSE INFORMATION THAT CHILD WOULD BE A DWARF https://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,4085375%255E2862,00.html

WASHINGTON, April 8, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Over a thousand schools and colleges across the country are getting ready to participate in a National “Day of Silence” to take place this Wednesday, April 10, 2002. The event is sponsored by GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) and the USSA (United States Students Association). The purpose is to draw national attention to the so called “harassment”, “prejudice”, “intolerance” and “discrimination”“gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender persons suffer on a daily basis”. Many of the participating schools have GSAs (Gay/Straight Alliances) also known as “gay” clubs. These organizations, and/or teachers and students sympathetic […]

MELBOURNE, April 8, 2002 (LSN.ca) – As Australian Prime Minister John Howard agreed to allow destructive research on human embryos, the move was condemned by the Catholic Church and Tasmanian Senator Brian Harradine. Harradine said that embryonic stem cell research “remains an evil act even if good comes of it.” He said the agreement reached today by the Prime Minister is a utilitarian approach which should be rejected by parliament. He called the harvesting of stem cells from live human embryos an attack on the most vulnerable members of the human family. Speaking on behalf of the Catholic Bishops, the […]

OSHAWA, April 8, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In an op-ed piece by Dr.Thomas Langan, published by LifeSite today, the Catholic Civil Rights League defends the Durham Region Catholic School Board on their decision to bar a 17-year old male student from bringing his 21-year-old “boyfriend” to the school prom. The Family Coalition Party of Ontario and the Canada Family Action Coalition have also spoken out against the media pressure on the school board. Family Coalition Party Leader Giuseppe Gori, has pointed out that the comments on the case against the school board’s decision by Ontario Human Rights Commissioner Keith Norton were […]

Biotech Industry Lobby Pushing Deceptive “clone and kill” legislation WASHINGTON, April 8, 2002 (LSN.ca) – US President George Bush will speak on the urgent need to ban human cloning on Wednesday, April 10, at 1:15 p.m. ET, in the Rose Garden. The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) in Washington, D.C. warned that the situation is urgent since “human embryo farms” are getting ready for business. A Senate bill to ban all human cloning (the Brownback-Landrieu bill) has been stalled in the Senate by resistance from Democratic Senate leaders and intense lobbying by the Biotechnology Industry Organization. NRLC Legislative Director […]

Competent FCP candidate is ex-businessman and former school board trustee ORANGEVILLE, April 8, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Incoming Premier Ernie Eves, the newly-elected Leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives is running in the Dufferin-Peel-Wellington-Grey by-election scheduled for May 2. The Family Coalition Party of Ontario (Ontario Coalition) has endorsed the candidacy of Mr. David Davies to run against Eves. Considering Eves’ left-leaning policies, especially in regard to life and family issues, neither the Liberal nor the NDP challengers will represent significant alternatives in the race. Mr. Davies, a retired businessman and farmer, and past trustee with the Upper Grand District School […]

PRAY FOR 7 YEAR OLD ANGELA BISSONNETTE The 7 year old daughter of long-time Campaign Life Coalition activists, Joe and France Bissonnette of Mount Pleasant, Ontario has just been diagnosed with the very serious condition Aplastic Anemia. This is similar to leukemia but worse than leukemia. Her white blood cell count is dangerously low. Heavy chemotherapy and radiation and a bone marrow transplant are all necessary treatments for this condition. Prayers are urgently requested. Emails of support may be sent to [email protected] EARLY PUBERTY FOR GIRLS LINKED TO HORMONES IN CERTAIN SHAMPOO BRANDS “Unbeknown to many parents, a few hair […]

Campaign Life Coalition’s Paul Jalsevac Back Lobbying at the UN NEW YORK, April 5, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Developments at this week’s meetings of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD) and the World Summit on Sustainable Development have been relatively free of the major tension and controversies of previous meetings. Campaign Life Coalition’s Paul Jalsevac, a Christendom College student who was gravely injured in an auto accident last year the day before he was to leave for another UN meeting, has been lobbying at the UN meetings. Paul reports that the inexperienced new crop of US delegates made […]

Concerns That Choice to be Excepted for Moral or Religious Reasons May be Removed NEW YORK, April 5, 2002 (LSN.ca) – New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has backed a program to have obstetrics and gynecology residents in the city’s public hospitals routinely trained to perform abortions rather than having the option available as an elective. Currently the program allows student to opt out for moral or religious reasons. Pro-lifers are concerned that the exemption may soon be made unavailable. Bloomberg’s action comes after lobbying from the National Abortion Rights Action League. See related coverage:  https://www.detnews.com/2002/nation/0204/05/a02-457876.htm

Preston Manning Reverses Previous Support for Some Embryonic Research TORONTO, April 5, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In an piece published in today’s Globe and Mail, Reform Party founder and former Alliance MP Preston Manning came out against embryonic stem cell research (ESCR). Manning has considered this issue for many years as a member of the standing committee on health that reviewed draft of this legislation. In the article Manning gets to the heart of the ESCR debate asking: “Are there limits to our moral obligation to respect life? Are there limits to our moral obligation to heal? Are there any circumstances […]

Dr Severino Antinori, the well known Italian in vitro fertilization specialist involved in the controversial human cloning project has announced that a woman taking part in the project is eight weeks pregnant. “Our project is at a very advanced stage. One woman among the thousands of infertile couples in the programme is eight weeks pregnant,” he said to reporters. Dr Antinori, a director of an Infertility unit at the International Centre for the Study of Physiopathology of Human Reproduction in Rome, refused to reveal the identity of the woman or even her country. He did admit the project is well […]

OTTAWA, April 5, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Stephen Harper, the new Leader of the Canadian Alliance Party, announced the members of his shadow cabinet yesterday. Notably, Harper’s opponents leadership opponents were given senior positions. Former leader Stockwell Day was appointed as the Senior Critic for Foreign Affairs and Dr. Grant Hill was made Deputy Leader. Pro-lifers were saddened to learn that Jason Kenney, an MP with one of the most outstanding records on right-to-life issues is no longer Finance Critic and is without a portfolio. Information to date is that Kenney had requested this arrangement. In related news, Harper has agreed […]

St. Michael’s College Theology Professor Speaks Against Board’s Position TORONTO, April 5, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Toronto City Councillor and City World Youth Day (WYD) Chair Joe Mihevic was a speaker at an April 3 press conference supporting a Catholic 17-year-old male student who is lobbying his school board to reverse their refusal to allow him to bring his 21 year old ‘boyfriend’ to the school prom. Speaking alongside gay activists, Mihevic urged the Durham Catholic School Board to grant student Marc Hall’s request. The press conference was orchestrated by openly gay MPP George Smitherman at the Queen’s Park Media Studio. […]

CONSERVATIVE/ALLIANCE MEETING TO DISCUSS HALTING CONSERVATIVE VOTE SPLITTING   Tory Leader Joe Clark said the meeting would “discuss the establishment of a single, united, national alternative to the Liberal Party of Canada. The discussion that we are proposing would include options to attract Canadians who have in the past not voted for either the Canadian Alliance or the Progressive Conservative parties and to ensure that there will be a single conservative candidate in each riding in the country.”  https://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20020404/540965.html ONTARIO PREMIER-ELECT EVES TO RUN IN BY-ELECTION   Ernie Eves has decided to run for a seat in the riding of […]

MELBOURNE, April 4, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Australian Prime Minister wrote to the country’s premiers today proposing that the commonwealth and states allow human embryos left over from IVF treatments to be used for stem cell research. “It is our proposal and our intention to legislate both the ban on human cloning and also the conditions attaching (to) and governing the use of embryos for research purposes, that we should legislate that nationally,” he said. “We will ask the states and the territories to mirror that legislation at a state and territory level so that we have a comprehensive national legislative […]

LONDON, April 4, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Sex education advisors in East Sussex have lobbied schools against repeat performances by a Canadian pro-abstinence youth group. The Canadian Challenge Team, an Ottawa-based volunteer youth group which travels the world presenting a positive message for chastity till marriage, was “mystified by and disappointed” by the Sexual Health Forum’s disapproval of their work. After Challenge Team presentations at eight schools last year, the Personal Social and Health Education (PSHE) team for East Sussex – part of the Government’s Sexual Health Forum, circulated a letter to all schools “in order to preclude visits to East […]

Final Ratifications to Be Announced April 11 Say Leaders WASHINGTON, April 4, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The US ambassador for war crimes issues said last week that the Bush administration is considering withdrawing its signature from the 1998 Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court. In related news, the final ratifications are expected to be announced at a UN meeting next week on April 11. Last Thursday, Pierre Prosper, U.S. ambassador for war crimes issues said, “The United States is not and will not be a part of the ICC.” Withdrawing or “unsigning,” he told a press conference, “means that a […]

Gay Activists Willing to Take Case to Supreme Court TORONTO, April 4, 2002 (LSN.ca) – At press conference yesterday, the male 17-year-old Catholic high school student, whose request to bring his homosexual 21-year-old boyfriend to the school prom was refused, threatened to take legal action against the school board. The student, Marc Hall, is to address the Durham Region Catholic School Board Monday April 8 on the issue. “If nothing happens April 8, I’ll probably take legal action,” said Hall at the press conference. Buzz Hargrove, president of the Canadian Auto Workers, Toronto Centre-Rosedale MPP George Smitherman, Councillor Joe Mihevc […]

PLANNED PARENTHOOD HIRES NATIONWIDE CHAPLAIN/LOBBYIST https://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=plannedparenthood30m&date=20020330&query=planned+parenthood (with files from Pro-Life E-News) WOMAN TRIES TO TRADE BABY FOR PUPPY https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54662-2002Apr3.html POLL CLAIMS MAJORITY SUPPORT ADOPTION BY HOMOSEXUAL COUPLES An ABCNEWS poll conducted by telephone March 27-31, 2002, among a random national sample of 1,031 adults has found that supporters of homosexual adoption outnumber opponents for the first time in 10 years of polling on the subject. Forty-seven percent think homosexual couples should be legally permitted to adopt while slightly fewer, 42 percent, disagree.  https://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/gayadopt_poll020402.html

NATIONAL POST CARRIES RESEARCH LINKING LATIMER TO INCREASED INCIDENCE OF KILLING DISABLED CHILDREN https://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20020403/530544.html AUSTRALIAN GOV’T DUMPS PLANS TO FORMALLY LEGALIZE ABORTION https://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,4064389%255E2862,00.html GERMAN DISSIDENT ‘CATHOLIC’ GROUP TO CONTINUE ABORTION CERTIFICATE PROGRAM https://www.faz.com/IN/INtemplates/eFAZ/print.asp?rub={038C75A2-C1AA-46b3-ACFA-0F3365878EF3}&sub=&doc={521AE7BE-2E09-41F1-AD3D-5048E1C27886}&arc=1

Regarding the March 25 LifeSite story “VANCOUVER ARCHBISHOP GRANTS VICTORY TO PARENTS IN SEX-ED BATTLE,” Archbishop Adam Exner would like to clarify that he did not suggest that the former proposed program was not in conformity with the Holy See. In a letter to LifeSite, the archbishop pointed out that “In the previous proposed program, which involved the mandatory use of either “Fully Alive” or “Growing in Love,” the biological aspects of sexuality education were to be done by the parents, in keeping with the principle that parents are the first educators of their children.” The archbishop also wrote, “I […]

VANCOUVER, April 3, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Focus on the Family Canada has condemned the ruling on child pornography issued last Tuesday by British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Duncan Shaw. Shaw determined that John Robin Sharpe’s fictional stories of men engaged in violent sexual acts involving boys had “some artistic merit,” and so could not be classified as child pornography. Focus on the Family Canada President Dr. Darrel Reid blasted the decision. “This ruling ought to alert the government to the clear and present danger facing our children,” Reid said. “Parliament needs to send a strong and forceful message that child […]

LONDON, April 3, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The UK-based biotechnology company CellFactors has launched sales of cells derived from the brains and spinal cords of aborted babies. The company is claiming that its “immortalised neural cell lines” can replicate indefinitely. The company’s release notes that their “neural cell lines, probably the most accurate in vitro representation of human brain and spinal tissue ever available for research, are already attracting interest from biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies around the world.” See the coverage in the Financial Times and the company’s release:  https://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3JPCW3KZC&live=true&tagid=ZZZPB7GUA0C&subheading=UK https://bull-media.hostinguk.com/clients/cellfactors/htdocs/shownews.asp?objectID=137

LONDON, April 3, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Members of both houses of the UK parliament and from all the major parties have written to US President Bush urging him to block further American funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children in the UK reports that separate letters, one signed by members of the House of Commons and the other by members of the House of Lords, pointed out that the UNFPA has funded, supported, praised and defended China’s coercive population control policy, which entails forced abortions and infanticide. The letters noted that […]

UNITED NATIONS, April 3, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A cohort of strongly pro-abortion European delegates used their statements at the United Nations April 2 session of the Commission on Population and Development to speak in support of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). ln response to evidence showing UNFPA’s support for China’s coercive abortion regime the United States has suspended support to the UN organization. Samantha Singson, a UN pro-life lobbyist affiliated with Campaign Life Coalition and reporting on the scene for LifeSite said that a Belgium representative began the litany of virtually identical statements from each of the nations supporting UNFPA. […]

Statement also supported abstinence and families UNITED NATIONS, April 3, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Speaking on the first day of meetings at the United Nations session of the Commission on Population and Development, a United States delegate spoke against promotion of abortion. On April 1 Sichan Siv said the United States did not accept the use of the term “reproductive health services”, because it could be interpreted to include promoting the legalization or expansion of legal abortion services. According to a UN report on the meeting Siv said: “it was important to focus on sound, evidence-based strategies to improve the lives […]

CALIFORNIA GOV. ORDERS HMO’s TO COVER ABORTIFACIENT MORNING AFTER PILLS On Wednesday California Gov. Gray Davis said that he is ordering all HMOs to cover the abortifacients. “I am directing all HMOs in California to provide coverage for emergency contraception,” Davis said. “A women’s right to choose must never be held up by red tape.”  https://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=search&StoryID=754999

LAW ALLOWING EUTHANASIA TAKES EFFECT IN NETHERLANDS https://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=search&StoryID=759426 STRAHL TORY-ALLIANCE UNITY PLAN: ‘DON’T CHALLENGE ALREADY-HELD SEATS’ https://www.thestar.ca/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=  Article&cid=1017442900524&call_page=TS_Canada&call_pageid=968332188774&call_pagepath=News /Canada&pubid=968163964505&StarSource=email RESULTS OF CANADIAN ALLIANCE NATIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS https://www.canadianalliance.ca/youralliance/nation_council/elections.html LARGE NUMBERS OF CHINESE STUDENTS GETTING ABORTIONS IN NEW ZEALAND Chinese parents are being warned not to send their children to New Zealand to study after revelations that up to 25 young Asian students a week are seeking abortions.  https://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1152943a10,FF.html

Presidential Remarks on Easter, 2002 convey surprisingly strong spiritual message I send greetings to everyone observing Easter this year. During this joyful season of new life and renewal, Christians around the world celebrate the central event of their faith—the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, whom Christians believe is the Messiah, the Son of God. The life and teachings of Jesus have inspired people throughout the ages to strive for a better world and a more meaningful life. Jesus’ death stands out in history as the perfect example of unconditional love. The four Gospels of the Christian Bible recount Jesus’ amazing life, […]

FARGO, ND, April 2, 2002 (LSN.ca) – An international women’s group today condemned the decision of North Dakota state court Judge Michael McGuire to deny life-saving medical information to abortion-bound women. In a lawsuit filed by Amy Jo Kjolsrud against the Fargo based Red River Women’s Clinic, McGuire ruled in favor of the clinic, which in 1999, when the suit was filed, was distributing a pamphlet claiming that there was no medical research associating abortion with breast cancer. Karen Malec, president of the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, said “Judge McGuire’s decision denies women the right to informed consent. Women have […]

VANCOUVER, April 2, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Canadian researchers appear to have solved a persistent problem with research involving adult stem cells taken from blood. Due to the rarity in blood of hematopoietic stem cells many researchers believed their value to be limited. However, University of British Columbia professor Keith Humphries and his colleagues were able to get the stem cells to reproduce by inserting a gene called HOXB4. “We're getting 40- to 100-fold increases,” said Dr. Humphries who leads his team at the BC Cancer Agency which announced the findings today. The National Post reports that the researchers pointed to […]

Board Members Need Messages of Support OSHAWA, April 2, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The Oshawa Catholic School Board supporting one of its high school principals’ refusal to allow a male student from bringing his male “boyfriend” to the school prom is under heavy fire from anti-Catholic groups. A press conference to increase media hype against the board is being held tomorrow. Toronto Centre – Rosedale MPP George Smitherman, a self-proclaimed homosexual, is sponsoring the press conference involving members of the Coalition in Support of Marc Hall, the student in question. In addition to Hall, Buzz Hargrove (National President, CAW) and Marilyn […]

OTTAWA, April 2, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Archbishop Marcel Gervais of Ottawa has released an invitation to pro-lifers across the country to join the annual March for Life in Ottawa. The text of the archbishop’s signed March 26 letter follows: My dear friends, The Annual National March for Life is to be held May 10th, 2002. The March provides an opportunity for Canadians to tell legislators that we can no longer endure a situation that discriminates against 100,000 children a year by sanctioning their deaths. “Let Them Live,” the theme of the 2002 March, says that all are entitled to legal […]

Front Organization for Powerful US Anti-Catholic Foundations Strikes Again UNITED NATIONS, April 2, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In anticipation of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD) meeting being held this week in New York, the UN published a Catholic bashing document by Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC). LifeSite obtained a copy of an official UN Economic and Social Council (ESC) release of the CFFC statement which notes the CFFC is a “non-governmental organization (NGO) in special consultative status” with the ESC. The release says the “Secretary-General has received” the statement and circulated it. The dissemination of the […]