Articles for Month: May 2002

Attacked Netherlands law a year ago   BERLIN, May 30, 2002 (LSN.ca) – German Justice Minister Herta Daeubler-Gmelin, who condemned Belgium and the Netherlands for legalizing assisted suicide, wants a Europe-wide debate on euthanasia. “We should immediately begin discussing questions as fundamental as euthanasia in the European Union,” Daeubler-Gmelin told the Rheinische Post on Wednesday.  She said the measure was contrary to the European Union charter on fundamental rights, an interpretations that the European Court of Human Rights seemed to confirm last week when it ruled that the EU Charter’s right to life does not imply a right to choose […]

WASHINGTON, May 30, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In a victory for pro-lifers, the US House has passed a Supplemental Appropriations Bill which was stripped of UNFPA funding language. After pro-lifers in the US led by the Population Research Institute pointed out to the Bush administration the involvement of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) with China’s coercive abortion regime, the administration withheld $34 million in UNFPA designated funds.  Language in the original Appropriations bill would have forced President Bush to release the UNFPA funds.  The House passed the bill Friday without the UNFPA language in a vote of 280-138.  See related […]

VIENNA, May 30, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In an address to the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) U.S. diplomat Douglas Davidson gave more details on the US formal notification to the UN that it would not become a party to the Rome Statute creating the International Criminal Court (ICC).  In the May 9 address, obtained by LifeSite, Davidson noted that the ICC treaty “has significant defects” which “may constrain the willingness of the U.S. and perhaps other nations to engage in military operations, such as peacekeeping, because military personnel would be at risk of […]

MANILA, May 29, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The World Bank and unidentified “foreign donors” have launched a $20 million (USD) campaign to push population control on the Philippines.  Dubbed the “Maternal Health and Population Management Program,” the venture is set for implementation starting 2004 or 2005. However, the Philippine government under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has resisted the population control push with good reason.  The push for population control in the Philippines, which includes dire predictions of mass starvation if the population is not culled, is out of step with United Nations population forecasts for the country.  At a recent UN meeting […]

OTTAWA, May 30, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The Chretien Liberals’ stem-cell bill , C-56, passed second reading in the House of Commons on Tuesday as expected. According to the Ottawa Citizen, “the bulk of the opposition came from the Canadian Alliance and NDP benches.” Only three government MPs, Liberals Yanko Peric, Paul Steckle and Clifford Lincoln, voted against the proposed law, which paves the way for research on human embryos.  The so-called “assisted human reproduction” legislation won by a vote of 170-63 on Tuesday. The next step for the bill is for the Commons health committee to examine it and hear […]

SEPT 11 WAKE-UP CALL TO START FAMILY   Hospitals are preparing for the anticipated post-September 11 Baby Boost. “This was kind of a wake-up call for people,” a doctor told the Washington Times. “They saw the towers burning. And when they got home they said, ‘You know, it’s never going to be the right time. We should start now.’”  https://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020529-72351865.htm   BRITAIN TOPS TEEN PREGNANCY RATE IN EUROPE https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/05/29/upreg.xml&sSheet=/portal/2002/05/29/ixport.html&secureRefresh=true&_requestid=98318   HOMOSEXUAL BANNER TO FLY ATOP WINNIPEG CITY HALL   After alleged threats, probably staged by homosexual groups themselves to draw attention to the publicity stunt, the Winnipeg Police Service will […]

MELBOURNE, Australia. May 29, 2002 (LSN.ca) – An Australian biotech company, ES Cell International, claims a breakthrough with embryonic stem cell lines that could lead to a cure for diabetes by 2009, AsiaPulse reported this week.  US scientists with the company “have cured diabetic mice using pancreas cells grown from embryonic stem cells” according to reports. ES Cell International chief executive officer Robert Klupacs said his company was now negotiating the intellectual property details of the process. The company had found stem cells from dead human bodies to be inadequate: “We needed to find a reproducible source of cells and […]

QUEBEC, May 29, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Scrambling after a poll that placed the Action Democratique at the top earlier this week, Parti Quebecois members tried to compare the ADQ to French nationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen, who has been vilified by the European left as an extremist.  The ADQ, while not officially pro-life, are not as antagonistic towards life issues as are the PQ and the Liberals.  The poll results rated Mario Dumont as the most popular Quebec party leader, with 35-per-cent approval. Bernard Landry trailed at 22.8 per cent, behind Liberal leader Jean Charest at 27.7. This seemed to confirm […]

WASHINGTON, May 29, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) has decided to endorse homosexual parenting.  In a decidedly activist move, APsaA’s press release says: “By issuing this statement, gay and lesbian parents or prospective parents will now be able to include the position of the American Psychoanalytic Association as part of their supporting documents in their legal proceedings.” APsaA, a professional organization of psychoanalysts throughout the United States, “believes that gay and lesbian individuals and couples are capable of meeting the best interest of the child and should be afforded the same rights and should accept the same […]

TORONTO, May 29, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In a rare victory for pro-lifers in Canada, the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) has garnered assurances from all three billboard companies in Toronto that they will not carry the anti-Catholic billboards by the pro-abortion group Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) during World Youth Day celebrations. Earlier this month CCRL gained assurances from Pattison Outdoor and Viacom that no such billboards would be put up during the upcoming Catholic event. Skye Media, the remaining billboard company told CCRL Friday that they rejected the renewal of the CFFC campaign.  Both Pattison and Skye carried […]