Articles for Month: June 2003

OTTAWA, June 13, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rumours are swirling around the halls of Parliament that Prime Minister Jean Chretien may “take a walk in the snow” – a reference to stepping down – in late August.

OTTAWA, June 13, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Parliament unexpectedly rose today, a week early for summer recess, over the objections of the NDP Party who attempted to force a vote on homosexual hate crime Bill C-250.  Although Parliament has risen, the effect on both Bills C-250 and reproductive technologies Bill C-13 is to delay them until the Fall.  It appears that, after many changed dates for an attempt to pass C-13, the Liberal hierarchy has concluded that it just does not have the votes to pass the bill, especially because of divisions within the party over the issue. The House is […]

Federal judge: Law must go further to protect mother https://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2003/06/10delabortionwait.html   Vaccines fueling autism epidemic?  Report: U.S. infants exposed to mercury beyond EPA, FDA limits https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32988   Gauging the Media’s Nasty Impact on Young Minds More Studies Point Up Negative Effects of Violence in Entertainment   https://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=36832   The Violent Reality of Lovin’ and Leavin’  Study shows marriage is the safest place for women and children https://www.cwfa.org/articles/4107/BLI/dotcommentary/index.htm   Oh No, Canada!  https://www.frc.org/?i=WU03F09

71 year-old Check Emrick of Middletown, Pennsylvania was recently injected with stem cells isolated and grown from a biopsy of his skeletal thigh muscle. The injection of the stem cells was performed during a routine artery bypass. The cells were injected at different points where the heart is damaged. A critical factor in the success of this process is the fact that there's no risk for rejection since the patient's own cells are being used. Cincinnati's WLWT Eyewitness News reported that Researchers and surgeons claim that the potential for cells to convince the heart to grow muscle is enormous. “The […]

"One of the most extraordinary Judiciary Committee sessions in recent memory"

MONCTON, June 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The June 9 New Brunswick election results offer hope to the pro-life cause in Canada, according to the president of Campaign Life Coalition NB. Bernard Lord’s Progressive Conservatives defeated Shawn Graham’s Liberals by a razor thin margin, and recounts may yet change the final result. “While not ideal, the pro-life political landscape is probably better here than almost anywhere in Canada,” says Peter Ryan. “When you consider we may well have a pro-life majority in the new Legislature, that’s not bad.”  Ryan says, of the 55 MLA’s elected, 23 are known to be pro-life […]

MILWAUKEE, June 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Wisconsin State Assembly approved conscience clause legislation last week.  The bill passed on the same day as the U.S. House passed the Partial Birth Abortion Act causing Wisconsin Right to Life Legislative Director Susan Armacost to say in a June 5 release, “Yesterday was a very good day for the right to life cause.”  The Conscience Clause bill was authored by Rep. Jean Hundertmark (R-Clintonville).  The legislation would protect health care professionals from being forced to participate in activities related to abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide and unethical research involving the willful destruction of […]

OTTAWA, June 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual activist MP Svend Robinson rose in the House of Commons last week claiming Christian religious support for his homosexual hate crimes Bill C-250.  Despite the fact that the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada strongly oppose the measure, Robinson asserted that “the bill has significant support from a number of religious leaders.”  Robinson then read from a letter from “a Catholic priest at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Dawson City, Yukon, Father Timothy Coonen, who wants to strongly support Bill C-250.”  Robinson quoted Fr. Coonen’s letter as saying: […]

NDP Negotiating for Early Vote

GENEVA, June 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On June 10, in Geneva, Switzerland, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child heard a presentation from REAL Women of Canada, an NGO with consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the UN.  REAL Women opposes the misleading homosexual campaigns being carried out in Canada, particularly in Quebec, Ontario and BC schools, and the adoption of children by homosexuals.  The Working Group Committee, associated with the High Commission for Human Rights meeting in Geneva, invited REAL Women to explain why the spirit of several articles of the Convention related to […]