Articles for Month: May 2008

Three Times a Bridesmaid, but Never a Bride in California – Just Party B

Canadian Labour Congress granted its highest honour to Dr. Henry Morgentaler, the father of Canada's abortion movement

The refusal of the Supreme Court to hear appeal means case is closed definitively in nurse Bill Whatcott's favour

Being Sued for $50 Million in Damages

Party held exclusively in Tiller's honor. Tiller and his staff were the only guests invited to the gala event

Democrats voted for the bill, Republicans voted against it

Dawn Eden explains benefits received

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman   BRUSSELS, May 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A group of legislators in Belgium is seeking to expand the practice of euthanasia to include those who are unconscious, as well as minors, according to a recent article in the Spanish newspaper Hoy.   The initiative, spearheaded by former Senator Jean-Jacques de Gucht, was originally launched in 2004 and failed, the article states.    The new proposed legislation will allow people to create a type of “living will” that will allow doctors to euthanize them if they are unconscious and unable to give consent.    While euthanasia has been […]

By Jenna Murphy OTTAWA, May 28, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This past weekend the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) held its semi-annual Assembly, during which a motion was brought forward by the York Federation of Students (YFS from York University) to support student union groups that deny official recognition to campus pro-life groups.  CFS, which purports to represent “over one-half million students from more than 80 university and college students’ unions across Canada”, will use students monies, including those from pro-life students to advocate for abortion and to curtail the pro-life message from campuses. The successful motion read: “Be it resolved […]

By John-Henry Westen TORONTO, May 28, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Susan Comstock, an employee of the Treasury Board of Canada and a member of the public service alliance of Canada (PSAC) had sought to divert her union dues on the basis of a conscientious objection to the union’s advocacy of same-sex ‘marriage’ and a policy which admitted zero tolerance for “heterosexism” defined by the union as a presumption that heterosexual love is superior to all other forms of love.  A unanimous 3-0 ruling today by the Federal Court of Appeal denied Comstock’s appeal of a lower court decision supporting the rejection […]