At the event the Rev. Bryan Massingale was pressed by a reporter with CNSNews on whether he agrees with the Catholic Church's teaching on homosexuality.
The pro-life group behind the 2002 nationwide survey has made available never-before-published raw audio and transcripts of hundreds of investigative phone calls.
Georges Buscemi of Campagne Quebec-Vie says the fierce reaction to the grant was surely "engineered" as part of a campaign in the province to clamp down on pregnancy centres.
The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) has been granted intervener status in the key Canadian case, and will need at least $20,000 for the looming legal fight.
The bill would have made it illegal to kill any unborn child and likely would have passed the Senate. "Everybody was stunned," said Daniel Woodard, a local pro-life leader.