Richard Dur

Alberta is right to celebrate New Year’s babies. So why does it allow abortion for any reason?

It rings hollow when that celebration is selective, when we applaud some babies while quietly averting our eyes from others who are denied even the most basic care after birth.

Opinion

Richard Dur

• Jan 13, 2026

Alberta’s health minister denied ‘evidence’ of born-alive abortions. The data say otherwise

Records state 28 infants were born alive after late-term abortions between 2023 and 2024 in Alberta, but no reason is given for the them, how long the babies lived, or what care they received.

Analysis

Richard Dur

• Nov 17, 2025Nov 17, 2025

New campaign demands action for babies left to die after failed abortions in Alberta

Government data reveal dozens of babies survive late-term abortions in Alberta hospitals each year – only to be left to die without care.

Opinion

Richard Dur

• Sep 30, 2025Oct 1, 2025

Most Albertans want protections for the unborn, not abortion on demand

Millions of Albertans quietly share the conviction that life deserves protection. It is time for this government – and for the many MLAs who call themselves pro-life – to prove it.

Opinion

Richard Dur

• Aug 29, 2025

Babies are being left to die after failed abortions in Alberta, and Danielle Smith is doing nothing

Danielle Smith has known about born-alive babies being abandoned in Alberta hospitals after abortions for 25 years. She has the power now to end it, but she isn’t.

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Richard Dur

• Aug 18, 2025Aug 18, 2025

Cowardice about abortion won’t help Conservatives win elections in Canada

The problem isn’t that abortion is a losing issue. The problem is that Conservative politicians are terrified to speak about it with moral clarity.

Opinion

Richard Dur

• Apr 24, 2025

Alberta’s Danielle Smith must recognize the abortion industry’s complicity in sex trafficking

Forcing or coercing women to have abortions is just another method that traffickers, like pimps, use to wield their power over women and girls.

Opinion

Richard Dur

• Aug 2, 2023Aug 2, 2023

Alberta’s COVID restrictions are quietly protecting and promoting abortion, as unborn deaths are considered less important than COVID deaths

While our provincial government castigates those who object to COVID related lockdown measures implemented to 'protect [the] lives and livelihoods' of those affected by COVID-19, they continue enforcing restrictions on those who seek the protection of Alberta’s preborn lives from abortion.

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Richard Dur

• May 28, 2021Jul 30, 2021

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Richard Dur

Alberta is right to celebrate New Year’s babies. So why does it allow abortion for any reason?

Alberta’s health minister denied ‘evidence’ of born-alive abortions. The data say otherwise

New campaign demands action for babies left to die after failed abortions in Alberta

Most Albertans want protections for the unborn, not abortion on demand

Babies are being left to die after failed abortions in Alberta, and Danielle Smith is doing nothing

Cowardice about abortion won’t help Conservatives win elections in Canada

Alberta’s COVID restrictions are quietly protecting and promoting abortion, as unborn deaths are considered less important than COVID deaths