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Friday February 11, 2000


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CONSCIENCE LEGISLATION PROPOSED IN HOUSE

OTTAWA, Feb 11 (LSN.ca) – On Wednesday, Saskatchewan MP Maurice Vellacott introduced Bill C- 422, “an act to amend the Criminal Code to prohibit coercion in medical procedures that offend a person’s religion or belief that human life is inviolable.”

In presenting the Criminal Code amendment, Mr. Vellacott explained, :”the purpose of the bill is to ensure that health care providers working in medical facilities of various kinds will never be forced to participate against their wills in abortion procedures or acts of euthanasia.” “Incredibly, there are medical personnel in Canada who have been fired because the law is not explicit enough in spelling out those conscience rights.”

This is the second time in this session of Parliament that committed Saskatchewan MP, Maurice Vellacott, has introduced this legislation. Supporters of this reasonable workers’ rights legislation should contact their MP’s immediately and encourage them to support bill C-422.

Bill C-422 is available at:
https://www.parl.gc.ca/36/2/parlbus/chambus/house/bills/priva…

For a background on the legislation see:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/1999/dec/991201a.html

To find your MP call Reference Canada at 1-800-667-3355 or visit the MP Finder web site:
https://www.parl.gc.ca/36/refmat/library/Asp/PostalCode.asp?L…


ACTION ITEM ON CANADIAN HOMOSEXUAL LEGISLATION

OTTAWA, Feb 11 (LSN.ca) – Today, the Liberal government is expected to unveil its omnibus pro- homosexual legislation which threatens to eliminate any legal distinctions between same-sex partnerships and married couples. It is anticipated that except for the right to marry, homosexual relationships will be equated with married couples under federal law.

Focus on the Family Canada has urged concerned Canadians to pray for the family in Canada and to contact their MP’s, the Justice Minister and the Prime Minister, write their newspapers, and call in to local radio stations regarding the issue.

To find your MP call Reference Canada at 1-800-667-3355 or visit the MP Finder web site:
https://www.parl.gc.ca/36/refmat/library/Asp/PostalCode.asp?L…

The Hon. Anne McLellan Minister of Justice House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A3 Telephone: (613) 992-4524 Fax: (613) 943-0044 Email: [email protected]

The Right Hon. Jean Chrétien Prime Minister of Canada House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A3 Telephone: (613) 992-4211 Fax: (613) 941-6900 Email: [email protected]

If you need help use our Guide to Letter Writing:
https://www.fotf.ca/PPOL/ARTICLES/IP_WRIT.HTM


STUDY: CONDOMS HELP TO SPREAD AIDS

– Ontario Health Ministry program identified as dangerous –

LONDON, Feb 11 (LSN.ca) – A recent study in The Lancet (Jan 29) medical journal reveals that “vigorous condom-promotion policy could increase rather than decrease unprotected sexual exposure if it has the unintended effect of encouraging greater sexual activity.” John Richens, John Imrie and Andrew Copas of the University College London write that “it is hard to show that condom promotion has had any effect on HIV epidemics.”

Moreover, the authors note that “increased condom use will increase the number of transmissions that result from condom failure” and could negatively affect “decisions of individuals to switch from inherently safer strategies of partner selection or fewer partners to the riskier strategy of developing or maintaining higher rates of partner change plus reliance on condoms.”

As evidence, the authors cite a Canadian study in which television ads from the Ontario Ministry of Health “made respondents more inclined to use condoms and less inclined to avoid casual sexual partners.”

See the journal at:
https://www.thelancet.com/


BRITAIN PANDERS TO HOMOSEXUAL PEDOPHILES

LONDON, Feb 11 (LSN.ca) – The British House of Commons passed legislation yesterday to lower the age of consent for homosexual sex from 18 to 16 in England and to 17 in Northern Ireland. The Telegraph reports that although the move has been blocked for three consecutive years by the Lords, the current legislation was “introduced under the Parliament Act procedures, which mean it will become law automatically in England, Wales and Scotland later this year.”

The new law is a victory for homosexual activists who have now set their sights on pushing for a new law which would legalise homosexual “sex” in public washrooms. A submission to government by OutRage, one of the key players behind lowering the age of consent, reads: “We do not believe that consensual actions between adults, no matter how bizarre they might appear to the majority, are any concern of the law or its agents. Thus we seek to legitimize consenting actions in bath-houses and saunas, ‘backrooms’ in pubs, and all group sex in private, including sado-masochistic games.” The group adds: “We would also like to extend the concept of private to include public lavatory cubicles and after-dark ‘cruising’ areas. Since recreational sex is a natural activity and popular pursuit, all laws which seek to control it should be abolished … The whole basis of the current homosexual control laws is moralistic and based on a largely medieval concept of Christianity which we believe has no place in a pluralistic democratic society.”

For more see the 2 Telegraph articles at:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000142592815120&rtmo;=3wS3Hq… https://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000142592815120&rtmo;=02x0K2…


LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

The National Post reported yesterday that Ontario PC party strategist Tom Long will not seek the leadership of the Canadian Alliance party. The lead contender for the leadership other than Preston Manning appears to be Alberta’s Tory Treasurer Stockwell Day. https://www.nationalpost.com/news.asp?f=000210/201014&s2;=nati…

The Globe and Mail reported Wednesday on Dr. Colin Woolf, a respirologist and former associate dean of medicine at the University of Toronto, 75, who is promoting assisted suicide in Canada. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gam/National/20000209/UDOCCN….

The Anglican Church is in crisis over homosexuality. The National Post reported yesterday that Archbishop Michael Peers, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has denounced as a “schismatic act” the renegade consecration of two Anglican “bishops” sent from overseas to fight against homosexual priests and same-sex marriages in North American churches. https://www.nationalpost.com/home.asp?f=000210/200990

Human Life International (Ireland) is promoting a “One Million Rosary Campaign” to convert abortion supporters. “We all know individuals and organizations who promote abortion,” stated Patrick McCrystal, HLI (Ireland) director. “Many of these people actually believe they are doing something good. These people need our prayers for the conversion of their hearts.” https://www.iol.ie/~hlii/calendar.html .

Focus on the Family reported this week that a 56-year-old Winnipeg man has failed in his bid to strike down a section of Canada’s Child Pornography Law on grounds that it violates the equality rights of young teenagers. Gary Geisel, a self-described “amateur photographer,” had claimed that the rights of teens were being violated, because the law makes it illegal for children under 18 to be photographed in the nude – while the age of sexual consent is 14. Provincial Court Judge Linda Giesbrecht ruled against him Wednesday.


US NEWS ROUNDUP

The Kaiser report noted that the New York Senate and Assembly this week approved bills that would require insurance companies to pay for artificial fertility treatment such as in vitro fertilization and artificial insemination. The Senate bill, which cleared that chamber yesterday in a 37-21 vote, would: cap benefits at $60,000, excluding prescription drugs.

A Mass. Supreme Court Judge ruled Tuesday that a 44-year-old woman cannot implant the frozen embryos created during her marriage to her estranged husband against his will, reported The Boston Globe yesterday. https://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/041/metro/SJC_rules_in_emb…

The Washington Times reported that the Virginia House gave final approval Wednesday to a bill that would require women to wait 24 hours between seeking and having an abortion. The measure was sent to the Senate committee where it has died for the last few years. https://www.washtimes.com/metro/metro3-02102000.htm

Conservative News Service reported yesterday that US president Bill Clinton will become the first sitting president in US history to be served with two formal ethics complaints – both stemming from his testimony in the Paula Jones case. Matt Glavin, president of the Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) said one of the complaints issued this morning by the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct, was prompted by the presiding judge in the Paula Jones case, US District Judge Susan Webber Wright. https://www.conservativenews.org/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=Polit…

The US House late Thursday afternoon passed the Republican-sponsored Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Act after defeating a Democratic alternative. The bill now goes on to the Senate but Clinton has vowed a veto. https://www.conservativenews.org/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=Polit…


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