Tuesday January 9, 2001
See today’s LifeSiteNews stories- CATHOLIC HEALTH MINISTER ORDERS PROVINCES TO PAY FOR ALL ABORTIONS
- PRIEST SAVED CELINE DION FROM BEING ABORTED
- U.S. POLL SHOWS MOST SAY ABORTION IS MANSLAUGHTER
- ANIMAL CLONER SAYS HUMAN CLONING IS SURELY UNDERWAY NOW
- VATICAN CONTRADICTS ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER ON MORNING-AFTER PILL
- LIFESITE NEWSBYTES
CATHOLIC HEALTH MINISTER ORDERS PROVINCES TO PAY FOR ALL ABORTIONS
OTTAWA, Jan 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The media has learned that Health Minister Allan Rock’s intimidation of New Brunswick – attempting to force the province to publicly fund abortion in private clinics even though it is already funded in hospitals – has been applied to other provinces as well. The CBC reports today that Rock, who calls himself Catholic and has been known to selectively quote from the Catechism in the House of Commons, has threatened three other provinces with penalties if they refuse to fund abortions at private abortuaries. Manitoba, Quebec, and Prince Edward Island all received the warning from Health Canada.
Notorious abortionist Henry Morgentaler controls most of the private clinics in the provinces, and his support for the Liberal Prime Minister (also a “Catholic”) during the November elections was based on the PM’s commitment to abortion. The government tactics are a clear form of blackmail where they threaten to withhold funds from the provinces if they refuse to completely fund abortions at taxpayer expense. Currently, Ottawa is penalizing Nova Scotia some $58,000 since it refused to pay a “facility fee” at private abortuaries.
Private abortuaries are often preferred by those seeking to end the life of their unborn children since later-term abortions are allowed in the clinics, fewer questions are asked and the abortions are usually performed much quicker that in hospitals.
Minister Allan Rock may be emailed at:
[email protected]
See the CBC coverage at:
https://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/01/09/ab…
PRIEST SAVED CELINE DION FROM BEING ABORTED
MONTREAL, Jan 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Famous Canadian pop star Celine Dion, the fourteenth child in her family, admitted that her mother was convinced not to abort her by a priest. Catholic World News reports today that Dion said her mother asked the parish priest if she could have an abortion. “He told her that she had no right to go against nature,” said Dion. “So I have to admit that in a way, I owe my life to that priest.”
U.S. POLL SHOWS MOST SAY ABORTION IS MANSLAUGHTER
NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In a nationwide Zogby poll of 1,005 likely voters, it was found that 51% of Americans believe that “abortion destroys a human life and is manslaughter” while 35% believe that “abortion does not destroy a life and is not manslaughter.” Reuters reports that eight percent agreed with neither statement while 6% said they weren’t sure.
See the Reuters coverage at:
https://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010108/zo/abortion_1.html
ANIMAL CLONER SAYS HUMAN CLONING IS SURELY UNDERWAY NOW
NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The upcoming February edition of Wired magazine interviews the manager of Infigen, a Wisconsin animal cloning company who says that it would be naïve to believe human cloning is not being done. The Wired article contains interviews with unnamed sources with the needed resources and credentials to carry out human cloning who admit that such ventures are underway. In an interview with the Toronto Star, Alexander says there is a “good chance” human clones have already been born “and if it hasn’t already happened, it’s about to.”
See the Sun’s coverage at:
https://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSScience0101/clones_08-sun.html
VATICAN CONTRADICTS ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER ON MORNING-AFTER PILL
ROME, Jan 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In a recent media interview, Italy’s Prime Minister Giuliano Amato defended the use of the ‘morning-after pill’ claiming that it does not cause abortions – defining the beginning of life at implantation rather than at fertilization/conception. Catholic World News reported that the Vatican reacted to the statement. Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragan, the president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care, reacted to the Prime Minister’s statement noting that the morning-after pill causes the death of a human life. “The ‘morning-after pill’ is abortifacient; therefore the Church must condemn it without reservation,” he said.
For more see the CWN coverage at:
https://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=10969
LIFESITE NEWSBYTES
International Planned Parenthood Federation, the world’s foremost abortion provider and pusher, showed its influence in Sierra Leone today. Its offices in the country boasted a “symposium for Cabinet Ministers and parliamentarians in December in order to sensitize cabinet ministers and members of parliament on sexual and reproductive health services and rights.” The IPPF report noted that recommendations and commitments made at the symposium focused on education on sexual and reproductive rights for young people and the training of more health personnel. (IPPF, Jan 9, 2001)
American Life League (ALL) is seeking to unite pro-life forces in the United States “under the simple, honest and provable position that every human being is a person, created in the image of God, and deserving of equal protection under the law at conception without exception.” ALL is presenting its “Declaration on Truth and Life” to pro-life leaders cross the nation urging pro-lifers to abandon the flawed, counterproductive strategies of pragmatism that endorse exceptions permitting abortion in some cases.
https://www.all.org/declaration/index.htm
Princeton professor Peter Singer who advocates euthanasia for disabled infants is trying yet again to drum up media attention with a publication of his most controversial works all in one book. This godfather of the radical animal rights activist fringe considers animals and humans to be of equal moral value.
https://www.latimes.com/living/20010107/t000001985.html
The Telegraph reports that British Prime Minister Tony Blair refuses to say marriage is the best foundation for raising children despite pressure from churches to do so. Senior Government sources said yesterday that a forthcoming policy document on the family would refer to the merits of stable relationships, including marriage, without putting one type above another.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000140326706927&rtmo;=0xKxG0…