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40 Days for Life Fredericton, Moncton & Bathurst 2011

Canada’s pro-life movement gets a slick, youthful rebranding

by Wendy Gillis, May 08 2012, www.thestar.com

They will fight to protect the unborn, raise their voices against abortion in Canada — and maybe win an iPod.

Pro-lifers will rally on Parliament Hill by the thousands Thursday for the March for Life, an ever-growing annual rally attended by, yes, older activists, but …read more|en savoir plus

Andrew Coyne: The idea we can’t debate abortion is unworthy of a democratic country

Andrew Coyne, National Post, Apr 27, 2012

Finding for the appellants in Regina v. Morgentaler, Justice Bertha Wilson nevertheless found herself in agreement with the Crown, that “the situation respecting a woman’s right to control her own person becomes more complex when she becomes pregnant, and some statutory control may be appropriate.”

A woman had a …read more|en savoir plus

Father Raymond J. de Souza: An abortion ‘consensus’ that never existed

By Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Post, Apr 26, 2012

Canada’s “consensus” on our unlimited abortion licence — any time, for any reason, fully funded by tax dollars — is a strange one. First of all, it’s not really a consensus, as only a minority of Canadians, when polled, support the extreme …read more|en savoir plus

Natalie Hudson Sonnen: Canada hides from its embarrassing abortion statistics

By Natalie Hudson, National Post,Apr 26, 2012

The silence is deafening.  Every year that abortion statistics have been released there has been some commentary in the mainstream news media.  When the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) released its 2010 figures last week, citing 64,641 abortions – a 40% decrease since 2004, …read more|en savoir plus

Threats to Life

New challenges to ethics, and to civilization

By Conrad Black,  National Review Online 2012, April 12, 2012

Last week, I broached the question of an attempted shift in the long-standing cultural balance in America between the paramountcy of the Judeo-Christian values of the sanctity of life and primacy of the individual will in pursuit of conventional …read more|en savoir plus

‘Heart-rending’: Young Slovakian sculptor captures post-abortion pain, mercy and forgiveness

April 2, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As an art student, Martin Hudáček of Slovakia was moved to create a sculpture to draw attention to the devastation abortion can bring to the woman, and to the fact that through the love and mercy of God, reconciliation and healing are possible.

The sculpture shows a woman …read more|en savoir plus

The profound complexities of informed consent to abortion

Ending an unplanned pregnancy is not the simple quick-fix solution that’s often presented, writes Margaret Somerville

By Margaret Somerville, Ottawa Citizen, March 23, 2012

Anna (not her real name) came to see me to discuss the research she was doing on abortion. We talked about the articles she’d read, when I asked her, “How …read more|en savoir plus

Committee recommends new rules surrounding assisted suicide in Quebec

By Kevin Dougherty, Gazette Quebec Bureau, March 22, 2012

A committee of the Quebec National Assembly unanimously recommended Thursday that rules be established to shelter from prosecution doctors who offer terminally-ill patients “medical assistance to die.”

The Criminal Code of Canada prohibits euthanasia, making it an offence to counsel or assist someone to commit …read more|en savoir plus

Pro-Life Movie Opens March 23

A movie with a powerful pro-life theme is set to open in theatres March 23. October Baby is the story of a young woman who finds out she is adopted and also an abortion survivor. She sets out to find her birth mother.

The film is produced by Provident Films, a company that previously made the films Courageous and …read more|en savoir plus

March for Life Planned for Legislature

Plans are shaping up well for the 2012 March for Life at the New Brunswick Legislature, according to NB Right to Life’s executive director. Peter Ryan confirmed the event will take place Thursday, May 17.   See Flyer

This is the 12th annual March. The event usually draws hundreds of pro-life supporters from across …read more|en savoir plus