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UNB pro-life club accuses student council of prejudice

Delay | Student union president says decision took longer than normal to do its due diligence

By Heather McLaughlin, Daily Gleaner, Jan. 21, 2012

A 20-member pro-life student group at the University of New Brunswick has finally been granted club status from the UNB student union, but getting there was a path fraught with …read more|en savoir plus

New Brunswick abortion debate could reopen as province seeks to block doctor’s human rights complaint

Tamsin McMahon, National Post,  Jan. 12, 2012

In a case that could reopen New Brunswick’s abortion debate, the provincial government has gone to court to block a hearing into a doctor’s human rights complaint that the province’s restrictive abortion laws prevent her from providing proper medical care and discriminate against her as a …read more|en savoir plus

The female screams we don’t want to hear

J. De Souza, National Post · Jan. 19, 2012

On Tuesday and Wednesday in these pages, my fellow National Post columnists took up the question of sex-selection abortions – i.e. the selective abortion of fetuses following a scan that reveals the sex of the child. Their debate followed the publication of an editorial in …read more|en savoir plus

Barbara Kay on abortion: Too controversial to question

Barbara Kay National Post Jan 18, 2012

Two interesting abortion-related news items this week.

Texas passed a law imposing informed consent on women seeking abortions. In future, women there will have a sonogram, with the heartbeat audible and the image of the fetus visible to them. They will also hear a description of how …read more|en savoir plus

Canada is haven for parents seeking sex-selective abortions: medical journal

By Michel Viatteau, National Post, Jan 16, 2012

An editorial in a major Canadian medical journal Monday urges doctors to conceal the gender of a fetus from all pregnant women until 30 weeks to prevent sex-selective abortion by Asian immigrants.

A separate article in the same issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal warns that …read more|en savoir plus

Pro-Abortion Vandalism at Mother and Child House

Jan. 13, 2012

Another incident of pro-abortion vandalism has occurred at NB Right to Life’s Mother and Child House in Fredericton. Sometime Wednesday night-Thursday morning the word “Choice” was spray-painted in large letters, along with a heart shape, on the side of the building facing the Morgentaler Clinic.

Vandalism to Mother & Child …read more|en savoir plus

Government tries to block abortion inquiry

Female physician argues provincial laws hinder her ability to care for patients seeking to end pregnancy

by Adam Huras, Telegraph Journal, Jan. 11, 2012

The provincial government has asked a New Brunswick judge to block a board of inquiry from hearing a human rights complaint that challenges the province’s abortion laws.

A female physician …read more|en savoir plus

After months of wrangling, U of New Brunswick gives club status to pro-lifers

by Patrick B. Craine, LifeSiteNews.com Jan 10, 2012

The pro-life club at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton was granted club status and funding by their student union Sunday after months of wrangling.

UNB Students for Life members after they were granted club status

When UNB Students for Life applied for …read more|en savoir plus

Evangelical leaders call on Canadian Parliament to open abortion debate

by Patrick B. Craine LifeSiteNews.com January 3, 2012

Canada’s Evangelical leaders are backing recent calls by Members of Parliament for a debate on the legal status of children in the womb.

In a statement Tuesday, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) said the current Criminal Code provisions, which allow children to be terminated up …read more|en savoir plus

Tide is Turning on Abortion, Pro-Life Movement is Winning

by John A. Leies, S.M. LifeNews.com 12/22/11

I just came across an article that caught my attention: “Hidden Persuaders,” dated Nov. 7. It was by Fred Barnes, of The Weekly Standard. For almost 40 years, people in the pro-life movement in the United States have battled to overturn Roe v. Wade. …read more|en savoir plus