Abortion Law
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British Columbians will vote by mail in a referendum on what voting system the province should use for its elections. The referendum is being held by mail from Oct. 22 to Nov. 30. All B.C. residents over the age of 18 can vote in the referendum. This is the third time provincial voters will have their say on electoral reform, having said no to proportional representation (PR) ... (Continue reading)
Written on 18 Jul, 2018 at 9:16 in
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Paul Tuns Ireland's Leo Valadkar said the country will have legal abortion by end of 2018.
On May 25, two-thirds of Irish voters approved in a referendum repealing the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution which outlawed abortion on the Emerald Island. The Oireachtas (the Irish parliament) will vote by the end of the year on a proposed law legalizing ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jun, 2018 at 7:46 in
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Conservative MP Ted Falk shouted out that abortion "is not a right" during Question Period in the House of Commons.
On May 9, Ted Falk, a pro-life Conservative MP from Provencher, raised a stir in the House of Commons about abortion when he shouted at the Prime Minister that it is ... (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Mar, 2018 at 15:37 in
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On Feb. 1, the first day that the Safe Access to Abortion law came into effect in Ontario, 40 pro-life supporters in Ottawa called for the bubble zone law to be repealed.
Demonstrating outside the 50-meter bubble zone surrounding the Morgentaler abortuary on Bank Street in the nation’s capital, the pro-life advocates carried signs calling attention to the restricted free speech zone: “Aid to women ends here” and “Free speech ... (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Mar, 2018 at 15:29 in
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Lianne Laurence Special to The Interim Cyril Winters being arrested on Feb. 7 for allegedly breaking the Safe Access for Abortion Services Act.
A longtime pro-life advocate has become the first person arrested under Ontario’s new bubble zone law that outlaws pro-life speech outside abortion centres.
Cyril Winter, 70, was first arrested Feb. 7 and then again two days later in ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Feb, 2018 at 11:10 in
Abortion Law, Human rights, Politics, Society & Culture | Author:
Interim Staff In December, Ontario Attorney General Yasir Navqi’s office notified Campaign Life Coalition and other pro-life groups that the Safe Access to Abortion Services Act, 2017, would come into effect on Feb. 1. The law, passed in October, establishes a minimum bubble zone prohibiting pro-life speech and assembly within 50 meters of the property of eight existing free-standing abortion facilities and 150 meters within the homes of a “protected service ... (Continue reading)
Written on 6 Nov, 2017 at 8:44 in
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Interim Staff CLC national president Jim Hughes corrects prime minister for insisting abortion is a Charter right.
Jim Hughes, national president of Campaign Life Coalition, wrote an open letter to Justin Trudeau asking the Prime Minister to stop saying abortion is a Charter right. Hughes writes, “It is unbecoming for the Prime Minister of Canada today to deliberately ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Nov, 2017 at 10:45 in
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Genevieve Carson Special to The Interim Editor’s Note: Genevieve Carson, coordinator of Mississauga 40 Days for Life, read the following statement before the standing committee on general government on Oct. 20 during hearings on Bill 163, An Act to enact the Safe Access to Abortion Services Act, 2017.
Genevieve Carson of Mississauga 40 Days for Life speaks ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Nov, 2017 at 10:33 in
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Paul Tuns Ontario enacts bubble zone law.
Last month all three official parties joined forces to swiftly pass Bill 163, the Safe Access to Abortion Services Act, 2017, stifling the free speech, expression, and assembly rights of pro-lifers. The law, passed on Oct. 25, creates a bubble zone around abortion facilities of at least 50 meters -- and as much 150 meters -- in which any pro-life activity, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Nov, 2017 at 9:46 in
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Paul Tuns Silent No More, midwives, and a city councilor among presenters
On Oct. 19, 17 stakeholders and other interested parties made presentations to the standing committee on general government to speak for or against Bill 163, the Protecting a Woman’s Right to Access Abortion Services Act, 2017, which was introduced by the provincial Attorney General two weeks earlier and was being fast-tracked to be passed before the end of the month by an all-party agreement.
Making presentations against Bill 163 were ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Oct, 2017 at 9:14 in
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Fr. Mark Hodges Special to The Interim The “reconciliation” process that would have allowed Republicans to eliminate Obamacare’s forced abortion coverage mandate and $500 million tax dollars going to Planned Parenthood ends Sept. 30. The GOP has failed to secure majority support in the U.S. Senate after Sen. Susan Collins of Maine effectively killed the bill when she announced her opposition Sept. 25.
The bill, which President Donald Trump has promised to sign, has much stronger Republican support in the House than in the Senate. Republican Senators John ... (Continue reading)
Written on 7 Sep, 2017 at 9:33 in
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Christopher Jose Talk Turkey Josie Luetke
The Canadian Press recently highlighted the story of a single Nova Scotia woman who was enraged with having to undergo several blood tests and an ultra sound before being referred for a surgical abortion. In this women’s case, the process to obtain her abortion took about two months. Abortion advocates say Nova Scotia is the only province in Canada with these referral practices, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 21 Jun, 2017 at 11:34 in
Abortion Law, Book Review, Marriage and Family, Politics | Author:
Dan Di Rocco Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s Great Betrayal by Gwendolyn Landolt and Patrick Redmond (The Interim Publishing Company, 217 pages, $20).
This retelling of the abortion story in Gwen Landolt and Patrick Redmond’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s Great Betrayal brings out both the frustration of pro-lifers and a concern over a missed opportunity to have made a difference in the history of our country. The study concentrates on the intricate interaction of the five ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Jun, 2017 at 8:05 in
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Paul Tuns Yasir Naqvi
Ontario Attorney General Yasir Naqvi announced on May 29 that the Liberal government plans to table a bill in the fall in order to legislate “bubble zones” that would ban pro-life demonstrations and sidewalk counseling near any abortion facility. Most abortion facilities have a legal injunction preventing pro-life activity within 30 feet of their facilities, but the so-called temporary injunction, which expired in December 2016, affects only ... (Continue reading)
Dr. Scott Masson
Dr. Scott Masson is an associate professor of English at Tyndale University College in Toronto. He was the founding chairman of the Westminster Classical Christian Academy. His articles and commentary have been published in numerous journals, newspapers and magazines. Dr. Masson will soon be launching a news aggregator website at www.veracrux.com
He is a husband and father of two.
Campaign Life Coalition interviewed him in ... (Continue reading)
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