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October 6, 2020

Assisted-suicide bill re-introduced

Alex Schadenberg, left, and Winnipeg Archbishop Richard Gagnon.
OTTAWA - A bill to make it easier for Canadians to legally kill themselves with a doctor’s aid goes far beyond what a court decision prompting the legislation calls for, say euthanasia opponents.
Published in Canada
April 14, 2016

Pro-life groups dismayed by ‘dangerous’ assisted suicide bill

Albertos Polizogopoulos, Constitutional Lawyer associated with Canadian Physicians for Life.

OTTAWA – Pro-life organizations have condemned Bill C-14 that will legalizing “medical assistance in dying,” calling it “dangerous.”

Published in Canada
April 14, 2016

Euthanasia advocates naive about end-of-life situations, says one physician

Dr. Will Johnston at a euthanasia conference in 2014.

OTTAWA – Euthanasia and assisted suicide advocates may end up getting more than they bargained for when they reach their waning days, said a doctor with Canadian Physicians for Life.

Published in Canada
April 7, 2016

Saints fit the bill

Queen Elizabeth is the only woman to ever grace a Canadian bank note.

The search is on to find a Canadian woman of distinction to honour on an upcoming bank note. After asking why has this taken so long, the next question is who should it be?

Published in Editorial
February 24, 2015

Popular terror bill must respect civil liberties

The anti-terrorism Bill C-51 is under committee review after its second reading in the House of Commons Feb. 23. The bill would expand powers to arrest and detain suspects if police believes a terrorist attack “may be” carried out. It would also allow the Canadian Security Intelligence can also “disrupt” terrorist web sites and social media accounts.

Anti-terror legislation currently before Parliament needs thorough debate and close scrutiny to ensure civil liberties, including religious freedom, are fully protected, said the president of the Catholic Civil Rights League.

Published in Canada
February 3, 2015

England mulls legalization of in vitro technique giving baby DNA of three parents

Verona Blumenauer, director of the Kinderwunschzentrum Leipzig Laboratory in Germany, inspects the microinjection of sperm into an egg cell using a microscope in this July 2011 photo at the in vitro fertilization clinic. Bioethicists and pro-life leader s criticized a new "benefit" Facebook and Apple have offered to female employees -- paying for them to freeze their eggs and delay having children. The Pope Paul VI Institute in Omaha, Neb., also reported that more effective options exist for infertile couples than in vitro fertilization.

CANTERBURY, England - Members of Parliament voted Tuesday (Feb. 3) to allow the creation of human embryos from the DNA of three people to try to eradicate a type of genetic disease that has caused the deaths of thousands of babies.

Published in International