A few weeks ago, the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition covered two important parliamentary debates on their blog. First, the debate on Bill C-384 (to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide) didn’t go so well for Francine Lalonde. Parliamentary procedure states that a …
A friend of mine called to discuss a paper she had to write for PHL281 (biothics) a few weeks ago. The essay topic was the following: In discussing the case of Jane and Jack, George Harris says: “Jack is equally …
This article is over 10 years old, but Lucy’s post last week reminded me about it. Lucy wrote: Those at the de Veber conference spoke of the struggles of pregnant woman and the pressures stacked against them and the fear …
An article by Jean Echlin, A Dance of Death (via Alex Schadenberg): […] Lalonde’s bill states that “medical practitioners” will perform the death procedures. We have no right to ask our professional caregivers to provide us with death. Neither should …
The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition reports: The Canadian Medical Association sent a letter to Members of Parliament today explaining why they oppose Bill C-384, the bill that would legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada. The message was straight forward and …
Big Blue Wave recently highlighted an excerpt from an article that appeared on The Abortioneers about second trimester abortions. When I was a little over 18 weeks pregnant with my now pre-school child, I did a second trimester abortion for …
A great pro-life video (via Fallible Blogma) — you’ll have to click through to watch it, as WordPress.com doesn’t like the embed code. Right, so when does human life begin again?
Wow. Via the Show the Truth Mailing List (Jill Stanek also has detailed coverage), the New York Times did a front page article on the use of graphic images and pro-life work, and actually included the images in its online …
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This post was written by Lucy Schmidt — a first-year technically-humanities-with-life-sci-courses-looking-into-Catholic-education student and member of UTSFL. For one with only moderate exposure to the pro-life movement the 2009 de Veber conference was both enlightening and thought provoking. A number of …
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An interesting take on Obama’s award-winning intentions from OSV Daily (emphasis mine): Of the “transformative figures” who have received the award in the past, Blessed Mother Teresa was perhaps one of the most inspiring choices. The selection of the holy …