I like profiling these women as I find them. This woman wrote a piece in the New York Times, of all places. The ugly truth is that the women’s movement has morphed into a giant abortion-rights lobby, demanding abortion far beyond the Roe v. Wade trimester construct. For someone like me, who has done a […]
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Naomi Lakritz: Feminist and pro-life
Today we have a treat from a guest writer, Naomi Lakritz. Naomi will be known to many of you, as she was a columnist with the Calgary Herald for so many years. Her perspective is so valuable. Enjoy. I am pro-life. That means I can be dismissed as a far-right Christian fundamentalist, correct? Sorry, you […]
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Ontario government advertises birth control
My friend André Schutten highlighted a delightful little piece of government propaganda for me today. An ad ran before he could watch a news item and it was the Government of Ontario advertising, wait for it, birth control. You can read his blog post about it and watch the ad, here. Meanwhile, let me add […]
Good news! Ontario can no longer hide abortion data
Good news! Back in 2015 I blogged about this. Some of you may have donated to the cause, too: The Association for Reform Political Action and Run with Life blogger Pat Maloney are taking legal action against the Ontario government by challenging the constitutionality of not allowing abortion to be subject to access to information […]
Pro-life poetry
Alexandra Moldoveanu wrote a comment on PWPL and since I like to feature pro-life women, let me take this moment to link to her site, Pro-Life Poetry. Interesting concept. I don’t think of pro-lifers as poetry writers (or readers). I don’t think this, because my first point of reference is me. Not fair or right, […]
Athletes having abortions
The news broke yesterday that American sprinter Sanya Richards-Ross had an abortion two weeks before the Beijing Olympics. She regrets this and has said so publicly. I am really glad she has found healing and seems to be doing well. Here’s the thing: I don’t think it was any more or less dangerous for her to […]
Women writing about abortion who don’t regurgitate talking points
Sometimes I hear pro-choice advocates on the radio and they say things like “abortion is a settled issue.” Perhaps they believe that. Meanwhile, the only reason they are on the radio is because it’s a very heated, live issue right now, particularly in my town of Ottawa, and not at all settled. I have not seen […]
“Why Everyone Should Oppose Surrogacy”
Surrogacy advocates highlight when all goes well. But when (as was published in Toronto Life magazine) a wealthy woman pulls a poor woman out of her home, where she has four children because she is concerned not about the woman, but about the baby, we don’t hear about that. Wasser’s eye then fell upon an […]
Ottawa showing of the Euthanasia Deception
I got a chance to see this documentary in the dead of winter. Much nicer to head out on a June evening. It’s well done and presents some good information about how euthanasia works in practice, not theory, both here and abroad. Important viewing. This screening is offered by the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition and the […]
Women’s views on abortion
A little known fact is that women tend hold pro-life attitudes. A poll from the UK shows the following results: 70% of women would like the current time limit for abortion to be lowered 59% of women would like the abortion time limit lowered to 16 weeks or lower Only 1% want the abortion time limit […]
Let’s talk about pro-life renewal–without pointing fingers
This is a challenging column. But one I needed to read. How to advance our important cause, capitalizing off the strengths of those who went before, but also include new people? All good questions, asked by my colleague Peter Stockland. A grave statistic: Angus Reid polling data freshly published by Cardus shows 94 per cent of […]
On Mother’s Day
I found this lovely little reflection from Alice von Hildebrand, which I thought would allow for saying Happy Mother’s Day to just about everyone. The idea is that we all have a role to play. We put a lot of emphasis on biological mothering, all of us, perhaps non-religious folks most of all. Hence the […]
The Handmaid’s Tale
I’m genuinely interested in reading The Handmaid’s Tale and only then seeing the movie. Which is to say it may be a while before I can actually comment on the movie. I gather it’s a dystopian book/film in which women are forced to bear children for others at the hands of religious (Christian?) authoritarians. The […]
March for Life Ottawa photos
The March for Life today went well–the people covered the Hill, which is no small feat. Even relatively large protests can look small up there. I won’t hazard a guess about numbers-the eternal debate. (It was more! It was fewer! I don’t really care that much–a sizeable group showed and it’s encouraging to see.) The […]
Crisis Pregnancy Centres (CPCs)
If you want an abortion in Canada, there’s no need for counselling or a referral. You simply go and get one and this happens for about one in four pregnancies in Canada today. If, however, you are experiencing conflict about an unplanned pregnancy, you may decide to get help from a Crisis Pregnancy Centre. These […]
Research to help with infertility
Ottawa’s own Dr. Leiva was featured in a TIME magazine article about ovulation kits very recently. Dr. Leiva has and is helping advance the cause of women’s health and the struggle with infertility through his research, of which he has done quite a lot. This is important because there is not enough work done to help […]
CPSO Legal Challenge Opportunity to Give
Another opportunity to give. I’m just going to cut and paste the Physicians for Life letter in full. I simply cannot begin to think of living in a province that tells physicians they must go against good treatment principles, their conscience and ethical behaviour and provide things like assisted suicide and euthanasia. So let’s not […]