I hadn’t heard of Harvey Weinstein before last week. But no matter! I just wrote a whole column in Convivium about him and the problems we face as a society. We’ve tried so very hard to create a world of consequence-free sex and it’s not working very well. But if there are alpha males in Hollywood […]
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“Yes, You Can Be A Pro-Life MP And A Feminist”
By this point, everyone has a take on Rachael Harder-gate. Lots of folks have written well on the topic, and let me just say, I’m grateful for the very reasonable pro-choice people out there, who get why walking out of a Parliament Hill committee like some high school clique is the wrong direction for democracy. […]
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National Pro-Life Conference in Ottawa, Nov. 3 & 4
The True North Strong for Life National Pro-life Conference is only 2 weeks away. This national gathering of leaders, advocates and professionals promises to be an extraordinary experience. The educational component, the example of our outstanding speakers’ expertise and lived experience, and the solidarity of our many leaders in the movement is a tremendous inspiration […]
Pro-life feminists: What can we do?
We are not alone, strong, pro-life women! Got this note a couple of days ago. I’ve sent a reply already but then I realized, others may have thoughts to add. Can you write me, via Facebook comment, direct message or email–what you would advise? How do I get my voice heard? Or, more accurately, my […]
“More than Harvey’s secret is out”
I hadn’t heard of Harvey Weinstein before last week. But no matter! I just wrote a whole column in Convivium about him and the problems we face as a society. We’ve tried so very hard to create a world of consequence-free sex and it’s not working very well. But if there are alpha males in Hollywood […]
Harvey Weinstein and Planned Parenthood
Harvey Weinstein, we learn, as recently as May, gave $100,000 to Planned Parenthood. What a guy! He was pro-choice, and clearly so very generous! What do his actions matter–he was saying the “right” things and making big movies. For the record, it is a pro-woman and pro-life thing to point out that men who have […]
Unexpected, unplanned, beautiful
My friend Veronique Bergeron’s blog, Fearless Family Life has a new look, which caused me to re-read some of her old stuff. It’s pretty great, starting with her description of her family and how the family got started: I was 21 and unmarried when I got pregnant with my oldest daughter, right out of my […]
Two things we don’t talk about
Later abortion and coercion toward abortion are two things the mainstream media prefers not to discuss. This woman’s story involves both. Because women like this are sidelined, I am linking to her story. We have gone from making abortion “rare and legal” to enshrining it for all nine months at the expense of everything, including […]
“Yes, You Can Be A Pro-Life MP And A Feminist”
By this point, everyone has a take on Rachael Harder-gate. Lots of folks have written well on the topic, and let me just say, I’m grateful for the very reasonable pro-choice people out there, who get why walking out of a Parliament Hill committee like some high school clique is the wrong direction for democracy. […]
A very narrow view of women’s “equality”
Some Liberals walked out of a committee meeting on Parliament Hill today because Rachael Harder was nominated as Chair of the Status of Women committee. This is the quote from an NDP MP, Sheila Malcolmson: The chair is the spokesperson for our work and it’s impossible for a spokesperson of an all parliamentary committee where […]
The feminist case against surrogacy
Oftentimes, in life-related debates, it can feel like there is no common ground. This article highlights the problems with surrogacy, something many feminists are against, whether those feminists are pro-life or pro-choice. The author’s bio shows that on some issues at least, there can be common ground. Read her article–it describes the pitfalls of surrogacy […]
One woman’s abortion, 28 years ago
On rare occasion, the World Wide Web does something positive by bringing people together. I got an email from Jennifer Rose (not her real name) who was asking for places to go for healing after an abortion 28 years ago. Something about Jennifer’s story really resonated with me. She doesn’t have other children–her aborted child […]
Waiting women
We don’t have a problem in Canada with women accessing abortions. We have a problem with women waiting to conceive, and then needing to cope with media reports of how tragic it is when women get abortions–just slower than they would have preferred. Here’s my take on this in Convivium.
On the proposed new bubble zones around Ontario abortion clinics
Ruth Shaw and I argue in this piece that we shouldn’t limit freedom of speech or association without solid evidence. Bubble zones on public property in front of abortion clinics set a bad precedent. What do they mean for other law abiding and peaceful protests? What about protesting a corporation violating good environmental practices, or […]
Normalization via legalization
Definitely unethical, and even illegal under our current law, but you can see how legalization normalizes killing and makes people bold. Going to the hospital and having someone recommend killing is a terrible thing that no one should have to endure. This is an obvious case of discrimination against people with disabilities, but really, it could happen […]
A stabbing where someone was arrested and no one died
In this country, a baby isn’t a baby until it emerges fully from the birth canal. So what happens here? Do we have a murder, or not? The mother is in stable condition. The legal non-entity in her womb, however, is not. A newborn who was delivered by emergency C-section after its mother was stabbed […]
The Liberal hidden agenda
The Liberals are giving a close to $100 million to Congo. This includes “sexual and reproductive rights”–which I put in quotation marks because that is a meaningless phrase that generally includes abortion. What I note in this Globe and Mail article is the Minister for International Development talking about how they will offer abortion, which […]