Here’s information about the Rescue Summit.

Here’s an interview I did with Ashley Elliot at CHRI in Ottawa about the conference.

Not too late to register. It’s freeeeeeee!

Charlotte Dawson, an Australian model, commits suicide after struggling with depression for over a decade. She was divorced and had an abortion earlier in life so as not to interfere with her ex-husband’s gold medal ambitions for swimming in the Olympics.

If you google her name, you will be met with nothing but smiling photos of a beautiful woman.

I realize no one goes out into public with their dirty laundry on display. But one of the things I detest about Facebook is the steady stream of “perfect life” photos.

I wish this woman had a bigger vision of what life could be.

Sad, all around. May she rest in peace.

Natalie posted about how euthanasia/assisted suicide would not come to Quebec at this time. Good news.

What is bad news is this, from the Liberal convention:

The Liberal Party of Canada is in favour of decriminalizing medically assisted suicide, adopting a resolution on the controversial matter at the end of its four-day policy convention in Montreal.

I believe that the Liberals will not be impervious to the extraordinarily detrimental effect this will have on the vulnerable. So there’s hope yet. But good thing we didn’t all go out celebrating the quiet victory in Quebec last week. There is too much work to do.

I’m excited for this. Come on out and see Ross Douthat, New York Times columnist, on February 28, 5:30 pm. Some of my favourite people, the Cardus people, are putting this one on. Do you have better plans for a Friday evening? I Dou(b)that. For more info and to register, click here.

The Institute of Marriage and Family Canada, which is where I work, is releasing new research on Tuesday, February 25, about marriage along income lines in Canada. The event is free of charge and open to the public, but registration is required for lunch numbers and parliamentary security.

For more information, and to register, click here.

Stop killing baby girls.

Dating, sex and marriage. Great little video about “the long reach of a remarkable little pill.”

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Identical quadruplets, born 13 weeks early. The fourth one was a surprise. Surprise! When there are people in the womb, not just one, it oddly becomes clearer that they are, er, people. Not nebulous at all. As you may have gotten the idea by now, I believe all abortions are tragic. But there is nothing more tragic than a “selective reduction.” Maybe that’s because I love my sister so much and can’t imagine what it would begin to mean to live without her. Maybe it’s because the search and destroy mission becomes all the clearer if you are taking the life one baby and not the other. Anyways, I wish this new family all the best and I hope they are getting tons and tons of help and support since four babies cannot be done on its own.