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Subject: Morning-after pill 'likely reducing abortions'
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 19:55:21 -0400 (EDT)
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Morning-after pill likely reducing abortions
Access to emergency contraception has likely prevented hundreds of
abortions, a study published today says, as Health Canada prepares to make
the "morning-after pill" available without prescription.
The report comes days before it will become legal for women to purchase
levonorgestrel -- sold under the brand name Plan B -- without a doctor's
prescription.
Women in British Columbia have been able to buy the drug without a
prescription since 2000, and the province saw demand more than double once
it became more easily available, finds the study which suggests emergency
contraception is greatly underused in the rest of the country.
The drug will be kept behind the pharmacist's counter, however, rather
than on the shelf.
Proponents have praised the move to behind-the-counter status but continue
to push for the drug to be sold, without restrictions, on pharmacy
shelves.
The study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, was
conducted by Judith Soon of the faculty of pharmaceutical sciences at the
University of British Columbia. It found that women used emergency
contraceptive rationally and promptly. They were also far more likely to
get Plan B directly from a pharmacist than from a physician.
The vast majority of women sought the drug because of a contraceptive
failure, such as a broken condom, and they were far more likely to do so
when they were ovulating and their risk of pregnancy was highest.
The study found that almost 18,000 B.C. women used emergency contraception
in 2002, compared with an average of 8,800 in 1999 -- one year before the
provincial government began to allow non-prescription sales.
Almost 60 per cent of women sought emergency contraception from a
pharmacist or doctor within 24 hours of unprotected intercourse, the study
found, and that number rose to almost 90 per cent at 48 hours.
Despite its nickname "morning-after pill," levonorgestrel can prevent
pregnancy for up to 72 hours after intercourse, though effectiveness
declines over time.
The study also found that only 2 per cent of women used the drug
repeatedly, allaying fears that Plan B might be used instead of
prophylactic contraception such as condoms, diaphragms, IUDs or
birth-control pills.
"Timely access to emergency contraception has the potential to reduce
unwanted pregnancies and subsequent abortions," Soon said.
She estimated that, over a two-year period, about 550 unwanted pregnancies
were avoided in British Columbia with the sale of Plan B in pharmacies,
pregnancies that most likely would have ended in abortions.
Plan B works exactly like a birth-control pill, but post-coitally. It
capitalizes on the fact that conception does not occur immediately after
ejaculation; it takes up to 24 hours for sperm to fertilize an egg and
several more days for the egg to migrate into the uterus and latch on.
The hormones in the pill make the uterus inhospitable. If a woman is
already pregnant, however, there are no effects on the fetus.
An emergency contraception pill is not an abortion pill. But anti-abortion
ctivists oppose the sale of Plan B in Canada, describing it as an
"abortifacient."
RU-486, the so-called abortion pill, is not available in Canada.
Plan B, which is marketed in Canada by Paladin Labs Inc., costs about $25,
and pharmacists charge another $20 or more as a consultation fee.
Health advocates, such as the Canadian Women's Health Network, argue that
the drug is safe and should be sold over the counter. They say that a
mandatory consultation with a pharmacist is unnecessary and that the cost
discourages women from using the treatment.
In a strongly worded editorial, the Canadian Medical Association Journal
agrees with that position, saying that the drug should be available
without restriction.
"The news would be better if a lingering paternalism in matters affecting
women's reproductive health was not still hiding behind the counter," the
editors wrote.
The drug is already available without a prescription, behind the counter,
in Quebec and Saskatchewan.
CHIEF JUSTICE DENIES RESTRAINT
Judges should overturn laws which they believe fail to live up to “unwritten” principles of human rights, says Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin.
“The rule of law requires judges to uphold unwritten constitutional norms, even in the face of clearly enacted laws or hostile public opinion,” McLachlin said in a speech delivered in New Zealand last week, the Ottawa Citizen reported Monday.
Speaking to law students at Victoria University of Wellington, she contended that the strict letter of the Constitution should be no impediment to judges striking down laws that they find to be contrary to basic, unwritten constitutional principles, which she defined as “norms that are essential to a nation’s history, identity, values and legal system.”
“I believe that judges have the duty to insist that legislative and executive branches of government conform to certain established and fundamental norms, even in times of trouble,” she said.
And since societal values are constantly evolving, McLachlin suggested, “There is certainly no guarantee or presumption that a given list of [written] constitutional principles is complete, even assuming the good faith intention of the drafters to provide such a catalogue.”
McLachlin was responding to critics who believe that courts should rule based solely on a strict interpretation of constitutional documents such as the Charter of Rights and Freedoms – and not engage in what some regard as “judicial imperialism” or allowing the personal views of unelected judges to trump the will of elected lawmakers.
News of the Chief Justice’s speech sparked a reaction among many of these critics who are weary of this trend towards judicial activism. Klaus Rohrich, a columnist from Canada Free Press, explained that “While minority rights need to be protected, they are best protected by written laws enacted by the people’s representatives and not judges appointed by one man. To allow judges to interpret laws according to their own predilections and not written laws amounts to a judicial coup d’etat. And judicial juntas are likely no more benign than military juntas and pose an equal threat to a nation’s freedom.”
CWA: Plan B Activist Admits Easy Access Has Not Reduced Pregnancies or Abortions
To: National Desk
Contact: Stacey Holliday of Concerned Women for America, 202-488-7000 ext. 126
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 /Christian Wire Service/ -- Concerned Women for America (CWA) is pleased that a prominent advocate for Plan B, the morning-after pill, admitted today that "real world" experience of easy access to the drug has not reduced the numbers of pregnancies or abortions.
Pressed by CWA's Wendy Wright at the National Press Club's Newsmaker Forum, Kirsten Moore, president and CEO of Reproductive Health Technologies Project, conceded there is no evidence that easy access to the morning-after pill reduces the number of pregnancies or abortions. And after alleging there have been no increases, she immediately concedes there have been increases in the countries where it is easily available.
Moore said http://www.cwfamedia.org/media/pc-planb-mediaclip.wmv, "I think it's an honest question, the experts had estimated that we would see a drop by up to half in the rates of unintended pregnancy and the rates of abortion. And in fact in the real world we're not seeing that, were not necessarily seeing an increase either. Again, where we see the increases, correlation does not equal causation." To listen to the full panel discussion, visit www.cwfa.org.
Abortion activists and politicians have demanded that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) make this high-dose drug available on store shelves even though the low-dose requires a prescription, arguing that easy access would reduce unintended pregnancies and abortions. This was presented to the FDA Advisory Committee, forcefully made by politicians and fueled by abortion-activist organizations.
"Kirsten Moore's admission that studies and experience show that easy access to the morning-after pill has not resulted in fewer pregnancies or abortions knocks the legs out from the hard-charging coalition intent on making this drug as easy to get as toothpaste. The claim that pregnancies and abortions would reduce by half is based not on science or fact, but 'faith' with no substance in reality," said Wendy Wright, Executive Vice President of CWA.
Advocates for Plan B have based their claim on a hypothesis asserted by the Alan Guttmacher Institute. Yet proponents' own studies and the experience in countries that have made the morning-after pill available without a prescription show equal or higher rates of teen pregnancies and abortions – and disturbingly, higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases. Links to studies are available here http://www.cwfa.org/articledisplay.asp?id=8951&department=CWA&categoryid=life#research.
"The FDA rightly decided to decline over-the-counter access for Plan B based on a lack of evidence that it could be used safely by adolescents. The FDA should not be pressured by congressmen and abortion activists whose primary argument has no basis in facts," said Wendy Wright.
Concerned Women for America (CWA) is the nation's largest public policy women's organization.
The newsletter in which this article appeared is produced by
heathen
(atheistic?) libertarian investor/speculator, Doug Casey.
Recent report out of the United Nations state that there is now a world wide deficit of women, 200,000,000, yes 200 million. Do to the sex trade, abortion and families preferring male children. hhw
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What We Now Know
Week of 11/15/05
China's Great Population Plight, Part 1
By Antony Peyton
Imagine a world where men outnumber women, where the vast surplus of
sexually frustrated males could threaten the very fabric of society, and
where females are a rare and almost dying breed. This might sound like some
far-fetched science fiction novel, but it's a reality that is beginning to
appear in present-day China. China's very own state-controlled news agency
Xinhua has been surprisingly frank in reporting the issue of the country's
gender imbalance. The present population stands at 1.3 billion, but will
reach 1.557 billion in 2043, and after that is estimated to approach a zero
population growth rate.
Zhang Weiqing, Minister-in-Charge of the State Family Planning Commission,
declared, "China's newborn gender ratio of girls to boys was 100:117,
according to the fifth national census. The number of boys under 9 years old
was 12.77 million more than that of girls." Zhang's comments were not in
isolation, as Li Weixiong, vice chairman of the absurdly long-winded
Population, Resources and Environment Committee of the National Committee of
the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), also
expressed concerns in a keynote speech at a full meeting of the CPPCC's
annual session. "The normal newborn sex proportion is 100:104-107, and
if
China's disproportionate figure is allowed to continue unchecked, there
would be 30 to 40 million marriage-age men who would be single all their
lives by 2020. Such serious gender disproportion poses a major threat to the
healthy, harmonious and sustainable growth of the nation's population and
would trigger such crimes and social problems as mercenary marriage,
abduction of women and prostitution."
Clearly, both officials would not have expressed such facts and predictions
without government approval, and so what we're seeing here is an
acknowledgment of the problem. Which is unusual in a society where
face-saving and secrecy is the norm, but it demonstrates the concerns of the
Chinese government.
Most people wouldn't need a deluge of statistics to explain the dangers that
a heavily male-dominated society could pose. If you've ever walked down a
street in the late evening, to be greeted by a group of six or seven men,
you may begin to fear aggression or just feel plain uneasy. It's a natural
reaction, even if the males in question have no ill intent whatsoever.
This is not the case in China. Not yet, anyway. If I were to be met by a
small number of males, I wouldn't sense tension and I wouldn't feel
uncomfortable. They'd call out the inevitable "Hello!" and have a
snigger,
and I'd normally be aware that they're looking at the "foreigner"
to see
what clothes I'm wearing. Little do they know that I am not a fashion icon
from a London or Parisian catwalk. But I am aware that males do outnumber
the women at present. As a former English teacher, most classrooms could
have done with a touch of femininity and resulting liveliness. Also, I'm not
a huge fan of nightclubs, as I have never enjoyed communicating via sign
language or paying extortionate prices for a beer the size of a thimble. But
on my rare visits, the dark interiors were worryingly short of the fairer
sex.
On a slight digression, women's place in China is probably equivalent to the
rank they held in the West back in the 1950s. However, before some of our
male readers start jumping for joy and reaching for the contact details of
the nearest travel agent, let me explain further. Women are being dominated
in a sense and quite simply can be very subservient. After marriage and the
compulsory pregnancy (due to parental pressure), they stay at home to become
the obedient housewife and mother. Bolder ones return to work, utilizing the
help of their grandparents to care for their child. Chinese women have
developed a demure nature and can be extremely immature, but it seems that
Chinese men encourage this and almost treat their partners like "little
girls" to be protected. It's like somebody somewhere read one of those
awful
Jane Austen novels and assumed such behavior was to be adored and adhered to
at all times.
But how did Chinese society reach such a state of affairs? The China Daily
discussed the background of the ancient practice of preferring boys to girls
and asked, "Where have all the girls gone?" It concluded that it's
a
combination of the old and the new. The Chinese love to quote fragments from
their long history and make note that the "Book of Songs" (1000-700
B.C.)
declared: "When a son is born, Let him sleep on the bed, Clothe him with
fine clothes, And give him jade to play... When a daughter is born, Let her
sleep on the ground, Wrap her in common wrappings, And give broken tiles to
play..." Which seems a bit harsh, but for centuries Chinese families without
sons feared poverty and neglect and the male offspring represented
continuity of lineage and protection in old age. Customarily, men take care
of their elderly parents while women are expected to take care of their
parents-in-law. It's a tradition in a heavily traditional society that is
hard to break.
More recently, in 1979, Chairman Mao brought in the infamous one-child
policy as part of his strategy to fast-track economic modernization.
Originally Mao had favored a huge population to provide strength in numbers,
but then realized that placing a limit would ensure greater control. Parents
faced with this law and with only one choice... unsurprisingly choose a boy.
This has led to such extremes as killing or abandoning female infants, as
well as the mass adoptions - the reason why you see so many little Chinese
girls in Western families these days.
At first glance, this lack of females is only China's problem, but according
to Valerie Hudson and Andrea Den Boer, authors of Bare Branches: The
Security Implications of Asia's Surplus Male Population
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262582643/002-7961645-8415262?v=glance>,
the situation in China (and India) could threaten future world peace.
"Because son preference has been a significant phenomenon in Asia for
centuries, the Chinese actually have a term for such young men: guang gun-er
or 'bare branches' - branches of the family tree that will never bear fruit.
The girls who should have grown up to be their wives were disposed of
instead. In societies where the status of women is so low, the prospects for
peace and democracy are diminished."
Hudson and Den Boer paint a depressing picture - by 2020, they say, these
"bare branches" will make up 12-15% of the young adult population.
In light
of global statistics showing that violent crime is more likely to be
committed by an unmarried man, all these youngsters with pent-up aggression
and no prospects are potential time bombs. The authors suggest that China
might need to build a huge army to provide a "safety valve" for this
aggression. Some may dismiss this as scaremongering, but I think the ladies
have a point. It is unlikely that this problem will "self-correct"
as there
is no incentive to stop having boys. The Chinese government is aware of this
dilemma, but in its typical dithering fashion, hasn't worked out a solution
yet. Years of committee meetings, banquets and speeches will have to occur
before they can even begin to find a way out of this prospective mess.
In my opinion, the only resolution would be to pay families a large bonus to
encourage them to have a baby girl. In China, a land where the obtainment of
wealth is an unhealthy obsession, people only understand hard cash. This is
a society that pays homage to the great Yuan in the sky, and money is the
cure for most things here.
That said, as if this boy/girl predicament isn't enough, China faces double
trouble. In the second part of this article, we'll look at "gray matters"...
as the country must deal with its rapidly aging population.
(©) Casey Research, Inc. 2004
Winnipeg Sun - December 7, 2005
http://www.winnipegsun.com/News/Columnists/Brodbeck_Tom/2005/12/07/13417
28.html
Insulting to parents
By TOM BRODBECK
Liberal Social Development Minister Ken Dryden says parents who choose
to stay at home and care for their own children are not providing their
kids with child care. That's right. All you mothers, and sometimes
fathers, out there who choose to stay home and raise your children - to
care for them, teach them, enlighten them and love them - are not doing
"child care." "It's not child care," Dryden said yesterday
on CTV
NewsNet, responding to the Conservative election pledge this week to
provide child-care allowances to parents with children under six. The
Tory move is designed to allow parents to put the money toward the child
care of their choice, in addition to what governments already fund.
That would include helping pay the bills for stay-at-home parents who
choose to raise their kids at home and who often sacrifice their
household budgets to do so. It would also include money for parents to
help pay for child care at smaller, home-based settings - most of which
get no government aid - but are the choice of many parents who prefer
them over larger, institutional facilities. The child-care allowance
would help pay for people who choose nannies or others to provide care
in their own home. And it would help parents pay for child-care centres
that are not organized as co-operatives. (Child-care centres that are
not set up as co-ops and not run by volunteer boards do not qualify for
government assistance).
According to Dryden, though, those options are "not child care."
Unless you send your kid to a licensed, regulated facility that receives
a government grant, you're not getting child care, says Dryden. As a
parent, I find that insulting and highly offensive. To suggest that the
work stay-at-home parents do is not child care is outrageous. You want
to talk about scary? That scares the hell out of me.
I'm all for government funding for institutional child-care centres. I
think we need them. I use them myself, and many of them are excellent
centres run by talented and dedicated staff. (Some are not, by the way).
But the problem with the Liberal's plan is that it only applies to a
small minority of parents. Most parents don't use institutional child
care. And while it's laudable to fund child-care centres - and I think
government should keep doing it - it's only one of several options out
there.
Take Winnipeg, where Dryden was yesterday announcing more money for
government-sanctioned child care. According to the 2004 report Time for
Action: An Economic and Social Analysis of Childcare in Winnipeg, about
five out of six children in the city do not use licensed, regulated
child care. The report's author, University of Manitoba professor Susan
Prentice, found that out of 100,537 children age 0-12 in Winnipeg, only
16,749 of them were in licensed, regulated child care. It defies logic,
then, that government should target all of its child care funding to
those 17% of children who use institutional care. Why not help all
families who need support with child care costs, including stay-at-home
parents and those who choose other forms of care?
I don't know why Dryden would think a mother or father couldn't provide
their own children with the kind of early-childhood development they
need. It's an insult to the majority of Canadian parents.
Canadian Bishop Says Abortion and Traditional Marriage Must be Considered
When Voting
By John-Henry Westen
LifeSiteNews.com
Monday December 5, 2005
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops logoST. CATHERINES, ON, December 5,
2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In an election many concerns vie for central importance
such as economics, health care, and moral considerations. However, some concerns
overshadow all others and must be given priority. According to a recent statement
of the Catholic Leadership Conference, a meeting comprising over 100 US Catholic
groups, "Catholic voters must first make decisions about their votes based
on the moral issues that are non-negotiable. First among these are the life
issues."
As Canadians ready to go to the polls on January 23, they have been reminded
of their duty to vote by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB).
In a CCCB communication, signed by the CCCB's permanent council, Canadians are
urged to "question candidates on their political, social, ethical and economic
positions, as they have the responsibility to know the fundamental values of
those whom they elect, and should insist on the issues that are key to the lives
of the men and women of our country, particularly the needy, the poor, families
and children." The statement does not list specific issues, such as abortion,
euthanasia or marriage redefinition as first priority issues during the election
nor give specific direction regarding priority issues.
One signer of the document, Most Reverend James M. Wingle, Bishop of St. Catharines,
spoke to LifeSiteNews.com about voting in the election. When voting, Catholics
must consider that "There are strings of issues, they are not all of equal
value," said Bishop Wingle.
"The good of life, underlies all other human rights," he said. "The
right of free speech, association, housing, employment; none of those would
have any relevance whatsoever if a person is denied the right to life, which
applies right along the gamut of life from conception to natural death."
He concluded, "It is a God-given right and all other rights are premised
upon that, upon the respect for and enshrinement of that right."
In relation to politicians and life issues, the current pope, while he was still
the head of the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith wrote, "There may
be a legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and
applying the death penalty, but not however with regard to abortion and euthanasia."
Commenting, Bishop Wingle said, "What the Holy Father said is an absolutely
wonderful affirmation of what we believe."
Concluding his remarks on the upcoming election, Bishop Wingle stated: "I
pray that we as a nation can really look seriously to doing all that we can
to have a government in our country that really will listen to these profound
concerns that we as Canadian people who subscribe to unequivocal values have."
He stressed that "these are not only religious concerns, these are not
peripheral questions but profound central questions." He said, "I
love Canada, and in loving we need to pursue the good in every sense."
See the CCCB statment: http://www.cccb.ca/PublicStatements.htm?CD=483&...
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New Hampshire commission: Same-sex "marriage" not a civil rights issue
ADF attorney Glen Lavy cited as credible witness in commission's report
CONCORD, N.H. - A New Hampshire legislative commission released its report today finding that same-sex "marriage" is not a civil rights issue.
"The commission properly recognized that same-sex 'marriage' is not a civil rights issue. It came to the right conclusion in its report," said the senior vice president of the Alliance Defense Fund's Marriage Litigation Center, Glen Lavy, whom the commission consulted for expert testimony.
"By focusing on the long-standing legal aspects of marriage, rather than the divisive political aspects of marriage, the commission's report reaffirmed that the real reason for marriage is for the protection of children," Lavy said.
The commission concluded that marriage "across essentially all societies and history has been defined as the union of a man and a woman," and that "marriage models both natural human sexuality and reproduction that commits to the health, safety, and welfare of both the individual and the community."
The commission spent the past 16 months hearing a broad a range of opinions in an effort to study all aspects of the same-sex "marriage" debate. It heard testimony from the nation's foremost experts on the subject of marriage, including Lavy, who offered his recommendations at a public hearing in Nashua on Aug. 29 and through written testimony submitted to the commission in September.
The commission acknowledged in the report that race is immutable and innate, unlike sexual "orientation," which may not be immutable or innate. The commission also pointed out that racial equality was made a civil right through the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the U.S. Constitution and that same-sex "marriage" has never been a fundamental constitutional right.
The commission's report can be read in its entirety at www.nhhousegop.com/Reports/legislative_reports.htm. Lavy's testimony to the commission is summarized on Page 45 of the executive summary (www.nhhousegop.com/Reports/ExecSumm-p26-50.pdf).
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Greetings Christians:
Canada Post has issued postage stamps depicting “The Nativity” this Christmas.
We encourage everyone to ask for them when you purchase stamps this Christmas Season.
You must ask for them as they are reluctant to serve them as reported by the
CWL. They will not have them again if
the demand is not there.
And, please ask for the “Nativity Scene” as there is also a stamp with a “Snowman” on it. If we fail to do it this year they will tell us next year that there was not enough demand for them to issue these stamps again. A thank you to Canada Post for issuing these stamps would be a good thing as well, and remember to wish them a “Merry Christmas
P.S. There are three different stamps with The Nativity, one each for Canada, the USA and International. The pictures of exquisitely crafted crèches are from the collection at St. Joseph's Oratory in Montreal.
> Subject: Pharmacists Rightly Concerned about Women’s
Health and Plan B
> Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 10:46:17 -0500
>
> Pharmacists Rightly Concerned about Women’s Health and Plan B
> LifeSiteNews.com staff
>
> TORONTO, December 2, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Guidelines from the Canadian
> Pharmacists Association advise pharmacists to collect a woman’s name,
> address, phone number and details about her sexual activity before they
> dispense the so-called “morning-after pill”. After Heath Canada made
> levonorgestral or Plan B an over the counter drug, the pharmacists
> association posted guidelines which suggested a screening of the patient.
>
> Women groups such as the Canadian Women’s Health Network are asking that
the
> drug
> be made available in grocery and variety stores in order to protect women’s
> privacy.
>
> “This drug is a double dose birth control pill which is a hazard to women’s
> health. Even the regular birth control pill causes blood clots and strokes,”
> said Jim Hughes, National President of Campaign Life Coalition (CLC).”The
> morning-after pill also prevents the newly conceived child from implanting
> in the uterus, resulting in the death of the child. Promoters are trying
to
> deceive the public into believing that this is not an abortifacient and
that
> it is safe for women.”
>
> “It would seem to me that women’s groups should be happy that pharmacists
> are more concerned about a woman’s health then their groups are. The
> pharmacists are very wise in taking these precautions for the dispensing
of
> such dangerous medication,” said Mary Ellen Douglas, National Organizer
for
> CLC. “If Health Canada and the women’s groups do not understand the risk
> that women are taking with these drugs, the pharmacists do and they
> are not about to be sued,” she continued.
>
Collection Of Informative 'Life Related' Sites Collated By Interest And Subject
For a collection of sites collated by interest and subject go to Jim Christian's web site http://takebackcanada.com you'll find what you are looking for all in one place.
O'Brien endorses Harper
By PATRICK MALONEY, FREE PRESS REPORTER
Only a week after helping to topple his former party, longtime London MP Pat O'Brien has given the Liberals another slap, saying arch-rival Stephen Harper could make a good prime minister.
The Conservative leader "could be quite a good prime minister, quite frankly," O'Brien said. "There's every reason to expect (that).
"It's certain that the current holder of that office has been a great disappointment to a great many people," he said, referring to Paul Martin.
O'Brien split from the Liberals in June after 12 years to sit as an independent in London-Fanshawe and retired from politics when Martin's Liberal minority fell last Monday.
But before leaving the federal arena, O'Brien voted with the opposition parties in last Monday's non-confidence vote that brought Martin's fragile minority government down, triggering the Jan. 23 election.
O'Brien stressed his support for Harper is based on one issue -- same-sex marriage, the very issue that led him to bolt from the Liberals when they voted in favour of it.
Harper said last week a Tory government would allow a free Commons vote on gay marriage -- and ban further gay unions if MPs decided to reinstate the traditional definition of marriage.
As an MP, O'Brien -- a former Catholic high school teacher and city council member -- was among Ottawa's most outspoken critics of changing the traditional definition of marriage.
While this campaign is the first in 12 years in which he hasn't run, O'Brien said it will likely be his busiest.
He will be touring Canada with Defend Marriage Canada, a lobby group he formed with another MP to discuss the marriage issue with voters before the Jan. 23 election.
"We've been very careful to be non-partisan in this whole thing," O'Brien said.
"We're going to express preference for candidates not on their party but on their (stance) on the traditional definition of marriage."
Days after the end of his political career, which began as a city councillor in 1982, O'Brien said he's left with mixed feelings about his time in Ottawa.
Though voting to topple the Liberal government last week was "easy," the reality that he's retiring while on the outs with his former party is difficult to take, he admitted.
"It was tough for me to recognize that the Liberal party had really left me," he said. "I call them the NDP Lite. The Liberal party has become way too Liberal on social issues.
"I would have never predicted that my own party would have gone so badly off the rails."
O'Brien, 57, isn't the first area Liberal to stray from the party after retirement.
Rex Crawford, who, like O'Brien, was a backbencher who often bucked the party line, backed the Tories in 2004 when he worked with Chatham-Kent-Essex Tory candidate Dave Van Kesteren.
Predicting a neck-and-neck election race, O'Brien said he hopes same-sex marriage remains a front-of-mind issue for voters across Canada.
"There's lots of the media who would like to say this issue's over," he said.
"This issue's not over.
"I give Stephen Harper great credit for making that clear."
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/National/2005/12/05/1337811-sun.html
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FYI:
Michael Izzotti, BSc (Pharm)
Coordinator, PFLI/Canada
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051111/birth_control_patch_051111/20051111?hub=TopStories
Fri. Nov. 11 2005 1:45 PM ET
Warning issued for birth-control patch
CTV.ca News Staff
Concerns are being raised about a popular birth control patch that exposes
women to more hormones than previously disclosed, possibly putting them at
risk of serious side effects.
On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to users
of the Ortho Evra birth control patch that the product exposes them to about
60 per cent more estrogen than typical birth control pills.
"Estrogen use is linked to blood clots in the legs and lungs and other
clotting problems such as strokes and heart attacks," the FDA said on its
website.
Until now, the patch's manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ortho
McNeil, had said that its product was associated with similar risks as the
pill. But they added a strongly re-worded warning to the patch label
Thursday.
Ortho Evra was the first skin patch approved for birth control and has been
sold in Canada since January 2004.
The patch releases ethinyl estradiol (an estrogen hormone) and
norelgestromin (a progestin hormone) and users change it every week.
Although the patch and most pills are loaded with the same amount of the
estrogen, hormones from the patches go directly into the bloodstream, while
pills are digested first, reducing much of the estrogen that eventually
enters the blood.
The Associated Press reports that patch users have been suffering blood
clots at a rate three times higher than women taking the pill.
AP also found that about a dozen U.S. women died in 2004 from blood clots
believed to be related to the patch, and dozens more survived strokes and
other clot-related problems.
As well, several lawsuits have been filed in the United States by families
of women who died or suffered blood clots while using the patch.
Ortho McNeil says it is not pulling the Ortho Evra patch from the market but
says it is conducting additional studies.
It adds that Ortho Evra is a safe and effective product when used according
to the product label, but notes that "there are risks associated with using
any type of hormonal birth control." Smoking increases the risk of
cardiovascular events, especially after the age of 35, it notes.
The FDA says that it is continuing to monitor safety reports for the
product. It also warns that users should not stop taking the patch if they
are risk of an unwanted pregnancy. Nor should they try to cut the patch or
alter it, since it may no longer protect against pregnancy.
"Women taking or considering using this product should work with their
health care providers to balance the potential risks related to increased
estrogen exposure against the risk of pregnancy," the agency says in a
statement on its website.
Halifax West Electoral District Association
Dear Fellow Conservatives:
For those of you whom I haven’t yet met, I am your Halifax West, Conservative
Party Candidate, Rakesh Khosla (my biography is attached). My wife Veena and
I have two sons, Peter and Paul and we have lived in Clayton Park since we arrived
in Canada twenty-nine years ago. We have lived, worked and educated our children
right here in Halifax.
However, I have never forgotten my homeland. After the tsunami devastated coastal areas of Southeast Asia in December 2004, I flew to India to visit my family and friends and to assist where I could in starting to rebuild in some of the hard hit areas. While there I realized the positive impact Canada has had on my family. I wanted to show my gratitude by giving back, and I realized the best way I could do that was by serving Canadians in our House of Commons; and I recognize the best way to serve the people of Halifax West is to seek out their needs and bring them forward to Ottawa.
STANDING UP FOR CANADA in Halifax West means:
* improving access to health care and offering choice in child care
* creating safer streets with more policing and sensible criminal sentences
* fairer and lower taxes, including opposing the death taxes, to help our seniors
preserve their lifetimes' worth of hard work
* defending our provincial and national interests in trade disputes
* eliminating waste, mismanagement and corruption in Ottawa by enacting tough
anti-corruption and accountability laws
* exempting hard-working families in east coast fisheries from Capital Gains
Tax when they transfer assets to the next generations
* implementing a national program to recognize the foreign credentials of new
Canadians
These are some of the more pressing issues I am committed to tackling. They
are issues that have been brought to my attention while talking with people
in their homes, at open houses, at neighbourhood BBQs, at Multicultural Association
meetings and at events marking the Year of the Veteran throughout Halifax West.
Through all of these meetings and events one consistent theme has emerged: Change
is long overdue!
I am working hard to win in the upcoming election. Now that we expect the election
to be called at any time, I need your support. To win, we need three things:
your vote, your time and your financial contribution. We need volunteers to
work on our team, whether it is making phone calls from your home, knocking
on doors, or stuffing envelopes, there is something for everybody. As well,
it takes a great deal of money to finance our plan for success. With your help,
I believe that TOGETHER WE CAN DO IT.
Please call me at 443-4257, email me at hfxwestcandidate@yahoo.ca or visit
our website at www.halifaxwestconservative.ca and let me know if you are able
to donate, work in the election, take lawn signs, or make calls. I would greatly
appreciate any help you can give.
Sincerely,
Rakesh
Rakesh Khosla
Secular Franciscan Order (SFO)
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