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Canadians wholeheartedly agree that women in abusive relationships require better laws to protect them from their violent partners. Nevertheless, Joyce Arthur ultimately abandons these same women at the expense of her pro-abortion ideology. She supports laws to punish men who kill pregnant women while targeting their children. But with what crime would someone be charged if they succeed in killing an unwanted unborn child, when the mother survives the attack?

Laws need to be accountable for the harm they cause and the intent behind them. Without foetal homicide laws, men will literally get away with murder, regardless of Ms. Arthur's obfuscation of the facts.

Today’s Family News
Canada may have a tough law on the books against so-called child-sex tourism – where men visit other countries just to have sex with children – but it is lagging behind other countries in enforcing the law.

As the Toronto Star reported, critics have noted that in the 10 years since Parliament passed this law, only one person has ever been convicted under it. Yet Australia and the United States “both have had dozens more arrests and convictions.”

“We have a lot of sex travelers who leave Canada to have sex with children abroad,” Paul Gillespie, vice-chair of the Kids’ Internet Safety Alliance, told the Star. “I don’t think Canada has any idea how bad the situation is with our predators. . . .”

Recently, University of British Columbia law professor Benjamin Perrin told the CBC that the two men arrested in the past month on charges of allegedly having had sex with young children in southeast Asian countries are just the latest among the 110 Canadians charged overseas in the last 10 years with similar crimes.

“That’s a significant problem,” said Perrin, who in 2000 founded The Future Group, an international organization that battles human trafficking and child-sex tourism. “Canada is contributing far more to the international sex trade problem than it is to the solution.”

In fact, child-sex tourism is just part of the larger global scourge of human trafficking, in which organized criminals enslave children and women mostly for sexual purposes.

“There are at least 27 million people trapped in various forms of slavery, and that is more people than were trafficked from Africa 400 years ago,” Jamie McIntosh, executive director of the Christian-led International Justice Mission Canada, told the National Post. “It’s snuffing out our brothers and sisters around the world.”

And yet, according to Perrin, “Canada has not convicted a single person of the offence of human trafficking, while the United States has successfully prosecuted hundreds.”

Manitoba Conservative MP Joy Smith is hoping to counter these embarrassing statistics with two private members’ bills she is currently preparing, the National Post reported.

One would make it illegal to transmit, distribute or advertise any information for the means of sexual exploitation, and especially information on how to exploit a child or where to do it. Those found guilty would face a maximum prison sentence of 15 years.

A second bill would require convicted pedophiles wanting to travel outside Canada following their release to let authorities know of their destination a week in advance and to report in within three days of their arrival.

“That’s admirable,” wrote Toronto Sun columnist Lorrie Goldstein, “but it would be better if Prime Minister Stephen Harper took over this issue and introduced the appropriate legislation as a Conservative government initiative.”

Meanwhile, a new report from The Future Group warns organizers of the 2010 Winter Olympics slated for Vancouver that such large international events typically result in an increase in prostitution-related human trafficking. It also suggests ways that authorities can combat the problem, the Vancouver Sun reported.

Today’s Family News
As of next September, parents in Quebec will have no choice but to send their children to a secularized “one-size-fits-all” course on moral education, the National Post reported.

Even private religious schools will be required to offer the course. Called Ethics and Religious Culture, which will give equal emphasis to Christianity, Judaism, aboriginal spirituality, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism.

Parents used to have the right to choose between classes on Catholic, Protestant and non-religious education for their children. But in 2005, Quebec’s National Assembly took away that right. That “reform” takes effect at the end of the current school year.

Many observers are worried that the course’s relativistic approach will make it even harder for parents with orthodox beliefs and teachers in faith-based schools to communicate their values to the next generation.

“Once you start teaching little children that Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza and occasionally Ramadan all come together and are all of equal value and authority – either that’s going to be the message or the message is going to be none of these things really matter – people who are committed to one of these celebrations are going to find it very difficult to teach their children,” Dr. Barry Levy, a specialist in Jewish studies at McGill University, told the National Post.

The course even encourages classroom discussion at the elementary-school level on other, non-religious observances that “define the sense and value of the human experience,” such as Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and birthdays.

“No European nation has ever taken such a radical direction, upending the convictions and religious freedom of citizens,” said Quebec City Archbishop Marc Cardinal Ouellet.

“The big challenge in my mind,” said Dr. Spencer Boudreau, an associate dean at McGill’s Faculty of Education, “is going to be the qualifications of the teachers to do a good job with this, because a lot of them don’t even know their own tradition very well. So how do you delicately present someone else’s?”

According to researchers at the Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute, the more preschool-age boys are exposed to television violence – and violent cartoons in particular – the more likely they are to act aggressively, be disobedient and get into trouble later in life.

What parents do not realize, lead researcher Dr. Dimitri Christakis told AFP, is that “preschool children don’t distinguish between fantasy and reality the way older children and adults do. To them it’s all very real.”

“Precisely because cartoon violence is intended to be funny and depicts violence without real consequence – even if people get blown up, they’re [blackened] for a second and then return to normal – it conveys the wrong messages about the effects of violence in the real world.”

The increased chances of bad behaviour later in life did not show up in the study in either preschool girls who watched violent TV shows nor in children who watched non-violent or educational programs.

“The take-home message to parents is that they have to be very mindful of what their children watch, and if they’re careful about it, there’s no harm in selective TV viewing,” Christakis said. “If they’re not, there really are risks in terms of children’s behaviour.”

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3. Congressional Briefing on Human Egg Trafficking – Wednesday November 14, 2007

Congressional Briefing on Human Egg Trafficking (view online)

Press Release

Jennifer Lahl, National Director, The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network, to address members of Congress on the health risks to young women egg donors. This bi-partisan briefing is co-sponsored by Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA) and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) For those in the DC who care to attend:

Ms. Lahl said, "The CBC has worked tirelessly on the issue of protecting women egg donors. As you may know, the procedure to harvest human eggs for in vitro fertilization and research purposes is an industry that is experiencing tremendous growth, due to increasing demands for women's eggs. Unfortunately, the procedures conducted on women to harvest the eggs can cause a multitude of side effects and even death. Currently, in the U.S., there are no requirements to monitor or track egg donation or harvesting, and there is no accountability in the field to any governmental or medical agency. We at the CBC seek to change this."

We hope to see you at this very important briefing. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact Karin Finkler (Rep. Pitts 225-2411) or Sarah Perz (Rep. Kaptur 225-4146). Thank you.

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The notorious pro-abort, Joyce Arthur replies to foetal protection. – Mary Ellen

Foetal homicide laws are not the answer – November 13, 2007

Margaret Somerville ("New life matters, Nov. 6) and others in these pages have called for legal recognition for foetuses when pregnant women are murdered, which has occurred five times in Canada since 2004. The victims and families of such horrific tragedies deserve our deepest sympathy. However, creating a "foetal homicide" law that would allow murder charges to be laid for the death of a foetus would be an unconstitutional infringement on women's rights, and would likely result in harms against pregnant women.

When pregnant women are assaulted or killed, it's a domestic violence issue and it's well known that violence against women increases during pregnancy. What we need are better measures to protect women in general, and pregnant women in particular, from domestic violence. A "foetal homicide" law would completely sidestep the issue of domestic abuse and do nothing to protect pregnant women.

Canadian women have guaranteed rights and equality, while foetuses do not. Legally speaking, it would be extremely difficult to justify compromising women's established rights in favour of the theoretical rights of foetuses. The Supreme Court has ruled (in Dobson vs. Dobson, 1999) that a woman and her foetus are considered "physically one" person under the law. Separating a woman from her foetus under the law creates a harmful, adversarial relationship between a woman and her foetus. For example, if pregnant women are threatened with arrest for abusing drugs, they are less likely to seek pre-natal care.

Other than the victims' families, those calling for a "foetal homicide" law are almost exclusively anti-abortion advocates. Their intent is not to protect pregnant women, but to give foetuses a form of legal personhood that can be used to criminalize abortion. Most Canadians probably aren't aware of the hidden agenda against abortion behind the promotion of "foetal homicide" laws. They might also be less willing to support such a law if they understood its real effects. Here, we can look to the United States for evidence.

Thirty-seven states have enacted "foetal homicide" laws, which make it a crime to cause harm to a foetus. Most of these laws give a foetus its own legal rights. In practice, these laws punish pregnant women, compromise women's rights in general and fail to reduce domestic violence. Not only do these laws imperil abortion rights by giving personhood and rights to foetuses, but they target all pregnant women, including those trying to have a baby.

Under state "foetal homicide" laws pregnant women are more likely to be punished for behaviours and conditions that are not criminalized for other people, such as drug or alcohol abuse. Women have also been charged or jailed for murder for experiencing a stillbirth after refusing a Caesarean section. Some states have proposed punishing pregnant women in abusive relationships who are unable to leave their batterers, and desperate women who resort to unsafe self-abortions. The worst offender is South Carolina, where dozens of pregnant women with drug abuse problems have been arrested under foetal protection laws, even though they had virtually no access to drug treatment programs.

In the U.S., pregnant women have been arrested even under foetal protection laws that exempt the pregnant woman herself from prosecution. That's because a law that recognizes foetal rights creates a confusing legal contradiction. If a foetus has the right not to be "murdered" in the womb by a third party, why doesn't it have the right not to be "murdered" by its own mother? In practice, these contradictory laws create a dangerous slippery slope towards criminalizing pregnant women for their behaviours while pregnant.

What can we do to achieve justice when pregnant women are tragically murdered? In Canada, the judicial system routinely takes aggravating circumstances into account. In the case of an assault or murder of a pregnant woman, even though a third party cannot be charged separately with harm to the foetus, prosecutors may recommend more serious charges, judges may impose harsher penalties and parole boards may deny parole to convicted perpetrators.

A new law could perhaps codify such practices. Thirteen U.S. states have laws that simply apply stiffer punishments for murdering a pregnant woman, but do not make the death of the foetus a separate crime. Such a solution would avoid the controversy about giving rights to foetuses or interfering with abortion rights, and would ensure that women do not lose their rights while they are pregnant. In the end, the best way to protect foetuses is to guarantee full rights for pregnant women, including their right to be safe from domestic violence.

5. Good News, Socialists finally booted out of Saskatchewan – November 9, 2007

National Post

'Everybody loses": That was the NDP's warning to Saskatchewan voters in the waning days of that province's election campaign, which ended on Wednesday. Vote for the right-of-centre Saskatchewan Party and everyone - unions, Crown corporations, students, working families and hospital patients - would lose. It was a rhetorical strategy that helped keep the NDP in power in 2003, but this time it fell flat. A majority of voters chose the Saskatchewan Party, electing it in 37 of 58 ridings. The win likely marks a new era in the suddenly booming prairie province.

Gone, we would hope, along with the NDP, is Saskatchewan's insularity. The cradle of Canada's socialized health care system, the province was also the first in the country to legislate against land ownership by non-residents, even other Canadians. It was among the first jurisdictions to give preference in government contracting to in-province companies. And one of the first to adopt a bizarre labour code that demanded that even on non-union worksites a percentage of workers must come from union hiring halls.

All of this inward thinking over the past three decades has stunted the province's economic growth. While the recent oil and natural gas boom has helped Saskatchewan grow faster than the national average in three of the past four years, the province still has great untapped potential as a location for high tech, service and manufacturer companies -- if only its residents could get past the notion that all outsiders want to do is exploit the province and take their profits elsewhere.

Adult Stem Cells Produce Insulin: In the journal, Cell Proliferation, June 2007, Texas researchers report that they have engineered adult stem cells from human umbilical cord blood to produce insulin. This is another breakthrough but obviously still needs much more research.

Adult Stem Cells Help Type I Diabetes: Here is another study showing that adult stem cells have more potential than embryonic stem cells to help diabetes. University of Florida researchers used umbilical cord blood to help children newly diagnosed with Type I diabetes. Such adult stem cell transfusions were beneficial. Continuing study must be done to see if the curative results are permanent. We note that to date, there has been no study in humans using embryonic stem cells to treat diabetes or any other condition for that matter.

Adult stem cells planted on the surface of a man's eyes in a corneal patch have restored a man's vision in Australia. – Jerry Novotny, omi

Thought: Disposable Children? "The so-called right to abortion has pitted mothers against their children and women against men. It has sown violence and discord at the heart of the most intimate human relationships...It has portrayed the greatest of gifts - a child - as a competitor, an intrusion, and an inconvenience. It has nominally accorded mothers unfettered dominion over the independent lives of their physically dependent sons and daughters...The right to life does not depend, and must not be declared to be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or a sovereign." - Mother Theresa 1994

Table Of Contents:
1. Maltese Overwhelmingly Reject Dutch Abortion Ship
2. Stem Cell Growth 'May Help Hip Replacements'
3. Adult Stem Cells Still Trump Embryonic
4. Back Off! I'm Not Dead Yet.
5. Ban On 'Mom' And 'Dad' Sparks Call For Exodus
6. World Congress Of Families Appalled By California Gender Indoctrination Law
7. Debate Flies Over 'Sex Play' In Kindergartens
8. What About The Children? =D1 Is Religion Child Abuse?
9. Prostitution: Legal Work Or Slavery?
10. Nurses 'Should Perform Abortions'
11. Love Isn't Enough: 5 Reasons Why Same-Sex Marriage Will Harm Children

Focus On Asia: "Malaysia: Foreign workers not allowed to change employers." Foreign workers who are not happy with their bosses have to go home and cannot opt to change employers, Immigration Department enforcement director Datuk Ishak Mohamed said. Ishak said 799 Bangladeshi workers came to Kuala Lumpur from Muar in Johor, Ishak in 25 buses on Oct 9 and had asked for a change of their employers. They refused to eat unless their demands were satisfied.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=3D/2007/10/15/nation/20071015173 807&sec=3Dnation

Item #1. Maltese Overwhelmingly Reject Dutch Abortion Ship
Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, a Dutch abortionist and activist was met with protests when she arrived in the Maltese capital of Valletta October 10 to deliver a lecture titled, "The Right to a Dignified Motherhood: The Crucial Abortion Issue." A Maltese correspondent with LifeSiteNews.com said that the visit was met with "an overwhelming opposing reception."

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View full text at telegraph.co.uk:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=3D/earth/2007/10/16/scistem116.xml

Item #3. Adult Stem Cells Still Trump Embryonic
Martin Evans, last week awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine, is rethinking his retirement plans. The discovery of embryonic stem cells in mice was groundbreaking, but creating "knock-out" mice to isolate and identify particular genes earned him and his colleagues the career-crowning prize. When the beaming "father" of stem cell research proclaims, "We will have the therapeutic medicine without the embryos. And it's not a matter of if, but when," one wonders why he seems not to acknowledge that there are already existing stem cell cures and therapies for an impressive number of conditions, including sickle cell anaemia, and various cancers... without the embryos.

View full text at washingtonpost.com:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/12/AR2007101201882_pf.html

Item #5. Ban On 'Mom' And 'Dad' Sparks Call For Exodus
"The so-called 'public schools' are no longer a safe emotional environment for children. Under the new law, schoolchildren as young as kindergarten will be sexually indoctrinated and introduced to homosexuality, bisexuality, and trans-sexuality, over the protests of parents, teachers and even school districts," he said.

View full text at WorldNetDaily: http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=3D58154

Item #6. World Congress Of Families Appalled By California Gender Indoctrination Law
Teachers and students who oppose same-sex marriage, who suggest that homosexuality isn't innate, or who express disapproval of cross-dressing or sex-change operations could be disciplined as "harassers." Unbelievably, the law even allows students to use the restrooms and locker rooms of the opposite sex if they identify with that gender.

See the full article at Christian Newswire: http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/954044508.html

Item #7. Debate Flies Over 'Sex Play' In Kindergartens
Norwegians woke up Tuesday morning to news that a respected Oslo pre-school teacher, backed by child psychologists, thinks children should be allowed to openly express their own sexuality, not least through sex play and games in the local day care centers known as 'barnehager', or kindergartens. Children, she said, should be able "to look at each other and examine each other's bodies. They can play doctor, play mother and father, dance naked and masturbate.

Full Article at Aftenposten: http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2050710.ece

Item #8. What About The Children? =D1 Is Religion Child Abuse?
Embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) is a hot topic in public debate once again. Within the past few years, some states, most notably California, have allocated public funds for this research. The U.S. Congress and Senate recently passed S. 5, the "Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act" of 2007. This act would open up federal funding for research that destroys human embryos, but I argue in this article that federal regulations logically provide protection of the human embryo against destructive research.

Full Article at LifeIssues.net: http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/nap/nap_02humanembryos.html

Item #9. Prostitution: Legal Work Or Slavery?
Legalizing prostitution is under debate in a number of countries. Hungary recently decided to legalize it, apparently in part due to the government's desires to exact revenue from an activity they calculate could generate around $1 billion a year, reported the Associated Press, Sept. 24. Bulgaria, however, took a step in the opposite direction, reversing a plan to legalize prostitution, according to the New York Times, Oct. 6.

"We should be very definite in saying that selling flesh is a crime," Rumen Petkov, the interior minister, said during a recent forum on human trafficking, the article reported. The New York Times also commented that last year, Finland made it illegal to buy sex from women brought in by traffickers, while Norway is reportedly planning on imposing a complete ban on purchasing sex.

View entire text at LifeIssues.net: http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/val/val_31commonsense.html

Item #10. Nurses 'Should Perform Abortions'
Britain's nurses are calling for the law on abortion to be changed so that they can perform terminations on women in the early stages of pregnancy. Their request comes as Channel 4 prepares to broadcast footage taken during the abortion of a 16-week-old foetus for the first time on British TV. The scenes in Wednesday's Dispatches documentary will fuel the growing debate on abortion, which Parliament is preparing to review for the first time since 1990.

View entire text at Guardian: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2190841,00.html

Item #11. Love Isn't Enough: 5 Reasons Why Same-Sex Marriage Will Harm Children
Proponents of same-sex marriage believe the only thing children really need is love. Based on that supposition, they conclude it's just as good for children to be raised by loving parents of the same sex, as it is to be raised by loving parents of the opposite sex. Unfortunately, that basic assumption – and all that flows from it – isn't true. Because love isn't enough!

Get Involved:
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2. Pray Daily: for the courage to be God's presence in society and strongly support those who are deemed "unworthy of life". "If My people who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14
3. Be Involved: "Journey for Life into the Heart of Asia" is a project, which appeals for donations to help finance travel expenses for talks to developing countries in Asia. Strong focus is placed on reaching Asian Catholic Major Seminaries, Schools and Family related groups. A series of lectures places emphasis on "The Asian Family at Crossroads: Trends and Challenges". For inquires about no-cost Pro Life Talks to your group within Asia: contact Fr. Jerry at jerry@star.quolia.com . To become a supportive Missionary participant for Human Life in Asia, kindly send your donations directly to: Fr. Jerry Novotny, OMI; LifeIssues.net, Editor; Akebono-cho 1-15-9; Kochi City, Japan, 780-8072; (or transfer donation directly to ProLife bank account: Jerome Novotny, Shikoku Bank, Asakura Branch, No. 102-1-0080824)

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Rwanda Population Control: Rwanda has 8.8 million people with an average fertility rate of six children per woman. The government has announced a campaign to promote family planning in order to hold down the population growth.

Ireland, Ulster Will Stay Pro-life: The Westminster government in the UK has assured Northern Ireland that there are no plans to extend the pro-abortion law into that area. We note that both North and South Ireland are strongly pro-life. In fact, the Presbyterians in the North are probably more vigorously so than the Catholics in the South. – Jerry Novotny, omi

Thought: Clear Teaching – "We need to continue to teach clearly and help other Catholic leaders to teach clearly on our unequivocal commitment to the legal protection of human life from the moment of conception until natural death. Our teaching on human life and dignity should be reflected in our parishes and our educational, health care and human service ministries. We need to do more to persuade all people that human life is precious and human dignity must be defended. This requires more effective dialogue and engagement with all public officials, especially Catholic public officials. We welcome conversation initiated by political leaders themselves." – United States Catholic Bishops, June 18, 2004

Table Of Contents:
1. There Is No Such Cell As A Human Embryonic Stem Cell – At Least, Not Yet.
2. Centre Offers Dignity In Death
3. UK Scientists Debate Whether 24-Week Limit On Abortions Is Too Long
4. Former British Abortion Practitioner Pleads For Late-Term Abortion Ban
5. Mercy Killing: A Reasonable Request Or Murder?
6. Lab Suspends DNA Pioneer Watson
7. NHS Nurses Given Power To End A Life Under Controversial New Guidelines
8. Whatever Happened To Common Sense At The End Of Life?
9. More 15-Year-Old Girls Seeking Contraception
10. HLI Condemns Action Of NI Governor And State Senator As 'Tyranny'
11. More Than 21,000 Prescriptions For Morning-After Pill Last Year For British Girls Under 16.
12. Why Is Chastity Important To The Christian Life?

Focus On Asia: Boycott Beijing Olympics to free Myanmar – Friends write to me from Burma: "Help us! It's a question of life or death!” One of them who is well informed writes to me from Yangon: "Economic sanctions against Burma mean nothing, because the regime can still crush the people whenever and however it wants. It has decimated the only force of opposition the Buddhist monks and it can import and export all that it needs from China: its capital is drawn above all from trade in opium, gas and petrol. It something is not done on an international level soon that can free us from this slavery then, within a few months everything will go back to the way it was before! For us, the slaves of the times, it seems that the only option is to boycott the Chinese Olympics. We believe that it is the only threat that can bring China and the Burmese regime to listen to the people and give us freedom which is our right!"
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=10566&size=A

Item #1. There Is No Such Cell As A Human Embryonic Stem Cell – At Least, Not Yet.
The promotion of using early human embryos as "stem cells" or to obtain so-called "stem cells" has led to the public debate over obtaining these wrongfully labelled blastomeres by killing human embryos; in fact, killing human life. Thus, to buttress the arguments for using early human blastomeres, for example, the many spare embryos preserved in IVF laboratories, stem cell research advocates have reduced the significance and value of human life to somewhat ridiculous levels, such as the small size of the early human embryo, or, as some pundits claim, that life does not exist unless the embryo is implanted in the uterus. Such claims have no scientific merit... The tenets of human embryology should be publicly endorsed. Political parsing of those tenets has been rampant and happening all too frequently for many years. But that is separate and apart from the scientific truths which are taught to all of our medical students by lecture and text. It is time to reclaim those tenets before it becomes too late."

Item #2. Centre Offers Dignity In Death
Comment: In the early 90's Dr John F Scott took me on a tour of his palliative care ward in Elisabeth Bruyre Health Centre. I was very impressed. It's good to know the goals he set out for that centre are still being met. Still Scott was already then very concerned that "the term, palliative care, will be "hijacked" by the euthanasia lobby." Scott said, "Unless we issue a strong challenge, palliative care may soon become a euphemism or synonym for choosing death, thus making a mockery of its origin as the active alternative to euthanasia." - Cheryl, CHN View full text at Ottawacitizen.com: http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/business/story.html?id=75e0789c-73d7-4df9-b66f-9c334811321e&p=2

Item #3. UK Scientists Debate Whether 24-Week Limit On Abortions Is Too Long Scientists in England are debating whether the 24-week limit on doing abortions is too long and goes into the time period during which unborn children are considered viable. Some doctors are saying babies can survive at that time period and shouldn't become victims of abortions.

Item #4. Former British Abortion Practitioner Pleads For Late-Term Abortion Ban
A former British abortion practitioner is pleading with members of parliament to ban late-term abortions there. Professor Stuart Campbell revealed Tuesday how doing late-term abortions haunted him because the unborn baby is so well developed and he wants abortions prohibited after 20 weeks into pregnancy.

Item #5. Mercy Killing: A Reasonable Request Or Murder?
Euthanasia, sometimes called mercy killing. The very words conjure up emotional visions of desperate parents and children, caring for a loved one or the spectre of Dr. Jack Kervorkian and his suicide machine.

Comment: Note "Sources: Right To Die Society and Canadian government." CityNews gives a direct link to RTD – typical! It's as if no opposition exists. Time to write more letters! BTW Dr Genereux was the first doctor in North America to be convicted of assisting a suicide. When he committed the offences, Dr. Genereux had already been found guilty of sexual misconduct and was practicing medicine under the following restrictions: that he receive psychotherapy and that he not be alone with patients during examinations. Cheryl, CHN

Item #6. Lab Suspends DNA Pioneer Watson
There's a big story in Oregon, but you wouldn't know it from the amount of coverage it is getting. Dr Watson has drawn severe criticism over remarks he made in a British newspaper at the weekend. In the interview, he was quoted as saying Africans were less intelligent than Europeans. The Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory had already distanced itself from the scientist's comments but its trustee board has also now suspended him. A statement from the Long Island, New York, institution said the action was being taken "pending further deliberation by the board".

Unreserved apology: Dr Watson was due to give a lecture at the Science Museum in London on Friday as part of a book tour. But the museum cancelled the event, saying the scientist had gone beyond the point of acceptable debate.

Item #7. NHS Nurses Given Power To End A Life Under Controversial New Guidelines Nurses will be able to decide that a dying patient should not be resuscitated under controversial new guidelines. Until now, only GPs and consultants could say whether there was any point in continuing efforts to save a life. But guidance issued last night by the British Medical Association will allow 'suitably experienced nurses' to make this crucial decision.

Comment: It's becoming painfully obvious that the big nursing organizations – both in the US and abroad – will not forcefully uphold ethical standards that protect both the nurses and the general public. Here in the US, we have the National Assn. of Prolife Nurses (www.nursesforlife.org) I would encourage all nurses to join organizations like this. By the way, several years ago, there was a case of several Austrian nurses accused of euthanasia. The authorities said that, at first, the nurses killed the patients that they felt sorry for but later killed the patients that caused the most trouble. A cautionary tale, indeed. – Nancy Valko, RN

Item #8. Whatever Happened To Common Sense At The End Of Life?
Withdrawal of treatment, "living wills", terminal sedation, assisted suicide, organ donation, etc. Currently, it's virtually impossible to escape all the death talk in the media and elsewhere. For example, if you are admitted to a hospital for almost any reason, you or your relatives will be asked if you have or would like information about documents formalizing your "end-of-life" choices.

But despite all the hype, not every situation involving end-of-life issues has to involve wrestling with big ethical dilemmas. Many times, there are relatively simple considerations or strategies that actually used to be commonly employed until the introduction of the so-called "right to die". Accurate information, common sense and a good understanding of ethical principles can cut through the "right-to-die" fog and make a person's last stage of life as good as possible both for the person and his or her family.

Item #9. More 15-Year-Old Girls Seeking Contraception
More than 80,000 girls aged 13 to 16 attended contraception clinics in Britain last year. The proportion of under 16s seeking advice has risen from six percent to 8.5% over the last decade. Mr Mike Judge of the Christian Institute said that children had been let down by not being empowered to delay sexual activity.

Item #10. HLI Condemns Action Of NI Governor And State Senator As 'Tyranny'
The Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, STL, president of Human Life International, (HLI) today said, "When a state rejects the protection of individual consciences, that state loses its soul." Father Euteneuer was commenting on a New Jersey law sponsored by state Senator Joseph Vitale and signed into law by Governor Jon Corzine that effectively forces pharmacists in that state to violate their consciences by filling prescriptions for abortifacient\abortion-causing\contraception.

"In a free society, the rights of conscience are recognized. When the state abrogates those rights forcing citizens to violate their consciences as a condition for employment, then that state is no longer a free society," said Father Euteneuer.

Item #11. More Than 21,000 Prescriptions For Morning-After Pill Last Year For British Girls Under 16.
Almost one in six 15-year-old girls were given contraception last year, despite being too young to legally have sex. Recent figures show that 50,000 girls aged 15 attended contraception clinics in 2006-07, along with another 31,000 aged 13 or 14. There has been a rise in girls seeking advice in the past decade. In 1995-96, six per cent of those aged 15 and under attended contraception clinics, compared with 8.5 per cent in 2006-07.

Item #12. Why Is Chastity Important To The Christian Life?
Why is chastity so unpopular? And why does God seem to care so much about it?

Get Involved:
1. Be Informed: "My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge." Hosea 4:6. Go to Lifeissues.net: http://www.lifeissues.net.
2. Pray Daily: for the courage to be God's presence in society and strongly support those who are deemed "unworthy of life". "If My people who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14
3. Be Involved: "Journey for Life into the Heart of Asia" is a project, which appeals for donations to help finance travel expenses for talks to developing countries in Asia. Strong focus is placed on reaching Asian Catholic Major Seminaries, Schools and Family related groups. A series of lectures places emphasis on "The Asian Family at Crossroads: Trends and Challenges". For inquires about no-cost Pro Life Talks to your group within Asia: contact Fr. Jerry at jerry@star.quolia.com . To become a supportive Missionary participant for Human Life in Asia, kindly send your donations directly to:
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Contact Editor: Jerry Novotny, OMI; Akebono-cho 1-15-9; Kochi City, Japan, 780-8072; Tel/Fax: 088-843-0406; E-Mail:jerry@lifeissues.net

8. MUN For LIFE President Acclaimed To Serve On MUNSU Board Of Directors – Thursday, November 08, 2007

Patrick Hanlon, pro-life leader and Memorial University of Newfoundland Students for LIFE (MUN for LIFE) President, was acclaimed to serve on the officially pro-choice MUN Students' Union Board of Directors (MUNSU) as an Arts Representative. MUNSU had a number of vacancies, so it planned to hold a by-election following the close of nominations on October 19, 2007. Hanlon submitted his nomination papers and no body ran against him. His acclamation, along with others, was ratified by MUNSU at its regular meeting on November 7.

Patrick Hanlon believes that all students should have representation on MUNSU and be treated equitably and respectfully by their union. However, there are concerns that MUNSU is not representing all students. This is due to the fact that MUSNU has adopted the Canadian Federation of Students position on abortion, despite the contrary opinions of many MUN students. MUNSU's mandate should be to attempt to represent all different opinions on campus and not take the position of a political organization. As a result of this political position, pro-life students have been denied their right to organize as a group and have free speech under the banner of MUN for LIFE. These students have also been on the receiving end of unsubstantiated slanderous allegations from MUNSU officials.

Since MUNSU denied MUN for LIFE ratification at its September 26, 2007 meeting, both pro-life and anti-life (pro-choice) students have been expressing their displeasure at MUNSU for signalling the death of free speech on a university campus. MUN for LIFE has extended multiple invitations to MUNSU's directors to meet with its President to discuss its ratification, unfortunately all declined. MUN for LIFE has also attempted to reconcile this situation by attending MUNSU meetings, speaking with permission, and seeking consolation, unfortunately MUNSU's directors declined once again.

Upon being acclaimed, Hanlon said, "I like to think of the old adage 'If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.' But that does not apply in this case. This conflict is not resolved. There is more to come. We, MUN for LIFE will continue our struggle for fair and equal treatment by MUNSU. We can not rest while babies are dying and women are hurting. I am now in an interesting position to lobby on behalf of MUN for LIFE, and all other students not currently represented by MUNSU"

At the November 7 MUNSU meeting Patrick Hanlon gave notice that at the November 14 he intends to table a motion to reconsider the September 26 denial of MUN for LIFE's application for ratification. Hanlon hopes that MUNSU will take this opportunity to reserve the precedent setting decision to discriminate against someone, and deny them their right to free speech, because of their political opinions.

For further information for commentary contact: Patrick Hanlon; (709) 579-1500; MUNforLIFE@gmail.com.

MUNforLIFE@gmail.com; Phone: (709) 579-1500 or 877-997-LIFE; Fax: (709) 579-3818; P.O. Box 5427; St. John's, NL A1C 5W2

Human life begins at conception; the right to life is a fundamental human right, and all other rights depend on it; and all human beings share this right equally from conception to natural death.

The university should be a place for open dialogue and freedom of speech. It is a place where the ideas and values of our society take root. Therefore, MUN for LIFE has a duty and a right to be an active group on campus.

9. New Life Matters By Margaret Somerville, National Post – November 6, 2007

In the past three years, at least five pregnant women, along with their babies, have been killed in Canada in violent attacks. The most recent occurred last month in Toronto. Pregnant women are at increased risk of domestic violence. The sense of abhorrence this elicits, especially when the violence is lethal, is magnified because of the loss of the foetus. Yet, at present, it is not a separate crime when a foetus is killed or injured. This should change. A just-released Environics poll asking if killing or injuring a foetus should be a crime found that 75% of Canadian women and 68% of men would support a foetal protection law (the level of support amongst all Canadians was 72%). The same poll found that, overall, 62% of Canadians support legal protection of the unborn child at some point before viability. (The Canadian Medical Association guidelines define foetal viability – the possibility that the foetus can survive outside its mother's womb – to be 20 weeks gestation and/or 500g in weight.)

In short, many Canadians' moral intuition is that "there ought to be a law" – or laws – protecting foetuses from some harms, although we don't all agree on what those laws should be, especially in the context of abortion. Presently in Canada, there is no express abortion law.

The Supreme Court of Canada has consistently ruled that under our current law the foetus does not exist as a protectable human being, and the Criminal Code holds that a child becomes a human being for the purposes of a homicide offence only after it is born alive. This means that criminal liability specifically for the wrong of killing a foetus in the course of a criminal act cannot at present be imposed. Only the wrong to the mother is legally cognizable.

Proposals for an Unborn Victims of Crime Act are adamantly opposed by pro-choice abortion advocates, for fear that any legal recognition of the foetus will lead to the re-criminalization of abortion. They accuse pro-life supporters of promoting such legislation as a back-door means to prohibit abortion. It's true that such a law could cause us to view the foetus and, therefore, abortion differently. But wilful blindness is not an ethical approach to dealing with abortion.

Seeing the foetus as an unborn victim of crime strips away the medical cloak that abortion places on the taking of its life, a cloak that dulls our moral intuition as to what is involved. It causes us to see the foetus as what it is, an early human life. Those who support abortion must be able to square that fact with their belief that abortion is ethical in certain circumstances.

Abortion is always a moral and ethical issue. That does not mean, however, that it should always be a legal issue. But neither should it never be a legal issue as is presently the case.

As the legal void highlighted by the tragic murders of pregnant women show, we need to re-think our overall approach to the law relating to prebirth human life, including in relation to abortion. And we should do this within a context that promotes informed consent for women and the recognition of foetal pain.

Informed-consent law requires that a woman be given certain information if her consent to abortion is to be legally valid. In particular, the woman must be given information about the mental and physical health risks abortion poses.

A "Foetal Pain Awareness Act," similar to those some American states have enacted, could require a physician to inform the woman, before performing an abortion, that scientific evidence suggests that after 20 weeks gestation the foetus can feel pain. Furthermore, she would have to be offered anaesthesia for the foetus, which it would be her choice to take or decline. This type of law would not prohibit abortion; rather, its goal is to try to prevent the foetus from dying in excruciating pain.

After all, even jurisdictions that allow capital punishment prohibit certain forms of it on the grounds that they are cruel. Likewise, we have criminal laws that protect animals from brutal treatment.

The foetus is a new human life. That matters ethically, and should matter legally. An Unborn Victims of Crime law would recognize that in one particular situation. What law should govern abortion is a separate issue that raises some different considerations, but having no law is not a neutral stance. It contravenes values that form part of the bedrock of Canadian society.

Margaret Somerville is an ethicist at McGill University and author of The Ethical Imagination: Journeys of the Human Spirit.

10. October Workshop On Euthanasia And Assisted Suicide Electronic Format – November 15, 2007

http://www.colf.ca/mamboshop/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=164&Itemid=89
New! Life in the Balance: Workshop on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

October 2007

Available only in electronic format.

Can be printed freely and widely distributed for non-commercial purposes.

For the past several years, the issue of euthanasia and assisted suicide has regularly resurfaced in Canadian society. Each time, as in other countries, ours is confronted by a public debate on the legalization of these disturbing practices.

Called to be salt and light of the world, Catholics have the responsibility of formulating an enlightened opinion on this subject. It is our conscience that communicates to us the values written by God on our hearts. The teachings of the Church confirm these truths which God has made known to us, while our reason discerns what must be done to live together in a free, just and peaceful society.

We know that the right to life underpins all our other rights. We also know that respect for life and for the inherent and inalienable dignity and worth of each human person, from conception to natural death, is a fundamental element of our Christian faith. This respect is essential for living in society. An important challenge now awaits each of us: to propose our Gospel vision of things to our fellow citizens – in our families, among friends, at work, and in political life.

This guide will be useful in organizing workshops in various environments, including parishes, schools, universities, hospitals, faith-sharing groups, retreats, youth groups, lecture and study groups, local lay organizations, ministry formation programs, the conferences of national associations, or even within families and among friends. The workshop is formulated for those who are at least 15 years old.

The workshop guide aims to contribute to the reflection on:

Respect for human life, which is a gift from God, until its very final moments;
The true meaning of “dying with dignity;”
The importance of accompanying the suffering and the dying, and of establishing services appropriate to their condition, that they may die with true dignity;
The personal responsibility of each baptized person to get involved in the public debate;
The need for challenging our elected officials so that their legislation will respect human life, and;
The urgency of promoting our fundamental human and Christian values.

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Cheryl Eckstein
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V) Could this Bill Trigger an Election?
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“Our Government immediately reintroduced these measures with a single, comprehensive, ‘Tackling Crime’ bill aimed to better protect youth from sexual predators, protect society from dangerous offenders, get serious with drug-impaired drivers and toughen sentencing and bail for those who commit gun crimes.”

If you ever wondered if you can make a difference by speaking out to your elected officials, wonder no longer.

The age of protection bill made its way back to Parliament this fall in the Speech from the Throne and as part of the second Government bill brought forward this session, Bill C-2.

We send our sincere thanks to the thousands of you who spoke out to your MPs, and the Party Leaders in support of reinstating this critical child protection bill.

The good news is that the bill passed 2 nd reading on October 26 in the House and will begin Justice Committee hearings Wednesday, November 14.

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Let your MP know of your support for C-2 and ask for his or her party’s cooperation in passing this critical child protection and justice bill.

II) Tackling Violent Crimes Act (Bill C-2)
In the last parliamentary session, several of the government’s justice bills, including age of protection, were stalled in the committee stage before the Commons or Senate and died on the order paper when the Conservatives prorogued Parliament September 4.

Justice Minister Rob Nicholson combined five of these justice bills into one comprehensive omnibus bill, Tackling Violent Crimes Act (Bill C-2).

III) What’s in C-2?
Bill C-2 is comprised of these five bills from the previous session:

C-10 (Mandatory Minimum Penalties for Firearms Offences)
Imposing mandatory jail time for serious gun crimes

C-22 (Age of Protection)
Increasing the age of consent for sexual activity from 14 – 16 years.

C-27 (Dangerous Offenders)
Ensuring that high-risk and dangerous offenders face tougher consequences when they are sentenced and kept better track of to prevent them from offending again and again.

C-35 (Reverse Onus on Bail for Firearms Offences)
Enforcing tougher bail rules when a gun is used to commit a crime.

IV) Will the Other Parties Support It?
While four of these five bills had fairly good support from the other parties in the last session of Parliament, after they were amended, one of the bills regarding dangerous offenders had mixed support.

In an effort to ease C-2’s passage, the Conservatives included in four of the revived bills all of the compromises made with the opposition parties during the previous session.

Nevertheless, the opposition parties have pledged to push for what they call minor amendments on the fifth bill, regarding provisions for dangerous offenders.

V) Could this Bill Trigger an Election?
“If they have a problem with the area on dangerous offenders, and that’s the hill they want to die on – standing up for dangerous offenders in this country – that’s their decision.”

Mr. Nicholson said the Tackling Violent Crime Bill would be considered a confidence bill, meaning the government will fall if the bill doesn’t pass third reading.

According to the Globe and Mail, “Mr. Harper had insisted that any change [to the bill] would force an election, but the crime bill will first have to wind its way through a legislative committee before the parties have to decide whether to force a showdown over relatively small points of disagreement.”

VI) Happening Now! C-2 Justice Committee Hearings
The Justice Committee will be carrying out witness hearings beginning November 14 and continuing for the next few weeks.

Scheduled to appear thus far are the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, the John Howard Society, Canadian Bar Association, senior officials from the Department of Justice, a professor from McGill Law, and an emeritus professor of Criminology from Montreal University.

VII) Rick Dykstra Replaces Art Hanger as Justice Chair
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Mr. Dykstra replaces Art Hanger (Conservative MP, Calgary Northeast) who has recently announced that he will be retiring come the next election.

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That's what some children may soon be telling – or not telling – their parents, encouraged by the movie "The Golden Compass," starring Nicole Kidman, which opens Dec. 7. Chances are your child's friends will be rushing to see it, but parents: beware.

In this movie, every human has a personal "daemon" (pronounced, yes, "dee-mon"), and on the film's official website, you can "Meet Your Daemon," which happens after one answers a questionnaire. The site explains that these daemons take the form of an animal and represent a person's soul living outside one's body.

And that's just for starters. As the pagan worldview continues, much of action in the film centers around a golden compass, which is a tool of divination. Only the girl heroine, Lyra, knows how to interpret its mysterious signs and symbols. A colourful representation of this device is featured on the film's website to further intrigue our youngsters, and plans are in the works for a toy replica. Soon, adoring fans can be seers right in their own bedrooms.

This lavish production has Oscar written all over it. Based on the novel by Philip Pullman, "The Golden Compass" is an epic of global power struggles with hostility toward Christianity at the center. Pullman has been quoted in interviews as saying he is an atheist, but that label is highly misleading. There is spirituality here, and it's as blatantly occult as it gets.

Pullman's tales combine clever plots grounded in dark nihilism with a default pagan cosmology. Everyone believes in something, and Pullman does, too, whether he will admit it or not. The plot revolves around spiritism, magical thinking, mysterious visions, parallel worlds, and yet as always with pagan beliefs, they come off as glitteringly empty. The lonely hopelessness of the child characters in the book made me want to jump off a cliff, and that's a researching adult's reaction. How would a vulnerable child feel?

The main character, Lyra, is a neglected pre-teen girl (played in the movie by Dakota Blue Richards), raising herself while residing among the scholars at Oxford University, in a world with similarities to early 20 th century Britain. Lord Asriel (played by actor Daniel Craig) is her "uncle" who turns out to be her father, a powerful scholar/explorer researching the spiritual/molecular phenomenon of something called Dust. A cold, egotistical man, he pops in and out of Lyra's life as does her glamorous, calculating mother, Mrs. Coulter (Nicole Kidman).

These two conceived Lyra in an adulterous union while Mrs. Coulter was married to another man. She became a widow when Asriel killed her former husband. Somehow, Mrs. Coulter still heads a shady agency of the ruling religious Magisterium. This group kidnaps children and in an Arctic laboratory performs experiments related to Dust, which we learn is the same as Original Sin, only in measurable particles. Children have little of it; after puberty, humans start attracting Dust.

Meanwhile, Asriel has also traveled far north while researching Dust and has been captured by a kingdom of armoured bears. (Don't you just hate it when that happens?) So Lyra sets out toward the Arctic with a team of explorers to try to find the children and her father. She discovers the children are being horribly mutilated and killed. The mutilation? They are severed from their precious animal "daemons." And, naturally, the "Christian" church is behind it! Like ripping away the pagan version of teddy bears from little kids. Yes, my church does that to any child we can find – how about yours?

And poor Lyra's heart breaks as she learns about the involvement of both her mother and father in these gruesome experiments on children in the name of science fiction. These are your "Golden Compass" family values.

The ruling Magisterium answers to a not-so-powerful god. From the get-go, the Magisterium and its deity are the enemy. Somehow, young Lyra is destined to contend with this body in a future contest, and for those unfortunate enough to read this book and its sequels, we learn her "destiny" is to be the new Eve who will overturn the myth that sin is bad.

The plot element that will resonate the most with youth, however, is the animal "daemons." Traditional witches call these "familiars," and it seems the same here. The talking daemon animal has its own name and reflects its human's personality. Lyra's daemon, Pantalaimon, is ever-changing since she's still a child. Nicole Kidman has a golden monkey daemon; Lyra's father a white snow leopard. The website highlights this theme and kids are sure to be enchanted, literally.

Welcome, children, to Paganism 101, as you learn to worship animal spirits and shape-shifters.

Because it's a visually exotic, sweeping production with sophisticated animation, high drama, battle scenes and a courageous girl heroine, lots of folks will be ecstatic over this movie. The Pullman novels are international best-sellers in the young adult market category, so there's a ready- made audience of eagerly waiting fans. So, parents, arm yourselves ahead of time, since media giant Scholastic Publishing (publishers of the Harry Potter books) has already sent home "Golden Compass" promo flyers in the backpacks of kids all over the country through its schoolbook fairs.

And if the occult spirituality wasn't bad enough, all the elements of political correctness are here, too – the brave, spiritual female child of dubious parentage with an unchangeable destiny for greatness; cruel adults who can't be trusted; a beautiful, insightful witch who, along with other witches, has been persecuted by the ruthless Christian church; religious leaders obsessed with human sin and offering no redemption; yet "faith" is available through science fiction, talking animals – including armoured polar bears– and a magical truth machine. What more could Hollywood invent in its relentless goal to de-flower, de-Christianize and paganize Western youth?

One gets the impression Philip Pullman is a man with huge issues, and his destructive agenda is crystal clear. Why it's being glamorized and sold to children is anybody's guess, but mine is the same as for the Potter books: Undiscerning adults are allowing greedy publishers aligned with bitter and unstable writers to take over so-called "literature" produced for children, with nightmarish results.

The dark spirits encircling this movie, as with the books, are palpable and will eat our young alive. If you love God and your children, don't dishonour Him and confuse them. Keep children away from "The Golden Compass."

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Linda Harvey is president of Mission America, which monitors pagan influences directed at children. Her upcoming book from AMG Publishing is "Not My Child: Contemporary Paganism and the New Spirituality."

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