One Child Nation is available on Prime One Child Nation is a documentary narrated by Nanfu Wang, a filmmaker from China seeking to understand the infamous one-child policy she grew up with. It is a personal issue for Nanfu. Her name means “man pillar” as her...
October 18 marks Canada’s annual Person’s Day – a day recognizing the historic case less than 100 years ago when Canadian women were officially recognized as “persons” under the law. Canada’s early laws used “persons” when referring to more than one person and “he” when referring...
Last week, a judge in the UK determined that a woman who was 22 weeks pregnant should be given a forced abortion against her will. Justice Nathalie Lieven cited the woman’s lack of mental capacity and the potential trauma of taking a “real baby” away...
Abortion rights and access have become in some ways synonymous with feminism, framed as crucial to women’s equality and autonomy. Prime Minister Trudeau is one who makes this connection regularly, and distributes funds accordingly. Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa doesn’t see it that way. Leader of New...
Nearly 50 years ago, a group of women calling themselves the Abortion Caravan travelled across Canada to storm Parliament, demanding easier access to abortion. They rallied, they shouted, and some chained themselves to chairs inside Parliament, determined to be heard. The CBC highlighted this event recently,...
In recent commentary featured on GlobalNews.ca Rob Breakenridge takes a number of liberties against pro-lifers, and in particular some of the signage observed at the annual March for Life. He also writes, “Canada’s pro-life movement has only itself to blame for its failures.” We agree. Of...
On May 10, 2018, thousands of Canadians are gathered in Ottawa to show how much pre-born human rights matter to them. Men, women and children, young and old, take time out of their lives because they care deeply about the lives of others. It’s sad that...
Recently on Instagram, National Geographic shared a simple, powerful photo by Brett Stirton: a rhino fetus, preserved in a jar. The caption read: “This is an almost fully formed rhino fetus taken from the womb of a dead female killed by poachers for her horn....
International Women’s Day, marked every March 8th around the world, has as its theme this year “Press for Progress”. On the official website, it says, “International Women's Day is not country, group or organisation specific. The day belongs to all groups collectively everywhere. So together, let's...
This past summer, the United Nations Human Rights Committee released a draft of a General Comment that, if accepted, would amend the current explanation of the “right to life”. This amendment would ignore the UN’s current recognition of the rights of pre-born children, essentially declaring a...
