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Danielle Smith, radio host on NewsTalk 770

15 Jun 2017 Interview with Danielle Smith at NewsTalk 770

Posted in Abortion, Featured, International Standards Abortion Law, News, Pre-born Victims of Crime, Pro-life, Sex-selective Abortion

This week's National Post article led to Anna having the opportunity to discuss We Need a Law's initiatives with Danielle Smith on Calgary's NewsTalk770. Ms. Smith, who identifies as pro-choice, was willing to keep an open mind and recognize that the debate is shifting as...

30 Mar 2017 The importance of an email: Bringing a pro-life focus to the Conservative Party leadership race

Posted in Abortion, Featured, International Standards Abortion Law, Politics, Sex-selective Abortion

Every once in a while we get a solid clue that the work we are doing is impacting culture – that pro-life Canadians are making a difference. The Conservative Party leadership race is well underway, and candidates are having to consider the desires of pro-life Canadians....

07 Mar 2017 Are Canadian dollars contributing to gender-based violence?

Posted in Abortion, Featured, International Standards Abortion Law, Late-Term Abortion, Politics, Sex-selective Abortion, Women's Health

On this, International Women's Day, we do well to consider: what are we as a nation doing to address gender-based violence? Last week Canada committed $20 million to a hastily organized "International Abortion Fund" so that women in developing countries would be able to access abortion...

17 Feb 2017 A dialogue on gender-based violence

Posted in Abortion, Action Items, Featured, Sex-selective Abortion, Women's Health

This past week Maryam Monsef , Canada's Status of Women Minister gave Planned Parenthood Ottawa $285,000 so they can use it to help women who face barriers to abortion. According to the Canadian Press, Minister Monsef believes that any barriers to reproductive choice constitute "gender-based violence"....

11 Oct 2016 International Day of the Girl Child: UN still telling girls equality needs to be on men’s terms

Posted in Politics, Sex-selective Abortion

October 11 marks the 5th annual International Day of the Girl. The United Nations is using this opportunity to call for increased access to abortion for girls worldwide. The pressure on women to delay and/or limit their childbearing is significant in Western countries, and we seem...

09 Aug 2016 In Vitro Fertilization and “Reduction”

Posted in News, Sex-selective Abortion

Imagine longing for a child, yet being unable to conceive one naturally. Each month again, the evidence comes that you are, in fact, not pregnant, and the weight of that reality becomes harder and harder to bear as the months and years tick by. Despite all...

12 Apr 2016 Government needs to end pre-natal discrimination against women

Posted in Sex-selective Abortion, Women's Health

Two papers published this week again drew attention to the ongoing practice of sex-selective abortion in Canada. With a focus on Indian communities, the researchers found a skewed ratio of boys to girls that cannot be explained by chance. While this study singles out a...

15 Sep 2015 Sex-Selective Abortion and “Family Balancing”

Posted in Sex-selective Abortion

One of the three main issues we're tackling in this fall's lifeTOUR is sex-selective abortion. It's not an issue people like to talk about - killing babies because they're a girl instead of a boy, or vice versa. Official birth rates have long shown this happening in countries such...

26 Mar 2015 Ending Human Dismemberment

Posted in Abortion, International Standards Abortion Law, Late-Term Abortion, Politics, Pro-life, Sex-selective Abortion

Every year nearly 10,000 Canadian pre-born children lose their lives by being torn apart limb by limb through a process call dilation and evacuation. We can be thankful for courageous politicians who recognize that tearing human beings apart is a gross human rights violation. Legislators in...

02 Feb 2015 The three deadliest words

Posted in Abortion, Action Items, News, Politics, Sex-selective Abortion

Last week MP Maurice Vellacott stood in the House of Commons and said the following: Mr. Speaker, I rise to present three petitions. With respect to the first petition, the petitioners reference a CBC documentary revealing that ultrasounds are being used in Canada to tell the...

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