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May 9, 2019

Toronto’s first March for Life makes powerful statement

Christina Lee Fast tells the hundreds gathered at the first Toronto March for Life May 9 that her life as a woman with Down Syndrome is worth living and so are the four million lives that have been aborted in Canada since 1969. With Fast is her boyfriend, Matthew Gregory.

Christina Lee Fast is an athlete. She bowls and does track and field. She’s in love with her boyfriend, she’s learning to make her way around the kitchen, is better at housework than her mother, runs her own small business and is a young lady enjoying life to the fullest.

Published in Canada
May 9, 2019

Marches for Life marks 50 years of abortion in Canada

National March for Life Ottawa 2019. Organizers were not allowed to use the steps for their speakers and had to make do with a riser at the foot of the steps. Half of the lawn was blocked off; and a portion of the side the Marchers could use was for counter-protestors who numbered fewer than 100

OTTAWA —Marches of Life in Ottawa and in a number of provincial capitals, including Toronto, marked the 50th anniversary of legalized abortion in Canada May 9.

Published in Canada
April 25, 2019

Access to abortion drug is expanded

Marie-Claire Bissonnette, youth co-ordinator for Campaign Life Coalition (CLC)

Ottawa - Pro-life advocates are raising alarms over a move by Health Canada to lift the ultrasound requirement to obtain a prescription for the abortion drug Mifegymiso.

Published in Canada
October 9, 2018

MP launches petition against violence after assaults at LifeChain pro-life demonstrations

On Oct. 6, Jordan Hunt, 26, was charged with eight counts of assault and seven counts of mischief for the alleged kick and for allegedly scribbling on the clothing and signs of the demonstrators, and tearing a ribbon off Campaign Life Coalition’s youth co-ordinator Marie-Claire Bissonnette’s clothing.
OTTAWA – Conservative MP Garnet Genuis has called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to condemn political violence after news of several incidences of assault against pro-life demonstrators.
Published in Canada
May 9, 2018

Pro-life advocates challenged to be ‘All In’ at Regina March for Life

Regina pro-lifers marched from Christ the King Parish, where they had celebrated a noon-hour prayer and worship service, through the streets of the neighbourhood and down Albert Street to the legislature.

REGINA – Saskatchewan pro-life advocates were challenged to be the difference in bringing an end to abortion at the annual March for Life held in the provincial capital May 8.

Published in Canada
February 8, 2018

Abortion clinic ‘bubble zones’ don’t stop pro-life voice

“Free speech ends here” say demonstrators protesting against Ontario’s new bubble zone that keeps anti-abortion protests 50 metres away from abortion facilities.
OTTAWA – The pro-life movement is not going away despite “bubble zones,” advocates vowed on the first day of Ontario’s new law against protests outside abortion clincs.
Published in Canada
October 12, 2017

Province targets pro-life seniors

Richmond Cochrane, 92, is one of 16 aged pro-lifers named in an Ontario injunction seeking to end picketing at abortion clinics.
The Ontario government is trying to reimpose a lapsed, 23-year-old temporary injunction against 16 aging pro-life protesters.
Published in Canada
September 13, 2017

Pro-lifer Mary Wagner won’t face jail time, court rules

Pro-lifer Mary Wagner, seen here in a 2014 file photo, received thousands of letters and petitions of support prior to facing sentencing for her 2016 arrest at an abortion clinic.

Pro-life activist Mary Wagner will not face any more jail time, an Ontario court has ruled.

Published in Canada
June 5, 2017

Comment: On the contrary … adoption is a pro-life issue

Campaign Life Coalition is working hard for pro-life issues, such as adoption, writes Johanne Brownrigg.

In the May 21 issue of The Catholic Register Peter Stockland wrote a sincere Comment piece about the need for renewal within organizations. I agree with him on this point.

Published in Guest Columns
May 5, 2017

20th edition March for Life ready to send powerful message

Last year’s National March for Life in Ottawa drew about 25,000.

OTTAWA – The crowd for the National March for Life has grown from the hundreds to the tens of thousands since its inception in 1997, but that doesn’t mean the 20th edition of the event in Ottawa on May 11 is a cause of celebration.

Published in Canada
January 20, 2017

Small acts can kindness work wonders in euthanasia battle, clergy told

Campaign Life Coalition national president Jim Hughes told an audience of clergy Jan. 17 that small acts of kindness can work wonders in euthanasia battle.

OTTAWA – Helping someone contemplating death through euthanasia can be a simple as saying "hello."

Published in Canada
May 5, 2016

March for Life tapping into youth to lead the movement

Upwards of 20,000 people are expected in Ottawa again this year for the National March for Life, to be held May 12.

Today’s pro-lifers amust mentor the youth to make sure the movement keeps its momentum, says Jim Hughes, national president of Campaign Life Coalition.

Published in Canada
April 27, 2016

Abortion drug to be available by July

Campaign Life Ottawa lobbyist Johanne Brownrigg.

OTTAWA – With Health Canada expected to make an abortion drug available in July, pro-life groups and doctors are concerned with how it will change perceptions surrounding abortion.

Published in Canada
March 15, 2016

March for Life opens doors to wide pro-life spectrum

Campaign Life Coalition is opening up the National March for Life to other Canadian pro-life groups.

OTTAWA - Campaign Life Coalition has paved the way for every organization fighting for the unborn to take part in this year’s National March for Life May 12.

Published in Canada
May 14, 2015

Topless protesters disrupt rally as 25,000 march for life in Ottawa

Police lead away one of about six half naked women who tried to disrupt the National March for Life in Ottawa May 14.

OTTAWA - About a half dozen half naked women tried to disrupt the National March for Life here May 14, disrobing and screaming while pro-life politicians addressed thousands on Parliament Hill.

Published in Canada
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