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Scientists discuss relationship between abortion and violence against women Press Release This press release is available in Spanish
Left to right: Dr. De Faoite, Dr. Koch, Dra. Harrison y Dra. Chireau
New
York, March 8th 2013 – Scientists of the United States of America,
Ireland, and Chile met this week in New York to discuss recent
scientific evidence regarding abortion as a form of growing violence
against women and girls. Indiscriminate practice of abortion is
significantly correlated with coercion, a history of sexual abuse,
violence during pregnancy, intimate partner violence, and with
psychological consequences that may lead to suicide.
The scientific evidence was discussed by Doctors Monique Chireau
(North Carolina, USA), Donna Harrison (Illinois, USA), Eoghan de Faoite
(Dublin, Ireland), and Elard Koch (Concepción, Chile). The meeting
“Public Policies to reduce maternal mortality, a holistic focus on
maternal health” took place in parallel to the 57th Session of the
Commission of Women Status of the United Nations, whose priority theme
is the “elimination and prevention of all types of violence against
women and girls”, activity that will go on until March 15th. The scientists discussed different epidemiological studies, showing that:
- A significant and growing proportion of induced abortions occur
due to coercion by the intimate partner of the pregnant woman.- A history of sexual abuse and violence is a risk factor for abortion and subsequent mental health problems. -
There is a significant correlation between the increase in the number
of abortions and an increase in the rate of homicides against women
versus those against men.- There is an important correlation between the increase of abortions and the suicide rate of women of childbearing age.-
Countries with abortion laws that are less permissive, such as Ireland
and Chile, display lower abortion rates than countries with more
permissive abortion laws.
Dr. Koch, director of the MELISA Institute, presented international
collaborative studies that have been recently published, which place
Chile –a country with one of the least permissive abortion laws in the
world– with the lowest maternal mortality rate in Latin America. Public
policies ensuring more education for women, childbirth by skilled
professionals universally available, and a timely access to emergency
obstetric units would be key factors improving maternal health, and not
the legal status of abortion. This evidence was in agreement with data
presented by Dr. De Faoite, who showed evidence placing Ireland among
the countries with the lowest maternal mortality in Europe, without
having to modify their current abortion legislation. On the other hand,
Dr. Chireau presented robust evidence regarding novel treatments for
pregnant women with cancer, which are successful in safeguarding the
life of the mother and her gestating child. Finally, Dr. Harrison
discussed the risks related to complications following medical abortion
with chemicals such as misoprostol, which are exacerbated in developing
countries due the their lack of sufficient coverage of emergency
facilities.
During the opening of these UN Sessions and commemorating the
International Women’s Day, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon remarked
“There is one universal truth, applicable to all countries, cultures
and communities: violence against women is never acceptable, never
excusable, never tolerable.” In this context, the scientists assembled
in New York voiced their concern in regards to the alarming expansion of
abortion as a form of violence against women in the world, something
that should not be dismissed by any nation that respects fundamental
human rights.
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For more information on this subject or to arrange an interview with
doctors Monique Chireau, Donna Harrison, Eoghan De Faoite, and/or Elard
Koch, please contact Lea Parks, Officer of Public Relations of the
MELISA Institute, to lea.parks@melisainstitute.com or to +56 41 234 5814
Details... Mark Warawa Media release on the Rejection of M-408 Details... Mark Warawa's Motion-408 to Protect Girls from Gendercide
CHP Canada is calling on our members to get behind MP Mark Warawa's Motion-408 to protect unborn girls from sex-selection abortion.You can find the petition here.Print it off, get signatures and send it in to MP Mark Warawa. (Contact info on the petition)
Details... Dwarf-Tossing: A Canadian Dilemma
Reposted from No Apologies
By Rod Taylor, Deputy Leader of the CHP
Until just recently, I was blissfully unaware of the ethical
challenges posed by “dwarf-tossing”. In fact, I was blissfully unaware
that such a sport existed, in Canada or anywhere else. Part of the
reason for not being up-to-date on the latest in “competitive bar
sports” is that I don’t hang around bars and spend very little time
following the latest weird fads on TV.
However, I was shocked to discover – as are many – that tossing
little people across the room could be considered a sport. Even
recognizing that these little people give permission to be tossed and
make a little money at it still does not dispel the sinking feeling that
somehow their dignity and personhood are being assaulted. True, many of
our gladiator sports – football, hockey, boxing, wrestling – put
participants at risk of physical injury. However, the idea of Big People
displaying their manhood and power by throwing Little People around as a
public spectacle, still leaves me feeling uneasy about the direction of
our society.
But wait! It suddenly dawned on me! In this country, Big People toss
Little People all the time! They do it at abortion clinics. They do it
for money. And even worse, they do it without asking the Little People
for permission! In the bars, after a dwarf is tossed (presuming he is
not badly injured) he can get up, collect his pay and have a beer with
his “tosser”. Not my idea of a fun night but hey! Whatever floats your
boat…?
Not so with the 100,000 babies “tossed” each year in Canada. After
being salt-poisoned or dismembered or vacuumed into fragments, these
Little People are literally tossed into the trash bin.
Although they have never agreed to being tossed, never signed a
contract with the abortionist, who grows wealthier with every toss,
never had a chance to give their opinion – they are tossed
once-and-for-all. They don’t get a second chance. They will never read a
newspaper article about dwarf-tossing or abortion; nor will they ever
have a chance to vote for a politician, pro-dwarf-tossing, prolife or
otherwise.
A lot of things are made to be tossed: salads, grenades, parting
comments over your shoulder and bad laws. But people are not a thing to
be tossed – for money, pleasure or convenience.
Details... "Do No Harm" Video Produced by Canada Silent No More
Powerful new video from Denise Mountenay and her organization, Canada Silent No More, highlights and explains the pain, agony and damage caused to women by abortion and the lies and half-truths that perpetuate it.
Denise has been working for years to help hurting women come to grips with their past and work together to spare others the pain they have endured.
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by Rod Taylor, Deputy Leader of the CHPreposted from No Apologies
I suppose we should be happy whenever a criminal is brought to
justice and dark deeds hidden many years are exposed. For those who have
suffered a personal loss, especially of a friend or family member,
there is some consolation when a perpetrator is identified and held
accountable for the misdeeds that have caused so much pain.
18 years ago, Germaine Shawn Lindo disappeared after allegedly
immersing a 20-month old infant in scalding water. The child died a
month later and Lindo has been on the run ever since. He was arrested
Dec 14, 2011 in Connecticut on unrelated charges. Let us hope that the
courts move quickly and that—if Lindo is convicted of this heinous
crime—sentencing is swift and appropriate.
The arrest of a child-killer 18 years after the event is important
but one can’t help comparing this to the image of a man looking for “a
needle in a haystack”, something most would agree is nearly impossible;
but would we not hope that those hunting for child-killers could at
least locate the haystack?
Perhaps a more telling analogy would be “straining at a gnat and
swallowing a camel”. While police forces, courts, journalists and
community leaders are joined in their condemnation of this man’s
ruthless act, many of them seem not to have noticed a few other
child-killers who have been flaunting their activities in broad
daylight. I speak of the leaders and financial beneficiaries of the
abortion industry. Henry Morgentaler, the de facto “pioneer” of this
tax-funded killing spree has moral culpability, or personal guilt for
the deaths of over 3.3 million unborn children in Canada alone. I don’t
know how many of them he killed with his own hands, but certainly
thousands. He has been actively plying his grisly trade since at least
1973, 20 years before Lindo allegedly forced his step-daughter down into
the scalding water. Yet Morgentaler has not had to hide. Morgentaler
has been feted, celebrated and honoured. He has made a pile of money on
his multiple killings.
I remember hearing years ago that “…the mountie always gets his man.”
Apparently that is no longer true and partly because “the courts always
release him.” Morgentaler put his personal agenda against Canada’s
moral law and won…at least for a time. Neither courts, parliaments nor
mass media have had the moral courage to identify this scoundrel and
hold him accountable for his crimes against humanity.
Let’s agree together that the detention, trial and sentencing of a
wicked man is a good thing, that it is a necessary part of a just and
civilized society, one that is able to tell right from wrong. And let’s
demand that those charged with protecting innocent human life, those who
spent 18 years looking for a needle, turn their attention to the
oh-so-obvious haystack, the audacious destroyers in our midst parading
as “human rights activists”. Morgentaler and all who engage in his
bloody business should be brought to trial, not only for murdering
innocents but for the violence they have done to our nation’s innocence.
Details... Conception to Birth
<br /><br />Alexander Tsiaras TED talk and visual presentation<br />
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We
hear nightly on the news about the pending global meltdown. Sometimes
it’s worth looking back to see where the problem originated so we can
ensure that, once dealt with, we avoid similar traps.
CHP Canada often links abortion to a source of the problems visited
on the world today. Is there a real connection? Could protection for
innocent human life have changed where we are today, both in Canada and
worldwide? What would happen if the 500+ million people, who have died
by abortion worldwide, were part of today’s workforce? What about the 2
million Canadians missing from the workforce?
When we look at the effect in Canada then we can simply compound this to consider the ramifications of world-wide abortion.
When I think back 40 years, the normal expectation was for Dad to go
out to work while Mum stayed home and raised the children. She may or
may not have a part-time job when all the children were in school. But,
her salary was not assumed as needed to keep the home going. Mum’s
salary was ‘gravy’. Dad’s salary was taken into account when they
applied for credit. To borrow money, the payments could not be more than
¼ of his salary… one week was for the mortgage and three weeks were to
cover the rest of the household expenses.
As women increasingly entered the workforce and fought for their
salaries to be fully included as family income, our Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) was positively affected. More workers meant a higher
standard of living.
But the cold realities of life were:
- Women bear children and this
necessitates additional expenses to the business, both during the
pregnancy and after the child is born in lost hours of work.
- Women enjoy working at a job that is
not continuous, monotonous routine. We cleaned house yesterday and today
it needs cleaning again. We did laundry yesterday and today the laundry
pile is sufficient for more laundry. We made meals today and tomorrow
the meals will need to be made to feed our families again. All this
monotony and no financial gain!
- This can’t compare to going to work,
completing today’s tasks, and having new tasks tomorrow, all the while
collecting a pay cheque at the end of the week. Although, eventually
most jobs fall into routine.
- I still remember the sentence, “I’m just a housewife”. (“Lowly me, I spend my time cooking, cleaning and raising children.”)
If only we weren’t tied to reproduction then we could also be fulfilled in the workforce.
And so, with access to abortion, for the first time, women were able
to compete for jobs that were traditionally male dominated. Society only
needed only to convince us that the child a woman carries was not a
person. While that has been done on a conscious level to many women
unfortunately, in our hearts, women still know the truth. But the damage
caused to women is for another day; see “Silent No More” for help with this.
The impact on our economy was initially a positive one. Canada flourished with women also in the workforce creating employment.
But, at what cost? Our birth rate declined… and declined, until
Canada dropped below replacement level. The initial influx of women to
the workforce leveled off. We hit a plateau for growth. We began to rely
on immigration to increase our population to allow growth in the
workforce. This solution has produced challenges of its own.
- With the decline in birthrate in all
Western countries, we needed to go outside of our western worldview of
freedom and equality and give ever increasing immigration to world views
that do not support our traditional equalities and freedoms… but that’s
for another day. See our Immigration Policy for more help with understanding this.
- With immigrant families seeking to
reunite, we brought in large numbers of older people, which put a strain
on our government pension plans as older immigrants don’t spend a
working lifetime giving into the plan.
- Children are great consumers. They grow
and regularly need new clothes, shoes, toys etc. When they are active
then they are very hard on clothes, further boosting the consumer need
to move the economy. With less children being born live, we are faced
with the ‘baby boomer bubble’ with focus turning from a dwindling market
to an increasing market…. seniors. But, seniors consume less per
capita. Even McDonalds has recognized the changing demographics in
Canada by removing their child focused play rooms and replacing them
with senior focused sitting areas.
- Young people in the past filled the
need for casual labour; helping with farming jobs, etc. Today, farmers
are unable to fill these positions so they bring in labour from other
countries. This earned income, while ensuring the products make it to
the stores, is money earned in Canada but spent in other countries,
further decreasing our financial position.
- I would be remiss if I didn’t mention
the economic cost of roughly $500 per abortion procedure to taxpayers,
not including the physical and mental costs of post-abortive women.
That’s an ‘upfront’ cost of $50 million annually.
The yearly loss of over 100,000 Canadian babies by abortion, with
readily available birth control, has; caused our birthrate to drop below
replacement; increased immigration of near retirees to reunite
immigrant families; created a dwindling need for children’s articles;
and the need to bring in labour, which does not have a positive effect
on our GDP. Combined, these have had a catastrophic effect on our
economy, for which our children and grandchildren will spend their lives
paying the price.
There are many factors that affect our economic climate but the
serious effects of abortion have been felt, and will continue to be felt
economically, for generations to come. This fact is indisputable, but
will we make the needed changes to preserve our freedom and equalities?
Only time will tell but…. with increased understanding of the far
reaching economic effects of abortion, we can hope and pray that “The
sun will come out tomorrow” for Canadian and worldwide economies.
Details... Catholic Health Care in Jeopardy
by Steven W. Mosher, President of the Population Research Institute.
As Obamacare gradually chokes out private health care in this
country, the nation’s Catholic bishops seem surprised to find themselves
more and more on the defensive. But the danger signs were obvious. And
the solution is repeal.Evidence continues to pile up that the huge expansion of government
formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
— Obamacare, for short — poses huge risks to religious freedom, to the
rights of conscience, and to our very lives.
Health and Human Services recently issued a directive dealing with so-called “preventive services for women” that are required
to be covered under Obamacare. This reads like a Planned Parenthood
wish list which, given HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’ close ties to
the abortion industry, is what it may in fact be.
The Sebelius directive starts off by mandating that all private insurance plans must pay 100 percent of the cost of all FDA-approved
birth control (including abortion-causing devices and drugs like the
IUD, ‘morning-after’ pills, and the drug Ella) along with surgical
sterilization. The insurers are forbidden to charge the users of these
deadly practices a co-pay, meaning that everyone who has health
insurance will be collectively bearing the cost. (That includes you, since — in case you’ve forgotten — it is illegal under Obamacare not to buy health insurance.)
But Sebelius, who has been reprimanded by her bishop for
advocating abortion, is not done with you yet. All insurers, her
directive states, must also cover 100 percent of the cost of promoting
early-term abortions, sterilizations, and contraception among all “women
of reproductive capacity” through “education and counseling.”
In other words, she not only insists that you and I pay for
immoral acts, she wants you and I to pay for the cost of convincing
women to engage in them as well. Now that is hubris. READ MORE
Details... Lia Tackles Euthanasia
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God-Given Responsibility
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; If
thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the
heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it?
and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Proverbs 24:11,12
"Every citizen of Canada, every politician, judge, doctor, journalist, teacher, parent, pastor, priest and leader has a responsibility to use his or her energy, skill and influence to protect and defend innocent human life. There are no excuses and no exemptions from this awesome responsibility."
Rod Taylor
CHP Canada Celebrates 25 Years
The Christian Heritage Party of Canada held its
triennial national membership convention last week in Abbotsford, BC. This
convention also marked CHP’s 25 years as Canada’s only solidly prolife federal
party. Members converged from across the country to discuss policies, elect new
members to the national executive and to renew their commitment to the
leadership and direction of the party.
National
Leader, Jim Hnatiuk of Nova Scotia, spoke on the convention theme of “Setting
Our Sails for Tomorrow.” A former sailor, Mr. Hnatiuk spent 25 years in
Canada’s Navy and was able to bring a personal touch to the metaphors of
shipbuilding and navigation. His remarks were enthusiastically received by
those in attendance who reaffirmed their support for his leadership.
The convention featured a series
of plenary sessions in which members agreed on improvements to the party
constitution, policies and platform statements. Items of discussion included:
provision for integrating digital participation in future party
deliberations, more flexibility in local district organization, reducing
the cost and red tape involved in adoption, the approval of CHP’s unique Family
Care Allowance, firearms policies, integrity analysis of candidates,
immigration policies, health care and pensions, life and justice issue s and
more.
In
addition to the plenary sessions, delegates also participated in a series of
workshops and presentations. Presenters included Jakki Je ffs, from Alliance for Life Ontario, the
sponsor of “We Want the Debate”, Michael Coren, Sun News host, speaking on the
challenges we face in a biased media environment, former CHP Leader Ron Gray,
speaking on today’s abhorrent slave trade, Jordan Bateman, BC representative of
the Canadian Ta xpayers Federation, CHP Surrey members Adam Vandenhoven and Paul
Jubenville who shared insights on photography, videography and electronic
elements of campaigning and the Lethbridge Youth Caucus who led youth and
others in a discussion of engaging youth in the issues of the day. There were
also information tables for the 180 Project and Prayer Canada as well as tables
h osted by supportive businesses.
In regard to establishing the new national executive
for the next three years, Luke Kwantes, of Smithers, BC, was chosen to serve as
the new National President. Peter Vogel, of Bowmanville, Ontario will serve as
Vice President. Martha Sjaarda from St. Ann’s, Ontario has become the National
Secretary and Ron Benell of Portage La Prairie, Manitoba takes on the job of
National Treasurer. Jim Hnatiuk reaffirmed his appointment of Rod Taylor of
Telkwa, BC, as his Deputy Leader.
The CHP
Canada delegates also were introduced to the leaders of the two first provincial
wings of the party. Wilf Hanni is the Interim Leader of CHP British Columbia
and Colin Atkins leads the fledgling CHP Manitoba which is in the process of
registering as a provincial party there.
The
convention was rounded out wi th a Gala Dinner featuring keynote speaker,
Michael Coren and a Candidates’ Appreciation Brunch on Saturday morning
was followed by a short meeting of the new national board. Many members
expressed their appreciation, enthusiasm and intent to continue to work hard to
provide a credible political party with comprehensive solutions for the
challenges of the 21st Century.
Photos above:
#1 CHP National Leader Jim Hnatiuk, (courtesy of Stephen Plamondon)
#2 members of the incoming and outgoing national board (courtesy of Stephen Plamondon)
Photo #3: 11 members from Skeena-Bulkley Valley, (courtesy of Alice Tuininga)
How a Bill Becomes Law
This video tutorial produced by ARPA Canada details the process by which an idea is transformed into a bill and how that bill becomes law.