Stratford and District Right to Life
Newsletter June 2019 Newsletter No.154
STRATFORD AND DISTRICT RIGHT TO LIFE IS A PRO-LIFE, non-denominational organization of individuals who believe that all life - before and after birth - has a right to care and protection. We try to serve as a centre of information on the abortion issue, and to reach out to all Canadians concerning the preservation and dignity of human life, and also to urge one to take action in our democratic society.
CONTACT US AT Ontario Court of Appeal upholds lower court decision forcing doctors to BOX 21133, refer patients to their death. STRATFORD, ON Alex Schadenberg Executive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition N5A 7V4 The Ontario Court of Appeal in its decision concerning physicians conscience rights in Ontario, PAT BANNON upheld the lower court decision. T EL : 519-273-1616 [email protected] The Court found that physicians who challenged the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario www.stratfordright2life.ca (CPSO) policy requiring physicians to make an "effective referral" for Medical Aid in Dying
(euthanasia and assisted suicide) and other morally contentious issues, that their Charter rights UPCOMING EVENTS were infringed by the policy, but the infringement is reasonable in a free and democratic society. MONTHLY MEETINGS 1:00 P.M The CPSO policy is different than other jurisdictions since the policy requires an "effective referral" 4TH TUESDAY MONTHLY, which means that a physician must refer patients to a physician who is willing to carry-out the act. EXCEPT DECEMBER In the case of euthanasia it means that a physician who opposes killing his/her patients must send ST. JOSEPH’S MEETING his/her patients to a physician who will kill. ROOM The key problem with this decision is it negates the reality that an effective referral does force STRATFORD physicians, who oppose killing, to participate in the act. The court suggests that the decision PICKETING "strikes a reasonable balance between patients' interests and physicians' Charter protected WATCH FOR DETAILS THAT religious freedom" but in fact it is not a reasonable limit prescribed by law in a free and democratic WILL SEE US PICKETING IN society. STRATFORD The objecting physicians only asked that they not be required to directly refer their patients and MOVIE NIGHT that Ontario bring-forth a policy similar to Alberta that enables physicians to inform patients that “UNPLANNED” Medical Aid in Dying can be accessed through a government toll free number. COMING SOON!!! What is also missing in the decision is the fact that many patients seek a physician who will not kill them. We have the right to seek medical assistance from a physician who shares our beliefs. Why PRAYER CALENDAR should people who believe in killing be the only healthcare consumers who have "rights" in the medical system? INTENTIONS
I think another error in the decision is the assumption that MAiD (euthanasia and assisted suicide) An end to abortion, are healthcare. euthanasia, and
assisted suicide; help for all women in In fact, the federal legislation legalized MAiD by defining it as an exception in the criminal code. crisis pregnancies; protection for the The defeat at the Ontario Court of Appeal is concerning, especially considering who is sitting on the right of families Supreme Court of Canada, if an appeal is sought. affected by abortion; in support of The physicians and organizations involved in the case need to fully examine the decision and conscience rights for possibly consider alternative solutions to this problem, such as, convincing Provincial governments our doctors, nurses, to protect conscience rights, such as the Manitoba legislation or helping to elect a federal and health care government that will protect conscience rights through federal legislation, such as David workers Anderson's Bill C 418. Excerpted: https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2019/05/ontario-court-of-appeal-upholds-lower.html
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Pro-life rescuer Mary Wagner arrested at Vancouver abortion mill
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 18, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Canadian pro-life rescuer Mary Wagner remains in jail Federal Government email and web addresses No postage required – address to: following her arrest Tuesday at a Vancouver abortion center. MP’s Name, House of Commons Wagner, 43, was arrested at the Everywoman’s Health Justice Building, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Center, 2525 Commercial Dr, at about 11:15 a.m., a little Prime Minister Justin Trudeau [email protected] over an hour after she and a companion, who identifies only Minister of Justice & Attorney General – David Lametti as Baby Jane Doe, entered the abortion facility. [email protected] They carried red and white roses. Attached to each rose was Minister of Health – Ginette Petitpas Taylor a Miraculous Medal and a pro-life message for mothers who [email protected] were there to abort their babies. They attempted to talk to Opposition Party Leader - Andrew Scheer people in the waiting room and offer alternatives to [email protected] Minister Status of Women Maryam Monsef abortion. [email protected] According to Baby Jane Doe, who did not risk arrest, abortion Minister of Employment, Workforce Development & Labour center staff attempted physically to remove her and Wagner Patty Hajdu- [email protected] before the police arrived and warned the women they would MP – Perth Wellington John Nater [email protected] be arrested if they did not leave. MP – Huron Bruce Ben Lobb – [email protected] “Mary said ‘I’m going to stay with the babies’ and she knelt MP – Yorkton Melville Cathay Wagantall – [email protected] down, and I knelt down,” Baby Jane Doe told LifeSiteNews. “We both talked to the officers about what they were doing, about cooperating with evil,” she said. Provincial Government email addresses She was then ushered out by a police officer, and shortly Postage required, address to: MPP’s name, Legislative Building afterward, police officers carried Wagner from the building Queen’s Park, Toronto, On M7A 1A8 to a waiting police vehicle. Premier Doug Ford – [email protected] Wagner has been charged under the Criminal Code with MPP – Perth Wellington Randy Pettapiece – “mischief, obstructing the lawful use of property,” as [email protected] documented online at justice.gov.bc.ca. MPP – Huron Bruce Lisa Thompson – As is her practice, Wagner refused bail conditions requiring [email protected] MPP Lambton Kent Middlesex – Monte McNaughton her to stay away from abortion centers. She will therefore [email protected] remain in jail at least until her first court appearance, Attorney General Caroline Mulroney – scheduled for May 1. [email protected] A native of British Columbia, Wagner has spent five years in Health Minister Christine Elliott – [email protected] jail so far, much of that in Toronto, for her peaceful attempts to save women and children from the violence of abortion. Her witness has inspired the Red Rose Rescue movement in the United States, which began in September 2017, and In Memoriam since then, has seen priests and laypeople arrested and jailed for similar actions at abortion centers. Wagner’s arrest took place in Holy Week, just before the high holy days of the Easter Triduum, when the Catholic Church celebrates the passion, crucifixion, and resurrection Donations can be made to SDRTL at the funeral homes. Receipts of Jesus Christ our Redeemer. will be issued from our office. Stratford and District Right to Life extends our deepest Wagner is being held at Alouette Correctional Center for condolences to the families of: Women, 24800 Alouette Rd, Maple Ridge, BC V2X 7G4. Florence Devereaux Jim Johnston For the full article, including the message Mary penned, Diane Hazel Jack Fitchitt please visit: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-life-rescuer-mary-wagner-arrested-at- Margaret O’Reilly vancouverabortion- mill-will-spend-easter-in-jail
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SUPPORT FATHER TONY! Father Tony is fighting for our right to pray in public, even for IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS silently praying for unborn CRISIS LINE 519-803-0313 babies. On October 24 - 2018, Father HELP LINE Tony Van Hee was arrested 1-800-665-0570 within a large abortuary Pregnancy Care Centre bubble zone. House of Blessing He was standing in silent prayer facing away from the "place 519-273-0554 of business". The two signs, on hisback and chest, protested National 24 Hr Help Line only the loss of freedom of speech. He displayed no pro-life 1-800-665-0570 comment; there was nothing to impede or influence business within the bubble zone. KW Resource Centre The 83 year old priest is awaiting trial. He will fight his arrest. 519-886-4001 Help After Abortion If jailed, he probably will risk his health as he fasts and 1-800-395-HELP continues his fight. If he is financially able, he will continue his (our) Homes for Pregnant Moms fight to the Supreme Court. St. Monica House An unsolicited fund for Father Tony's legal defense was 231 Herbert Street Waterloo, ON N2J 1V1 created several months ago. But we 519-743-0291 recently learned the total received is only $14,984. I suspect that ten times that amount would be needed to take the fight Marillac Place 109 Young Street, to the Supreme Court. Father Tony has expressed only Kitchener ON N2H 4Z2 gratitude and awareness of "how many worthy and necessary 519-571-0722 causes are in need....". Fresh Start For 28 years on parliament Hill, this same priest fasted and Maternity Supports stood in prayer for the unborn whenever our government Lori Wall was in session. An inadequate legal defense fund for his fight Phone: 1-519-637-7775 may be further evidence that threats to unborn babies and Fax: 1-866-245-1774 "imperfect Humans" includes apathetic hope that someone Cell: 1-519-639-5841 118 Centre Street (else) will protect them. St. Thomas, ON N5R 2Z9 When we first heard of the arrest, Campaign Life Coalition Area contacts needed! helped us send a donation to Father Tony's Legal Defense Area representatives act as a liaison fund. with their parish and the SDRTL, Their telephone number is 1-800-730-5358. I guess we won't distributing newsletters, etc. and be buying that new garden shed this summer. collecting annual memberships, updating pertinent information With Love in Christ for Life and for you. Contacts are needed as follows: Terry and Grace Shaw Stratford – St. Joseph Church and Immaculate Conception Church Seaforth – St. James Church Zurich – St. Boniface Church St. Joseph’s – St. Peter’s Church To volunteer please contact Pat - 519-273-1616 or Virginia - 519-393-8400
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WATCH: ‘Unplanned’ author Abby Johnson tells Canadians to act ‘fearlessly’ to end abortion
OTTAWA, May 8, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – ‘Unplanned’ author and former Planned Parenthood manager Abby Johnson told Canadian pro-lifers that they must not only pray to end abortion, they must act “fearlessly.” Johnson made her comments at a candlelight vigil tonight in the nation’s capital where men, women, and children gathered to honor the preborn targeted by abortion. The vigil was held one day prior to the National March for Life. Abortion was first legalized in Canada in 1969. There are now roughly 100,000 abortions every year. Johnson told the crowd, many of whom were young people, that it is time for the world to see abortion the way she saw it as a former Planned Parenthood manager. “It's time for the world to see what happens inside of these abortion facilities,” she said. “And it's time for us as a pro-life collective to begin speaking out fearlessly in the defense of the unborn and their mothers,” she said during her speech at the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights monument in Ottawa. Johnson went on to describe the abortion she witnessed that “changed my life and caused me to leave” the abortion industry. I had been called into a room to assist with a 13 week abortion. 13 weeks is still in the first trimester when the bulk of abortions are performed in your country and in mine at that time. I was asked to hold an ultrasound probe on the woman's abdomen so the doctor would be able to see the baby as it was aborted, as it was killed. We did the measurement. We found the baby was 13 weeks. And by 13 weeks despite what people tell you, science confirms for us that by 13 weeks everything on the unborn child is completely formed – arms, legs, fingers, toes. The heart is beating. Brainwaves are active. Every single internal organ that we stand here with today is already formed on the unborn child, by 13 weeks gestation. Outside the womb, the baby is only a few inches long and we can even tell if it's a boy or a girl, at that time. I stood there looking nervously at what was on the ultrasound monitor because I recognized that what I was seeing actually looked like a baby. It couldn't be...because that's what abortion science has taught us. Abortion science has taught us that if a pregnancy is unwanted, then that pregnancy is just simply tissue, trash – something to be discarded. [Abortion advocates] have taught us that a pregnancy is only valuable — a pregnancy only becomes a baby — when the mother decides that baby is wanted. There is nothing more unscientific than the abortion movement. But I stood there looking at this monitor feeling nervous, feeling apprehensive, and I watched a suction cannula — it looks like a straw, it's open on both ends, that's what actually hooks up to the larger suction machine — I watched that go into the woman's uterus. I could see it getting closer and closer to the side of this baby. And, when it finally touched his side, he jumped. And this baby began flailing his arms and legs, as if he was trying to move away from the abortion instrument. But there was nowhere for him to go. He was trapped inside of his mother's womb – the place that should be the safest for an unborn child to live. When the doctor had the suction tube in the right position, he asked the technician to turn on the suction machine. And it was at that time I could see the legs become dismembered from the child's body. And then the arms. And the final thing that I saw in that woman's womb that day, was a perfectly formed tiny backbone, swirling and floating around, inside his mother's uterus. And in just an instant, just like that, it was suctioned away. And the uterus was empty. I knew at that time that what I had seen was not a ‘choice.’ That child was given no choice that day. Johnson said that abortion providers weren’t there to offer women “choice,” but “abortion, ” because “abortion is what made us money.” She said that what is happening inside of the abortion facilities and hospitals in Canada as well as the U.S. amounts to “abuse.”
“It is abuse of the unborn. It is the ultimate form of bullying. And these providers are willing to bully innocent unborn children, till death,” she said.
She encouraged those present at the vigil to “speak up” for the preborn.
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“Especially you young people – you have the opportunity to actually be agents of change in your society. You have the opportunity to speak up inside of your schools. That may not be seen as something that you should do. Do it anyway. Because there should be no fear,” she said.
“There should be no fear when we are protecting the rights of the innocent. We should have no fear when we are attacking injustice and when we are defending the unborn. We should be proud. We should be ready to take the ramifications, the consequences. We should be ready to do whatever we need to do to fight for those who have no voice. Stop letting fear keep you from speaking the truth about this issue,” she added.
The crowd could be heard in the background cheering and shouting “amen” after Johnson said this.
Noticing signs that said “pray to end abortion” in the crowd, Johnson said that it will not only take prayer to end abortion, but concrete action as well as sacrifice.
“Lives are literally hanging in the balance. These babies are depending on your voice and your action, not just your prayers. They're depending on you to act, to sacrifice, to serve, to do something,” she said.
“This tragedy of abortion is rampant, in your country and in mine. Don't allow this opportunity to pass you by. Don't allow any opportunity to stand up for the unborn to pass you by. Use every opportunity you can. God did not place you here on earth to win some sort of popularity contest to see how many friends you can gather on Instagram. He sent you here to evangelize his truth. And his truth is the Gospel of life,” she said.
“Do it. Speak it every chance you can,” she concluded.
Please go to this link to watch the powerful video by Abby: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/watch-unplanned-author-abby-johnson-tells-canadians-to-act-fearlessly-to-end- abortion
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Stratford and District Right to Life members assemble on Parliament Hill for the 2019 March For Life Pro-life organization CHOICE42 waiting for verdict in Goberdhan case knowing there won’t be justice for Asaara For immediate release – May 1, 2019 Pickering, ON – Tomorrow, Nicholas Baig will be sentenced for the murder of his wife, Arianna Goberdhan, but not for his other victim. When Arianna was brutally stabbed to death by Baig, she was 9 months pregnant with their daughter, Asaara. But our criminal law does not allow Asaara to be recognized as a victim. “There wasn’t only one victim in this crime,” said CHOICE42 Founder and Director Laura Klassen. “The fact that Baig is only charged with one murder does not capture what happened and does not bring justice to the Goberdhan family.” CHOICE42 was approached by Sherry Goberdhan – mother to Arianna and grandmother to Asaara – in order to tell her story. Sherry Goberdhan wants people to understand that Asaara matters and the law needs to recognize this. She is hoping to see the criminal law change to recognize pre-born victims of crime. “Sherry wants this story told in order to bring about change. She wants to see the law recognize that there are two victims when a pregnant woman is killed,” Klassen explained. “That’s why we made the video. It’s the first time Sherry has spoken publicly about what happened two years ago. She wants to make sure people know that, regardless of tomorrow’s verdict, there is no justice for Asaara.” The video produced by CHOICE42 features Sherry explaining Arianna and Asaara’s story, including describing seeing Asaara lying in her mother’s arms in the open casket at the funeral. “You can’t get a clearer picture that there were two people murdered. And yet only one murder counts,” Klassen said. “That’s why we need this law to change.” Sherry Goberdhan has also initiated a petition that is being sponsored by MP Cathay Wagantall to call upon Parliament to pass legislation that would make Asaara’s murder a separate offence. CHOICE42 is pro-woman, pro-baby, and pro-life and seeks to create awareness about the humanity of pre-born children, and to provide support to women who are facing unplanned pregnancy or dealing with post-abortion problems. CHOICE42 encourages women to be fully educated about their options and to realize that though it is their choice, they are making a choice for two.
CHOICE42 video may be viewed at: https://youtu.be/WYQLqxxnxN8 Laura Klassen is available for interviews throughout the week. To reach Laura please call 647-379-8701 or email her at [email protected].
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President’s Message Pharisees pretended to be scandalized when a minor law of Moses was broken but thought nothing of the evil in their own hearts. This is why Jesus called them hypocrites. The same is true today; when the mainstream media seem to be aghast by the news of an animal that is mistreated, yet blatantly condone, even applaud, the murder of millions of children through abortion, and the legalized murder of the sick and infirm under the guise of “rights”. Watching the March for Life on EWTN (they covered the complete march with 5 hours of coverage), I was happy to see that Abby Johnston (Unplanned) spoke from the podium, telling everyone the story of her conversion from Planned Parenthood clinic director to Pro Life advocate. She spoke of the movie ‘Unplanned’ (it is banned in Canada), the impact that it has had in the States and the great number of clinic workers who have left the abortion industry. Also present were the producers of ‘Gosnell’, Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney; they stated that the reason they made the movie was to emphasize the transcript of the trial where the director of a ‘reputable clinic’ related the abortion procedure in graphic detail. As described by Charlotte Allen in an article entitled, “The Point of Gosnell” -- “Dr. North breezes through her testimony about the 30,000-plus “good” abortions she has performed—“ (and then the defense lawyer had his cross examination) “Dr. North says one of the first steps she performs is to…pierce the spinal cord at the back of the neck. Pretty much like Dr. Gosnell, except the fetus is still technically unborn, so the aim of the procedure—as the increasingly rattled Dr. North explains—is to collapse the skull after draining out its brain contents and pull it out of the uterus along with other fetal body parts via giant saw-toothed forceps (Cohan has a pair of those on hand in the courtroom, too). Occasionally, the fetus slips through the birth canal before it can be dismembered. Then, says Dr. North, her clinic gives it “comfort care” until it “passes.” By the end of all of this, you are wondering what, precisely, the difference is between a perfectly legal standard-issue second-trimester abortion and murder. Of course, that is the point of Cohan’s cross-examination strategy.” This movie is worth seeing and it does not show the actual reality and gore that seems to offend so many people. My heartfelt thanks to those who sacrificed the precious hours of their lives to attend the March for Life in Ottawa; I hope you all feel a sense of rejuvenation from the experience. Also, a thank you to Lutherans for Life for arranging breakfast in Ottawa for those on the Stratford bus. Yours for Life, Pat Bannon
From the Editor’s Desk In 1988, Senator Haidasz addressed the (Canadian) Senate: “Some people are willing to allow abortion for so-called ‘serious therapeutic reasons’ Well there are no therapeutic reasons for abortion, and that point is held by medical specialists. An abortion is not therapeutic for the mother and is certainly not therapeutic for the child. The day when the child in the womb could be regarded as an antagonist of the mother is long past…Furthermore, no gestational law is morally acceptable…I believe the law has a teaching function. To legalize acts of violence means that those doing the legalization become participants in the crime. Moreover, truth is perverted…Furthermore, the rejection of the right to kill the unborn is not a view of some religious sect, but it is the defense of the dignity of the human person. The battle has been fought for 4,000 years, though never as intensely as today in Canada.” Read that again, very carefully, there is a lot in that short paragraph. When you think clearly, you can find the Truth; and then you can speak the Truth, not a perversion of It. But what is happening today; why are so many people, even in our own families, so rabidly pro- death? Here is what Dostoevsky (d.1881) wrote in The Brothers Karamazov – “Imagine that you yourself are building an edifice of human destiny that has the ultimate aim of making people happy and giving them finally peace and rest, but that to achieve this, you are faced inevitably and inescapably with torturing just one tiny baby, say that small fellow who was just beating his fists on his chest, so that you would be building your edifice on his unrequited tears-would you agree to be its architect under those conditions? Tell me, and don’t lie!” Is that not what is happening today? Contraception will prevent pregnancy, so there is no need for chastity or respect for reproduction, as designed by Our Creator. If contraception fails, abortion does the job; it levels the “playing field” for women and men (pregnancy and childbirth are seen as impediments to equality). Blind passions are being fueled by pro-death propaganda, using the mantra of “choice, women’s health, freedom, etc.” to seduce women and men to do the unthinkable, sacrifice their children. Truth has been perverted and death is now the ultimate savior (also clearly seen in euthanasia). This explains what is happening in Canada, the battle between Truth and perversion, good and evil. It is not new. Understanding that this is spiritual combat will help us fight it. Know the Truth and pray, pray, pray. Virginia Miller
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