Euthanasia: Pressures mounting for liberalized laws

by | Jan 18, 2007 | Issues

Medical science, social attitudes and demographic pressures are creating calls for liberalized laws on euthanasia and assisted suicide. The League supports Church teaching that life is sacred from conception to natural death, and participates as much as possible in...

Down Syndrome group decries call for more screenings

by | Jan 10, 2007 | News

Down Syndrome group decries call for more screenings. Association’s statement coincides with doctors’ associations’ recommendations that more women be screened for Down Syndrome and other conditions. Report from National Post, January 10, 2007.

Carleton pro-life group granted club status

by | Jan 10, 2007 | News

Carleton pro-life group granted club status. However, this apparent reversal of the Carleton University Students’ Association’s earlier refusal (League Press Releases, Nov. 28, 2006), remains open to interpretation. Report from LifeSite News.

And daddy makes three

by | Jan 8, 2007 | News

And daddy makes three. David Warren comments on the recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision recognizing three persons as legal parents of a five-year old boy. Ottawa Citizen, Jan. 7, 2007. Reprinted with permission. 

Decision opens up ‘Pandora’s Box” for family law, says League

by | Jan 2, 2007 | News

TORONTO, January 2, 2007 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) has expressed concerns about the decision released today by the Ontario Court of Appeal in the “Three Parent Case,” in which two lesbian mothers and the biological father are accorded equal...