Dangerous fallacies are being promoted by Dr Leslie Cannold and other elite advocates for abortion rights, warns pro-life campaigner Babette Francis. The ABC TV drama Dangerous Remedy, about Dr Bertram Wainer’s campaign to legalise abortion, provoked very different emotions in me from those felt by Dr Leslie Cannold (The Drum, November 2, 2012). It…
Lord Nicholas Windsor, an outspoken champion of the unborn and a first cousin of the queen, addressed thousands of pro-life Australians who took part in Melbourne’s March for the Babies on Saturday, October 13. The march is held annually to commemorate the passage four years ago of Victoria’s Abortion Law Reform Act 2008, the most radical abortion bill yet carried in Australia. Lord Nicholas Windsor greets the crowds from the March for the Babies as they arrive at the steps of Victoria’s Parliament House. Victoria’s laws permit abortion up to nine months. This means that a baby can now be aborted,…
Pro-lifers, and even those who are not particularly pro-life, have been repulsed by the selective abortion of female babies in the womb, and the killing or abandonment of baby girls after birth in countries such as India and China. These societies traditionally have a strong preference for male children. However, with the permissive abortion…
Global warming 1 Sir, Kim L. Critchley’s letter to News Weekly (September 29, 2012) expressed concern that Arctic ice was shrinking in response to human-induced global warming. History shows that the growth and loss of Arctic ice is not unprecedented. The Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen sailed through the Northwest Passage in 1906, as did others in the 1940s. The submarine, the USS Skate, surfaced at the North Pole in August 1959. Variation in Arctic ice extent is not unexpected as ocean cycles play the major role in determining it. This has been confirmed in long-term research by NASA, the…
China has surprised the world by announcing it is ending its decades-long practice of forced abortions and sterilisations. However, pro-life activists are divided over whether Beijing’s pledge of good conduct should be taken at face value or whether it is mere lip-service. Beijing’s unexpected announcement on September 16 followed an international outcry over…
The same siren voices calling for the legalising of illicit drugs such as cannabis and ecstasy have started again. This time they have used a front organisation calling itself Australia 21 and are even promoting their views in the Medical Journal of Australia. Their tired arguments revolve around the myth that the war on drugs is lost. Australia has one of the highest drug-using cultures in the world, and cannabis is the most commonly used drug in our country. Our current permissive drug policy of harm minimisation is leading to even more drug use in Australia, particularly among our youth.…
