July 7, 2023
Awesome pro-life social media posts this week
Students for Life Action
Amanda Achtman
Dr. Calum Miller
The July edition of CLC National News, our monthly newsletter, is now available on our website here.
Dear Maureen, I’m Pete Baklinski and this is your Canadian Pro-Life News Bits where I let you know what’s happening on our country’s pro-life and pro-family front.
The biggest news this week is that CLC has launched a constitutional challenge against the Parliamentary Protective Service for prohibiting us from showing abortion victim images on Parliament Hill during our press conference leading up to the National March for Life in May. It’s time to push back against the censorship of pro-life speech that has been happening on Parliament Hill. We’re being represented by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms.
And, here’s some good news. A Christian pastor has launched an alternative to drag queen story hours, an initiative that is beginning to spread across the country. Instead of having drag queens in libraries reading perverted and corrosive stories to children, this initiative has Christian leaders reading stories to children in libraries that affirm biological sex and celebrate true masculinity and femininity. Bravo!
The July edition of CLC National News, our monthly newsletter, is now available online. Reading this is a great way to catch up on what CLC has been up to.
Finally, the must-see video of the week is a heartwarming account of a fireman and his wife who adopted the first baby to be dropped off in the fire station’s newly installed “baby box.”
Top Canadian pro-life stories you need to know about
Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms: Campaign Life Coalition legally challenges Parliamentary police for prohibiting abortion victim images on Hill
“Parliament Hill is historically a public square where people of various viewpoints come to convey a message to the government and other Canadians,” says lawyer Hatim Kheir. “Subjecting political expression on Parliament Hill to literal police censorship based on subjective criteria strikes at the core of Canadians’ democratic right to freedom of expression.”
LifeSiteNews: Euthanasia group demands Catholic hospitals in British Columbia be forced to provide assisted suicide
“If they get their way that means no sanctuaries for the dying, be it faith-based or purely palliative care oriented.”
Rebel News: Christian alternative to Drag Queen story hours goes nationwide
“Pastor Tim Stephens of Fairview Baptist Church…shared about an initiative he and his church put together to provide an alternative to the drag queen story hours that have been popping up in libraries across the country. His events, called True Readings with True Royalty, are open to all and feature age-appropriate stories that affirm biological gender and celebrate the positive aspects of masculinity and femininity.”
Run with Life: Canada has spent $1,224,874,902 on ‘sexual and reproductive health’ since 2020
“Nearly all of this 1 billion-plus handout was actually supposed to alleviate poverty under the International Development Assistance Program.”
Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: Canadian Health Authority promotes euthanasia to pensioners
“Fraser Health, a healthcare authority in British Columbia Canada, has been sending a slideshow promoting euthanasia to pensioners.”
ARPA: How we intervened in Bill Whatcott’s criminal ‘hate speech’ case
“We don’t know how the Court will rule. We must wait for their decision, which will likely not be released for a few months to a year. In the meantime, we ask that you pray for the judges, that they would be careful, precise, and wise in their deliberations.”
LifeNews: Canadian Town Rejects Pro-Life Flag, But Allows Rainbow Flag Painted on Sidewalk
“Leaders of a Canadian town rejected a request last week to allow a pro-life flag to fly next to an LGBTQ rainbow display, claiming one is “controversial” and the other is ‘inclusive.’”
July CLC National News now available
The July edition of CLC National News, our monthly newsletter, is now available on our website here. Don’t miss these stories, including:
First National ‘Pride’ flag walkout day a success
1,500 Canadian babies were born alive after failed abortion. Police need to investigate how they died
Conservative bill to protect pregnant women blocked by Liberals and NDP
What Danielle Smith’s election means for Alberta pro-life movement
Manitoba politician wants to abort US babies from states where abortion is illegal
Calgary bylaw censors pro-life free speech
Meet CLC interns
Pro-life apologetics: How to answer pro-abortion claim: “Legal abortion is needed for miscarriage care”
Don’t miss CLC president Jeff Gunnarson’s July letter to pro-lifers about getting back to basics and soldiering on. Read Jeff’s full letter here.
Inspiring stories to give you hope
Right to Life UK: Premature baby born so small he could fit in his father’s hands
“A premature baby born just 4 weeks after the abortion limit and weighing less than 2lbs was so small he could fit in his dad’s hands.”
Live Action: Mom refuses abortion after brain cancer diagnosis
“A young mother in Michigan refused abortion following a diagnosis of brain cancer in 2022 and gave birth to a baby girl, Gracey. Now she is in a battle for her own life.”
Live Action: Man with Down syndrome inspires as Canada’s first bodybuilder
“Kyle Landi, a 23-year-old from Milton, Ontario, is a bodybuilder, aspiring model, and actor. Landi’s goals, determination, and success are especially inspiring because he was born prematurely with Down syndrome, and had several holes in his heart.”
Epoch Times: ‘One-in-2.5 Million’ Conjoined Twin Girls Who Survived Separation Surgery Graduate From Kindergarten
“Rare conjoined twins who survived separation surgery, despite just a two percent chance of survival, have graduated from kindergarten.”
Awesome pro-life social media posts this week
Students for Life Action
Amanda Achtman
Dr. Calum Miller
Must-see video of the week
A Florida Firefighter named Vincent and his wife had been trying to have a child for 10yrs. Their prayers were finally answered after Vincent rescued a baby girl from his fire station’s Baby Box. “I picked her up and held her. We locked eyes, and that was it. I’ve loved her ever since that moment.”
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Maureen, it’s much easier to complain about how bad the world is today than to do something to make it better. But, as people of faith and as people of hope, we are called not to complain, but to make things better.
Yes, the darkness encroaches all around us, but we are called not to complain about the darkness, but to light a candle.
That’s what I loved about the story of the Christian pastor in Alberta who decided that complaining about the corruption of children in our libraries wasn’t enough. He decided to light a candle by hosting reading hours where children would hear inspiring stories that included basic truths such as God creating humans as male and female and that marriage is between a man and a woman.
I think this is more of the kind of response that Christians need to make in these dark times if we’re really going to answer Christ’s call to be “light” in the world.
CLC President Jeff Gunnarson often reminds our staff that we must insert Christ back into society to change the culture.
Is God asking you to light a candle somewhere to help dispel the darkness? The more of us who answer this call, the more the light will spread, until there is no more darkness in our world.
“Let your light shine before others!” - Matt. 5:16.
Be bold and daring for life!
Pete Baklinski
Director of Communications
Campaign Life Coalition
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