adventus.org » Law http://adventus.org/en Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:36:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Day Humanity Became Cheap http://adventus.org/en/ericnicolai/the-day-humanity-became-cheap/ http://adventus.org/en/ericnicolai/the-day-humanity-became-cheap/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:05:19 +0000 Fr. Eric Nicolai http://adventus.org/en/ericnicolai/the-day-humanity-became-cheap/ Some of you may remember January 28th 1988: it was that awful day in which the Supreme Court of Canada released its judgment on the Morgentaler Case, thereby removing the abortion provision from the criminal code. I was working on my Masters back then, and I was sure the judgment wouldn’t last. Well it’s been 20 years. Since then the doors have been swung wide open to the progressive degradation of human dignity in Canada. The issue of abortion has been almost completely absent from public debate in this country, which is why it is heartening to see David Frum’s article in today’s National Post. It is the kind of debate that we need to hear. And if you’re up to reading some heart-wrenching stories of women who have gone through abortions and if you’re ready to hear some of the deep scars they have been left with, read the recently-published diaries put together by Yvonne Floraczak-Seeman, called A Time to Speak. Mrs. Floraczak-Sleeman, who herself had 5 abortions, puts together the 14 most commonly-heard myths about abortion (a simple procedure, its legal so its ok, it’s my body, it’s just cell tissue, whatever) and answers them with the testimonies of people who have lived through this horror. If you want a glimpse of some of these stories, listen to a recent interview with her on Catholic Answers. It really brings home why it is a good thing to do some penance for all the victims of the tragedy of abortion.

]]> http://adventus.org/en/ericnicolai/the-day-humanity-became-cheap/feed/ 12 Fixing up Canada http://adventus.org/en/ericnicolai/fixing-up-canada/ http://adventus.org/en/ericnicolai/fixing-up-canada/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:22:53 +0000 Fr. Eric Nicolai http://adventus.org/en/ericnicolai/fixing-up-canada/ The National Post currently has an ongoing “Fixing Canada Series”, in which a number of prominent writers are being asked a simple question: If you had the power to change a single thing about Canada, what would it be?Raymond de Souza recounts the different proposals in today’s Post.  Among them it is worthwhile reading Michael Coren’s impassioned plea to remedy’s Canada’s lack of any sort of abortion law.  Coren has written often in pro-life magazines and papers; however it is one thing preaching to the choir, and quite another publishing this stinging blow to what he calls the Canadian feminist movement, and simply “Canada’s attitude”, by which we can suppose he means the government that finances abortion.  This comes on the heels of a debate about a pregnant Winnipeg woman who was murdered because she did not want to have an abortion, and yet the killer could not be charged with double homicide. Here’s how he begins:
It is tragically ironic that the most vital and profound issue facing this country is considered by many of its citizens and most of its establishment to be at best irrelevant and at worst a dangerous digression championed by zealots. The issue is, of course, abortion. And Canada is almost unique in the civilized world in having no abortion law at all. In other words, any unborn child can be aborted and in most of the country the taxpayer will finance the procedure.Can we, however, genuinely regard ourselves as part of a “civilized world” if we treat our most vulnerable with such indifference? What is supposed to be the safest place for a human being — the womb — has been transformed into a slaughterhouse for humanity, with more than 100,000 abortions in Canada each year.    

 The rest can be found here.  Also worthwhile is the column by Fr. Raymond de Souza on that Winnipeg woman.  Let’s hope the debate continues, for the silence on this central question is really deafening.  As one reader said: A culture of life is a culture leading to great endeavours. A culture of death, which includes abortion, is a dead end. Whatever else we can think of improving will only be cosmetic.  

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