100,000 children die every year because of abortion.

100,000 letters could change that.

Will YOU make a difference?

Letters4Life is a campaign to write 100,000 letters to the Prime Minister opposing abortion. Though Mr. Harper has stated repeatedly that the abortion debate will not be re-opened, we believe it is time for a change. Please help us by following three steps:

Step 1: Write and send a letter! You can write as many times as you like, regardless of your age or where you live. Children are encouraged to draw a picture with a short message, such as “Life” or “Save the babies.” Postage is free! You can find the address, form letters, and more information at www.letters4life.ca

Step 2: Take the survey to let us know how many letters are being sent. That way, we can keep track of how close we’re getting to the goal. Here is the link: http://kwiksurveys.com/online-survey.php?surveyID=LNKKNI_7fbbab3e

Step 3: Forward and spread the word! Let’s unite to show that CANADIANS ARE PRO-LIFE!

The goal is to write 100,000 letters by May 10th, the day of the Ottawa March for Life.

So yeah, maybe we’re crazy.  But we’re determined. We’re strong. We’re passionate.

And that’s what’s going to make the difference.

 

Speaking out against ABORTION by sending 100,000 PROLIFE LETTERS to Prime Minister Stephen Harper by May 10th

LETTERS4LIFE: please visit the website www.letters4life.ca

Conservative MP Leon Benoit spoke out in Parliament on March 6 denouncing the censorship of pro-life students in Canadian universities.

“Universities in Canada are often thought of as the bastions of free speech and expression. Certainly they are the last places where censorship should occur. I wish this were true, but sadly, it is not,” Mr. Benoit stated.  “When it comes to some of the most sensitive issues, such as pro-life issues, many universities are exactly the opposite.”

Mr. Benoit reminded the House of the arrest under a charge of trespassing of pro-life students at Ottawa’s Carleton University on October 4, 2010, for conducting a peaceful pro-life demonstration on the university campus.  “When students at Ottawa’s Carleton University put up a pro-life display, some students found the photos offensive and complained. I expect that most Canadians would find such photos offensive but that was the point the group was making: that abortion and particularly late stage abortion is offensive,” Mr. Benoit said.

“What is of concern is how the university reacted. It demanded that the group remove its display and then charged the students when they refused.”  “Similar censorship has occurred at universities in Toronto, Calgary, Fredericton and, most recently, Victoria where students are banned from carrying out pro-life activities and were forced to apologize to groups that were offended by their display,” Mr. Benoit pointed out.

“I call on all universities,” Mr. Benoit concluded, “to truly become places where students and society can count on free speech and free expression being allowed and, in fact, encouraged.” 

A curious thing about winter is that it seems to get in one last cold snap right before spring, and its usually the coldest and snowiest of the season.  In our 40 year old struggle to turn the cultural tide in favour of fundamental respect for life, we are in a comparable last and most intense phase.  How long it will be before we see the light breaking over the horizon of a new day in Canada we do not know, but we know that it is coming. The primary key to changing the culture is education. Quality, engaging, life-affirming education – which fully informs and powerfully inspires; which disarms defensiveness through its calm yet irrefutable approach; and which presents the disturbing truth about human-made threats to life yet gives primacy to their positive alternatives and to the goodness of valuing life. Toronto Right to Life has been providing this kind of education in Toronto and beyond for 40 years – through presentations to thousands annually, as well as through numerous events, publications and other proactive initiatives. 

Last year, your donations to Toronto Right to Life yielded:

• the education of 7,000 students and adults in our presentations

• the publication of a high school club manual and its distribution across Canada

• a Youth Conference attended by students from 18 schools

• the sponsoring of 357 ads on the Toronto subway system

• the formation of a nation-wide connection resource for high school pro-life clubs and other projects.

This educational year (starting in September) we have already educated over 6,000 in our presentations, are planning to open our Youth Conference to several other school districts, and are planning several other new major projects!  We do all this with a very lean budget and a staff of only 4.  Our mission-essential but minimal expenditures, however, are at present exceeding our income.  The economic downturn has resulted in decreased donations while expenses continue to increase as normal. We are falling short by about 6 to $7,000 monthly.  Obviously, we have limited reserves to remain in this situation for an extended period.  Therefore, we are making this Lenten appeal to you to contribute to our mission of vigorously “educating for life.” 

The tide is beginning to turn.  Polls consistently show a gradual but steady shift toward increasing respect for life. The opposition, knowing that science increasingly affirms the humanity and life of the unborn, and that a cultural shift is beginning, is getting nervous – now is the time to engage to the fullest!  We wish to increase our presentations, produce new resources, sponsor public advertising campaigns, host talks by renowned subject matter authorities, and with you, help take the human rights journey for Canada into its completion, when a life-respecting cultural majority will finally facilitate the establishment of the the ultimate human right into law.  This Lenten season, please donate generously to helping us build a future for Life in Canada!

Your tax-deductible donations can be made at our website, www.righttolife.to by clicking on the Canada Helps tab on the “Donate” page, by calling us at 416-483-7869, or you can simply fill out the online donation form and mail it to our office.  Thank you for choosing to secure the future! 

Paul Klotz

Executive Director

February 7, 2012: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 “The statutory word ‘person’ did not in these circumstances include women.”  – British Voting Rights case, 1909

 “The Reichsgericht itself refused to recognize Jews… as ‘persons’ in the legal sense.”  – German Supreme Court decision, 1936

 “The law of Canada does not recognize the unborn child as a legal person possessing rights.” – Canadian Supreme Court – Winnipeg Child and Family Services Case, 1997

Personhood has been used to both defend and deny the rights of people throughout history.  Society has redefined the meaning of personhood yet all human life must be respected and valued. 

So let’s go back to the beginning and ask this question…

Write a speech that answers this question and you may win:

First Prize $200

Second Prize $150

Third Prize $100

CONTEST RULES

1.  Contest is open to students in grades 8 through 12.

2.  The speech must be your own original work, however sources may be cited or borrowed.

3.  The speech must be 5 minutes maximum in length.

4.  The speech must represent the theme of the contest: What is a person?

5.  You must submit a written copy of the speech to the Toronto Right to Life office by May 30, 2012.

Students who effectively address the theme of the contest while supporting the pro-life view will have the honour of delivering their speech at a TRL “Sacredness of Life” event.  Date, time and location will be announced on our website – www.righttolife.to

Please send or drop off your entry to:

Toronto Right to Life Association

120 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 302

Toronto, ON   M4P

You must submit a release form with your written speech. 

Click here to download a release form.

  Contact us for more information or click here  to download the Speech Contest poster.

Are you interested in working directly for the right to life?

Consider sitting on our Board!

If you are interested, contact the Toronto Right to Life office.

 FIRST PLACE

“Let Us Shine”

by Jo Eun Park

Grade 12 student of St. Joseph Morrow Park

SECOND PLACE  

“Life in a Smile”  

by Hanna Yakymova  

Grade 10 student of Bishop Allen Academy  

THIRD PLACE

“Every Life in our World is Precious!”

by Kaelyn Jihyeon Seok

Grade 10 student of St. Joseph Morrow Park

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