October 11 marks the International Day of the Girl, a day to highlight the needs and challenges faced by women and girls around the world. In considering injustice, it is always best to start with unflinching self-examination. We quickly see that this is not a day...
We knew it was going to be a tense event long before the day arrived but a conversation that occurred as the flag display was forcibly being destroyed made it all worthwhile. Sharon Wright is the president of the Powell River Pro-Life Society and was...
For immediate release On the heels of the March for Life thousands of pink and blue flags will be planted around the Human Rights Monument in downtown Ottawa today. The flags are being planted by participants in a two-day conference hosted by We Need a Law,...
Last Saturday, we set up 10,000 flags (representing 100,000 abortions annually) in Mill Lake Park in Abbotsford, B.C. This was the second of three flag displays organised in the Fraser Valley this summer. This prime location meant a day of non-stop conversations with residents of Abbotsford,...
This week is the week we see the result of all the time and effort that has gone into supporting Bill C-225, Cassie and Molly's Law. On Wednesday evening, our Members of Parliament will vote to determine whether this bill will proceed to the committee...
Sometimes a headline makes you stop and shake your head in wonder at who could have written such a thing in good conscience. On September 27, a United Nations news headline read: Repealing anti-abortion laws would save the lives of nearly 50,000 women a year...
We know that even for committed pro-life individuals it can be hard to talk to people about their views on abortion. It's not something you're likely to bring up with the grocery cashier, or knock on your neighbour's door to talk about. For that reason,...
The following is shared with permission from Valerie Beukema, a member of the Red Deer Pro-Life Board, who organized the 100,000 flag display in Red Deer, Alberta at the end of May. Each flag represents the memory of one of the children lost to abortion...
That title is a direct quote from a woman opposed to a recent flag display at the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, BC. Mikaela Collins, a counter-protestor and vice-president of the university's Feminist Initiative, accused the display of the "shaming and intimidation of...
Since it's launch just over a year ago, our flag display has been used more than 30 times in varying forms across the country. While on Life TOUR, we had the honor of meeting more than a hundred volunteers who came out to set up...
