By Jonathon Van Maren The Blue Wave movement in Latin and South America continues to pick up steam—this time, pro-lifers in Mexico marched in protest of the incoming president’s plans to legalize abortion: On October 20, nearly one million people in more than 100 cities joined the “Celestial Wave Mexico”, and took to the streets…
By Jonathon Van Maren First published on the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform’s blog. I’ve been asked many times why I decided, back in university, to change my career plans and join the pro-life movement full-time. I’ve told that story many times—how in my first year of classes, I looked up “abortion” on the Internet…
By Jonathon Van Maren By now, most of you will have heard French President Emmanuel Macron’s statement ridiculing large families at the Gates Foundation’s “goalkeeper’s” event several weeks ago. “One of the critical issues of African demography is that this is not chosen fertility,” Macron told the audience. “I always say: ‘Present me the woman…
By Jonathon Van Maren October 19, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – I’ve been a part of the anti-porn movement for a few years now, and attending an anti-porn conference is always fascinating due to the sheer diversity of views that are present there on nearly every issue. Nearly every corner of the ideological spectrum is represented in…
Strength to Fight’s executive director Josh Gilman joined Jonathon Van Maren to discuss how the Brett Kavanaugh hearings split the anti-porn movement along political lines and badly damaged the coalitions fighting porn and sexual assault–and what we can do about it.
By Jonathon Van Maren Whenever I give presentations on pornography—which is quite frequently—the number one service and resource centre that I always recommend is Covenant Eyes. The team at Covenant Eyes is the tip of the spear in the war against pornography, and the work they do is simply phenomenal. Recently, they launched another major…
By Jonathon Van Maren On November 15, 2017, at the corner of Dundas and Wilson in the City of Woodstock, a woman aggressively approached individuals peacefully sharing a pro-life message. Volunteer Craig Van Manen described her as “yelling at me to give her my sign” after which “she proceeded to slap eggs against it.” In…
By Jonathon Van Maren You would think that condemning violence against women in any circumstances would be an easy thing to do. But for abortion activists, it turns out that this is not the case. Most of you will have seen the viral videos of violence by abortion supporters against peaceful pro-life activists—most of them…
By Jonathon Van Maren October 18, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – It is rare that a new pro-life organization emerges that does something utterly unique, but that is precisely what Laura Klassen and Choice42 have done. In the past several months, they have released a series of viral videos that have taken the Internet by storm, with…
By Jonathon Van Maren In one fell swoop, the state parliament of the Australian province of Queensland has both legalized abortion up until the point of viability as well as destroyed conscience rights for dissenting medical professionals. From The Guardian: Abortion will become legal in Queensland, after the state’s parliament voted to support new legislation and…