Human Life International, The Right-Wing, And The Far-Right

     Human Life International, like many other religious
organisations, brings together people from the respectable
right-wing all the way to the far-right. Many of its more hateful
members' views are discounted as being byproducts of their
"religious zeal". However, some of its members have made
statements putting them beyond the pale of Canadian political
discourse, and the organisation and many of the speakers at the
upcoming 14th World Conference on Love, Life and the Family have
proven themselves more than willing to work with, accomadate and
tolerate members of the far-right internationally.

HLI And Dr. Siegfried Ernst

     HLI's officials claim to abhor fascism, yet their key man in
Europe is a fascist. Siegfried Ernt M.D. has been described by
Father Paul Marx (HLI's founder and present-day chairman) as "the
greatest prolifer in Europe" (Paul Marx ,Confessions of a Prolife
Missionary, HLI, page 9).
     This is what Ernst is on record as saying about the
anti-apartheid movement in the 1980s: "Why is there this attitude
of degenerated masochism which makes us destroy systematically
our own breed and race and which makes us passively watch how our
own mental, moral, and biological inheritance is getting wasted
and ruined?" (Allgemeine Zeitung, Dr Siegfried Ernst "Apartheid
gegen sudafrica", December 9, 1986)
     During the 1980s Ernst was convinced that the Soviet Union
would invade Europe, which he described as being "down the drain"
anyway. He suggested to Marx that the two set up a center in
Paraguay to "train Christians who would fight back." This
Paraguayan center "would aim to save the best of German Christian
culture." (Paul Marx, Confessions of a Prolife Missionary, HLI,
p.21). For these and other statements Ernst was publicly branded
a "neo-fascist" in Germany. When he attempted to sue those who
called him this, the judge ruled that the term was appropriate.
According to Theresa Bell, executive director of HLI Canada, "Dr
Ernst lost the suit, not because the accusations are true, but
rather because German laws (much like Canadian and American laws) 
protect free speech and expression even to the point that unjust
and unsubstantiated accusations can with virtual impunity."
     However, the judge who had ruled on this case was very clear
that it was not simply a matter of protection freedom of
expression, but rather that "The things he says are so racially
discriminating that any impartial observer can see parallels to
the ideology of the Third Reich." (Judgement of Judge Dr.
Hilgert, of the Amstgericht Cologne, June 1992, 613 Cs 29/92)
     Ernst is the founder of an anti-choice group called the
European Doctors Association. The EDA, like HLI, is at the
far-right end of the political spectrum. Thus, one of its co-
founders is Father Wolfgang Borowsky, a former member of the
Freedom for Rudolph Hess Committee, which fought for the release
of the Nazi war criminal. Borowsky has written that "Communism is
mainly a creation of Jews." (Wolfgang Borowsky, Kommt Luzifer an
die Macht, Aglasterhausen: Bibel- und Schrifrenmission e. V.,
1985, p.81), and is fond of quoting from the anti-semitic
Protocols of the Elders of Zion, is a leader of Germany's
neo-nazi movement. (Der Rechte Rand, August-September 1991,
p.19).
     Apart from his association with Fr. Borowsky, Ernst has also
been exposed as a close friend of Manfred Roeder (in Der Spiegel,
1981). Roeder is a leader of the German neo-nazi movement, and
has stated that outright violence is the best cure for Germany's
ills.
     He served 9 1/2 years in prison for charges related to the
bombing of refugee hostels in 1980 in which two residents were
killed, anD has founded several radical right groups. ("Exclusive
- Inside Germany's Neo-Nazis", Simon Wiesenthal Center's Report,
Summer 1993)
     Despite all of this, Doctor Siegfried Ernst remains listed
in as an "International Advisors" to HLI.

Randall Terry

     Although he is not a Catholic, Human Life International's
conferences regularly include speeches by Randall Terry, the
founder of the American anti-abortion group Operation Rescue.
     Terry, like many other allies of HLI, is a Christian
Reconstructionist. Unlike most on the Christian Right, who
believe that Jesus Christ will return and set up his kingdom on
Earth, Reconstructionists believe that "the church must first set
up Christ's Kingdom on earth, then Christ will return." ("Profile
Chalcedon"Freedom Writer January 1995). According to R.J.
Rushdoony, the "father of Reconstructionism", democracy is a
heresy. Reconstructionists also believe that Biblical law must be
imposed on society, and accept that this means the death penalty,
preferable by public stoning, for those who practice
homosexuality, witchcraft, adultery, incorrigible delinquency by
youth, and even blasphemy. ("Dominion Theology" by Sara Diamond,
Z Magazine, February 1995).
     Terry will speak at the upcoming 14th World Conference on
Love, Life and the Family. At the April 1994 Human Life
International conference in Irvine, California, Terry explained
that "We need to preach the law and we need to say unashamedly
that our goal is a Christian Nation... We can't have it both
ways: either God has called us to extend His law over all the
earth, or he hasn't."
     Terry also stated that God "has called us to extend his law
to unbelievers." He concluded, "America is going to enter the
next millenium in convulsions. We are going to see turmoil and
disruption that will make the Civil War look civil. It's going to
be a horrifying time and it's the judgement of God." ("Extremism
and Anti-Semitism at HLI: A Rogues' Gallery", by Karen Branan and
Frederick Clarkson, Front Lines Research Vol. 1 #1, June 1994)
     Other statements by Randall Terry:

"If you think abortion is murder, act like it." (as reported in
US News and World Report November 14th, 1994)

"We've found the weak link is the doctor... we're going to expose
them. We're going to humiliate them." (New York Times, November
3rd, 1993)

"...Randall Terry appeared on Christian radio stations earlier
this week to assail a Boulder (Colorado) doctor... 'I hope
someday he is tried for crimes against humanity, and I hope he is
executed", Mr Terry said. "I make no bones about it friends, it
is a biblical part of Christianity that we pay for either the
conversion or the judgement of the enemies of God.'" (New York
Times, August 14th, 1993)

"Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry told pro-lifers Saturday
night at a Ft. Wayne (Indiana) church to 'let a wave of
intolerance wash over you. I want you to let a wave of hatred
wash over you. Yes, hate is good.'" (Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel,
August 16th, 1993)

     While Terry has credibility within the American Right, his
actions and public positions place him well beyond the pale of
acceptable political discourse in Canada. Since 1994 Terry has
been active in the U.S. Taxpayers' Party, a far-right party
operating on the political fringe. At gatherings of the USTP
Terry has called for a return to biblical "patriarchy" and for
the criminilization of homosexuality ("Randall Terry and the U.S.
Taxpayers Party", by John Goetz, Front Lines Research August
1994). Other officials with the USTP include:

Reverend Matthew Trehella, a member of the USTP National
Committee from Wisconsin, who signed Paul Hill's Defensive Action
statement in favour of lethal force. Trewhella, who leads an
anti-choice group called Missionaries to the Pre-Born, has called
for the formation of armed "militias" by Christians.

Jeffrey Baker, the chairman of USTP of Florida, who has stated
that "abortionists should be put to death."

Reverend Michael Bray, a USTP promoter, who also signed Paul
Hill's Defensive Action statement. Bray served four years in
federal prison for sonspiring to bomb 10 abortion clinics in
1984. ("Md. couple in Supreme Court clinic bombing case go on
fighting abortion" Baltimore Sun, October 14, 1991, p.3A)

Father Paul Marx

     In 1981 Paul Marx founded Human Life International in
Washinton D.C. He has remained active in the organisation ever
since, presently being its chairman. He regularly speaks at HLI
events, and will be speaking at the 14th World Conference on
Love, Life and Family. Father Marx is also one of the most
outspoken anti-semites associated with the organisation. Here are
some quotes from the chapter "Pro-Abortion Jews and the New
Holocaust" in his autobiography, Confessions of a Prolife
Missionary:

"The same segment of the Jewish community that accuses the Pope
of insensitivity to the Jewish Holocaust not only condones but
has more or less led the greatest holocaust of all time, the war
on unborn babies." (page 268)

"It is high time that someone remind these pro-abortionists that
there is a holocaust going on that dwarves even the horrible
Jewish one, taking 50 million lives every year worldwide." (page
268)

"Pro-abortion Jews are prominent among TV/radio/movie executives,
authors, columnists... and so on." (page 271)

"In Canada the leading abortion advocate and chief killer of
unborn babies is Henry Morgentaler, who claims to have been in
Auschwitz..." (page 272)

"Currently, prominent Jews are among the chief exponents of
euthanasia in Germany, Austria and Holland." (page 272)

"Until recently, the real political power in Austria was in the
hands of a fanatically pro-abortion Prime Minister, Bruno
Kreisky, an atheist of Jewish descent... Although they are
supremely sensitive about their own Holocaust, Austria's Jews
gave me and my colleagues no help in stopping this new holocaust;
on the contrary, they spoke eloquently for killing preborn
babies" (page 272)

"Among the chief crusaders for abortion in England, too, were
prominent Jews. And I learned, in Buenos Aires, that leaders of
Argentina's two-and-one-half million Jews were pressing for
school sex education, which always includes contraception and
(subtly) abortion." (page 272-273)

"But again, Jews who are pro-abortion must face up to their role
in the greatest holocaust in all history, the abortion holocaust.
They should also reflect on the turth that there have been other
and even larger holocausts, e.g. the worst of all (tens of
millions) in Red China under Mao; the Soviets' planned starvation
of the Ukrainians (9 million), the 20 million Russians and 6.3
million Poles who lost their lives at the hands of Hitler; and
others." (page 273)

     Marx's admiration for German neo-fascist Doctor Siegfried
Ernst is described elsewhere.
     Apart from respecting German fascists like Ernst, Marx has
also been quite clear about what he sees going on in Europe:
"Moslems are taking over Western Europe, if you are not a friend
of Allah, you're an enemy... they will kill you to please Allah."
("Extremism and Anti-Semitism at HLI: A Rogues' Gallery", by
Karen Branan and Frederick Clarkson, Front Lines Research Vol.
1#1, June 1994) Marx has also stated that Turkish Moslem doctors
make money from performing abortions on German women for their
own large families.
     This racist concern with "Christian babies" and "our"
birthrate spill over into other areas, too. In an interview with
the Minneapolis Star in the 1980s centering on his fear that "the
white Western world is committing suicide", he explained his
fears thus: "I guess we have 250,000 Vietnamese here already, and
they are going to have large families; the Orientals always do.
God knows how many Mexicans cross the border every night... And
if we ever have to fight the Russians, I wonder if these people
will be willing to stake their lives." (quoted in "Women's
Rights: Target for Racist Terror", by Michael Novick, People
Against Racist Terror 1993)

(Most of the information was based upon the excellent research
done by Planned Parenthood. For more information, read "Front
Lines Research" Vol. 1, #1. Front Lines Research, 810 7th Ave.,
14th Floor, New York, NY, 10019 USA. Tel: 212 261 4721)