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New rules for anti-abortion flyers in Calgary

Calgary city council passed an amendment to a bylaw Tuesday, which will add restrictions on any flyers containing images of fetuses. New rules for anti-abortion flyers in Calgary | CityNews Calgary

NDP tables Viewer Discretion Act to protect Ontarians from graphic images

QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPPs Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre) and Jennie Stevens (St. Catharines) have reintroduced the Viewer Discretion Act, a private member’s bill to protect Ontarians from the unsolicited distribution of graphic materials to residences. If passed, this legislation would require graphic images to be delivered in an opaque envelope with a warning label […]

Protect Your City From Graphic Anti-Abortion Images

– making a difference with Viewer Discretion Legislation Coalition – Katie Dean In this series finale of our Abortion episodes we welcome Katie Dean from the Viewer Discretion Legislation Coalition. Katie begins with her heartbreaking story and facing off with an anti-abortion group canvasing her neighbourhood with graphic images. That led her to starting the […]

Proposed Calgary bylaw to restrict graphic images on anti-abortion flyers

An advocacy group is looking to bring about change to some of the content Calgarians are receiving in the mail. They say that flyers from anti-abortion groups containing graphic images need to be concealed and come with a warning! By Joey Chini and Tiffany Goodwein Posted Sep 26, 2022, 3:04PM MDT. Last Updated Sep 27, 2022, 7:41AM MDT. […]

When Anti-Choice Goes Too Far:

Examining Spaces that Should be Safe from Anti-Choice Rhetoric By Jenn Miller When is it “going too far” to expose children (and others) to graphic and gruesome photos of alleged aborted fetuses? Surely, we can all agree that this is inappropriate at school, where there is an expectation of physical and psychological safety. What about […]