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Fredericton's mayor says an anti-abortion group should "get back to Ontario" after angering many people by displaying large photos of aborted fetuses along busy streets — but the activists vow to continue a Maritime tour.
Brad Woodside said he received two dozen phone calls at home on Monday night from residents who were furious that the city allowed the demonstration. Dozens of activists lined main streets in Fredericton showing the graphic images on placards that were about 1½ metres in height.
The mayor said his office also fielded dozens of calls about the display
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Protests planned for other N.B. cities, Halifax
The group continued its demonstration in the city on Tuesday before moving on to other communities in the province — Moncton, Edmundston and Saint John — and then heading to Halifax.
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"I resented that I had to answer the many questions that she put to me about these pictures. I resent the fact that they were exposed to these horrible graphic photos."
Mission accomplished.
I feel very ambivalent about this tactic. I feel that these signs are bona fide traffic hazards. How are you expected to drive and watch these bloody fetuses?
On the other hand, they force people to talk about the abortion issue.
I like this quote:
Burwell said the pictures were offensive and misleading. "They have these huge pictures they say is an aborted 10-week fetus and it's not. It's much further along than that. It's probably a fetus from a miscarriage and they've doctored the photos."
Okay, Ms. Burwell, take a picture of a 10-week fetus from an abortion, then post it on a 1 1/2 meter high sign, and let's see what it looks like. I suppose her point was that the fetus wasn't mangled enough to be an abortion. In which case, it's even more shocking. A D & C abortion often completely pulverizes the baby to the point you can't recognize body parts very well. Maybe those pictures are just too sanitized.
Hat tip to Hailey posting at Free Dominion
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