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Don't Take Away Freedom of Expression and Peaceful Assembly

Background on the Issue
On May 29, 2017, MPP Yasir Naqvi, the previous Attorney General of Ontario, announced that he would table a bill in the fall to transform public sidewalks into “No Free Speech Zones” outside every abortion facility in the province. The bill was passed in October later that year, and has been put into force since February 1, 2018.

These bubble zones within which pro-life speech and expression are banned, prevent pro-lifers from demonstrating or counselling within a certain radius of an abortion facility where children are killed by abortion. That includes hospitals and clinics where abortions are committed, and pharmacies are now able to apply as well. These bubble zones are expected to resemble British Columbia's and Newfoundland and Labrador’s, which have bubble zone laws “not exceeding 50 metres” around abortion facilities.

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Stop discriminating
Dear M.P.P [Recipient's name will be automatically inserted]:

With the bubble zone law passed, it is illegal for pro-lifers to express their views on public property surrounding abortion clinics and other places where abortions are carried out. That is un-Canadian and represents government tyranny.

What other group of protesters is discriminated against like this? Black Lives Matter Toronto, Antifa, the Proletarian Feminist Front—to name just a handful of groups—are able to obstruct events without facing charges even when they engage in illegal acts. They get no consequences and no restriction on their freedom of assembly whatsoever.

But by peacefully – and legally - standing on public property outside abortion facilities to hand out information on non-abortion alternatives, pro-lifers can be imprisoned for months and/or pay thousands of dollars in fines due to the bubble zone legislation.

This discriminatory stance against pro-lifers was shown by the previous provincial Liberal government and is shown by federal Liberals who bar pro-lifers from even running for their party as candidates.

I know you are just one politician, but please help stop this persecution of pro-lifers. Allow us our free speech; withdraw the legislation brought by the Liberal government to censor pro-life views.
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