Petition

Hamilton City Council: Don’t censor images of pre-born humans!

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To: Hamilton City Council

WHEREAS city staff have been directed to produce a report by Q2 2024 on the feasibility of creating a by-law that would require flyers containing fetal images be concealed in sealed envelopes with a warning and sender information when delivered to Hamilton residences;

WHEREAS staff have also been asked “to explore the feasibility of regulating or prohibiting graphic imagery that is carried, held or displayed in public spaces”;

WHEREAS Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects the fundamental freedom of expression, and such freedom is necessary for the function of any democracy;

WHEREAS the Association for Reformed Political Action recently initiated litigation to challenge the constitutionality of the “By-law to regulate the Delivery of Graphic Images in the City of St. Catharines” (By-law No. 2023-150);

WHEREAS “images showing, or claiming to show, a fetus or any part of a fetus” encompass not only abortion victim photography but also ultrasound photos and scientific images of fetal development;

WHEREAS the purpose of arbitrarily restricting the dissemination of fetal imagery is evidently viewpoint discrimination;

WHEREAS there is a long history of social reform movements effectively employing sometimes graphic victim imagery to expose and end injustice;

WHEREAS abortion victim photography in particular instills awareness of the humanity of the pre-born and the inhumanity of abortion;

WHEREAS efforts to restrict this awareness and censor images of either abortion victims or children in the womb aid in the perpetration of this injustice and result in severe harm;

Therefore, we the undersigned, demand that you pass no such by-law and abandon plans to censor the display and/or dissemination of fetal imagery.

Sincerely,

[The undersigned]

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Kat W. Calgary, AB
Apr 11, 2024 - 07:31pm
Anonymous Lakeside, ON
Apr 10, 2024 - 07:32pm
Hamilton City Council, I ask you to not censor images of preborn humans. They are voiceless human beings targeted and killed for the sake of convenience. Those flyers that speak for those who are voiceless do not need to be pushed into silence. No, they need as many voices as possible speaking for their protection and life.
Lydell B. Estevan, SK
Apr 8, 2024 - 04:08pm
Jocelyn B. Langdon, AB
Apr 6, 2024 - 04:17pm
Clare H. Mississauga, ON
Apr 6, 2024 - 03:08pm
janine C. VERNON, BC
Apr 6, 2024 - 01:30pm
Rose-Marie G. Burlington, ON
Apr 6, 2024 - 10:14am
Anonymous Belmont, ON
Apr 6, 2024 - 08:51am
Anonymous Belmont, ON
Apr 6, 2024 - 08:50am
Anonymous Calgary, AB
Apr 6, 2024 - 01:32am
Sakurako H. Woodstock, ON
Apr 5, 2024 - 10:36pm
Anthony V. Ottawa, ON
Apr 5, 2024 - 05:50pm
Sarah-Lynn B. St Catharines, ON
Apr 5, 2024 - 03:16pm
Myles V. Barry’s Bay, ON
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David R. Winnipeg, MB
Apr 5, 2024 - 01:10pm