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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Esther G. Westbsnk, BC
Apr 5, 2024 - 10:01am
Sandra G. Guelph, ON
Apr 5, 2024 - 09:28am
Truth can or should not be hidden. A six-week old fetus is a beautiful human being, a life not for us to hide or snuff out.
Ramona S. Langley, BC
Apr 5, 2024 - 03:35am
Angela R. Abbotsford , BC
Apr 5, 2024 - 12:23am
Sheri C. Mississauga , ON
Apr 4, 2024 - 11:48pm
Free speech is a part of our charter. It is Canada’s duty as a Democratic nation to uphold this as a fundamental right for all citizens.
Clayton S. Calgary, AB
Apr 4, 2024 - 07:39pm
Beverly L. Selkirk, MB
Apr 4, 2024 - 04:17pm
Natalie W. St Catharines, ON
Apr 4, 2024 - 04:09pm
Anonymous Vineland, ON
Apr 4, 2024 - 11:52am
Rosa M. Elliot Lake, ON
Apr 4, 2024 - 10:06am
The right to freedom of speech protects not only popular & uncontroversial speech, but also dissenting & uncomfortable speech. Suppressing certain viewpoints, no matter how discomforting they may be to some, undermines the very essence of democracy and pluralism.
William H. Gibson Woods, NS
Apr 2, 2024 - 04:33pm
Patricia L. Ottawa, ON
Apr 2, 2024 - 03:34pm
Do not censor pictures of unborn babies! These pictures reveal the reality of the human being that gets chopped in pieces when it is aborted!
Marilyn L. Guelph, ON
Apr 2, 2024 - 02:30pm
We must never lose our freedom of speech. This is supposed to be a free country. Let's not lose it.
Margaret M. Lampman, SK
Apr 1, 2024 - 06:27pm
Anonymous Ottawa, ON
Apr 1, 2024 - 02:59pm
Only those who know their actions are wrong seek to hide the truth, which is always revealed!