{"id":261882,"date":"2022-02-01T18:40:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T00:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=261882"},"modified":"2022-01-31T17:42:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T23:42:40","slug":"court-pro-life-victory-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/court-pro-life-victory-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"Court rules Canadian city was \u2018unreasonable\u2019 in removing pro-life ads from buses"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a major pro-life victory, a court has ruled that the city of Guelph, Ontario, was \u201cunreasonable\u201d in its decision to remove several pro-life advertisements from the backs of city buses.<\/span><\/p>\n

The advertisements were removed by the city in 2019 and 2020 following a <\/span>complaint<\/span><\/a> from local citizen Fiona Douglas. Douglas argued that the ads were \u201ctriggering\u201d for pro-abortion women and women who have had an abortion. The city\u2019s Ad Standards council sided with Douglas and the ads were taken down.<\/span><\/p>\n

Consequently, Guelph & Area Right to Life <\/span>challenged<\/span><\/a> the city\u2019s decision to remove the ads for violating the right to freedom of expression under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The court ruled in the pro-life group’s favor. In a <\/span>statement<\/span><\/a>, Guelph & Area Right to Life praised this decision and noted that it affirmed not only the rights of their organization but of all Canadian pro-life organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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