{"id":277096,"date":"2022-10-05T10:43:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T15:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=277096"},"modified":"2022-10-04T14:48:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T19:48:12","slug":"calgary-graphic-pro-life-flyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/calgary-graphic-pro-life-flyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary City Councilor trying to restrict distribution of &#8216;graphic&#8217; pro-life flyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/calgary.ctvnews.ca\/city-councillor-seeks-to-restrict-distribution-of-graphic-anti-abortion-flyers-1.6085547\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CTV News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Jennifer Wyness, councilor for Ward 2 in the Canadian city of Calgary, is calling for restrictions on the distribution of \u201cgraphic\u201d pro-life flyers after having received a depiction of an aborted baby on her doorstep. Wyness believes the image was no different than pornography or gore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think it\u2019s unacceptable to allow this image to continue to go into our communities and to our front doors on private property,\u201d Wyness said. \u201cIt was traumatizing.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Wyness, many of her constituents agree. \u201cI heard story after story of traumatization in my community,\u201d Wyness said. \u201cParents had to engage in sex education conversations with young kids, four-year-olds, years before they were ready, and kids had nightmares. Women and families in the community who had suffered pregnancy loss were re-traumatized.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>URGENT: <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/give.liveaction.org\/future-of-abortion\/?utm_source=lan&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=minibomb\"><b>We need 10 new monthly donors today to reach millions with content proven to change minds and save lives. Your monthly gift will save babies from abortion 365 days a year. Donate today.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/webapps.9c9media.com\/vidi-player\/1.9.24\/share\/iframe.html?currentId=2529610&amp;config=ctvnews\/share.json&amp;kruxId=&amp;rsid=bellmedianewsprod,bellmediaglobalprod&amp;siteName=ctvnews&amp;cid=%5B%7B%22contentId%22%3A%222529610%22%2C%22ad%22%3A%7B%22adsite%22%3A%22ctv.ctvnews%22%2C%22adzone%22%3A%22embed%22%7D%7D%5D\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wyness has filed a notice of motion asking city officials to draft a bylaw requiring graphic imagery to be distributed in an envelope with a warning label. She claimed this would not infringe on free speech. \u201c[W]e\u2019re just saying the image by societal standards is unacceptable and traumatizing to our community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/live-action-cant-stay-silent-harm-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Live Action\u2019s new campaign, \u2018Can\u2019t Stay Silent,\u2019 shines a light on abortion\u2019s harm to women and men<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marty Moore, an attorney with the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, expressed concern. \u201cIf the government is not targeting particular harm that may be caused by graphic images but rather targeting viewpoints, that raises a more serious constitutional concern,\u201d he stated. He also questioned whether the bylaw would be applied without prejudice to graphic images of all varieties. \u201cWhether it\u2019s the consequences of drunk driving, violence of war, the effects of starvation, these kinds of graphic realities of life, will this bylaw also serve to prevent the public from receiving information unvarnished in that fashion?\u201d he asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London, Ontario, passed a similar bylaw earlier this year. A violation carries a fine of $350. Katie Dean, co-founder of Viewer Discretion Legislation Coalition, said, \u201cWe need this to happen in more cities, especially Calgary, Toronto, and Vancouver. \u2026 This is not about pro-life or pro-choice. It\u2019s about common human decency.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The measure is likely to be approved, as a majority of city councilors have signed onto the notice of motion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pledge.liveaction.org\/?utm_source=lan&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=prolife_pledge\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-277267\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pledge-live-action-ad-970x250-700x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to CTV News, Jennifer Wyness, councilor for Ward 2 in the Canadian city of Calgary, is calling for restrictions on the distribution of \u201cgraphic\u201d pro-life flyers after having received a depiction of an aborted baby on her doorstep. Wyness believes the image was no different than pornography or gore. \u201cI think it\u2019s unacceptable to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":788,"featured_media":277227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[5,4,3473],"tags":[19224,154,19227,7362,19225,19226,19228],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Calgary City Councilor trying to restrict distribution of &#039;graphic&#039; pro-life flyers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jennifer Wyness, councilor in the Canadian city of Calgary, is calling for restrictions on the distribution of \u201cgraphic\u201d pro-life flyers.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/calgary-graphic-pro-life-flyers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Calgary City Councilor trying to restrict distribution of &#039;graphic&#039; 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