No Proclamation for Fetus Fetishists

Woo-hoo! After five straight years of bending over for fetus fetishists, the City of Kelowna has declined to proclaim the last week in September "Protect Human Life Week".

It's a yet another straight-up victory for sane people who oppose this tiny minority of fanatics in our midst.

In a long overdue move, Kelowna has changed its criteria for issuing proclamations to focus on local common issues and, more importantly, to take into account the human rights issue so often glossed over by these anodyne statements.

"Although the wording of the proclamation may have sounded harmless, anti-abortion groups can and do exploit official declarations," said [Executive Director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada Joyce] Arthur, arguing cities must look critically at the groups behind these requests.


She pointed to an incident in August when Regina declared European Heritage Week which the mayor immediately rescinded after discovering a white supremacist group was behind the request.


"The underlying intent of the Protect Human Life message is instantly recognizable by women who are aware of right-wing attacks on their rights," said Arthur.


"The main purpose of the Kelowna Pro-Life Society is to oppose abortion. The organization has used proclamations in the past as a vehicle to challenge women's right to access safe and legal abortion, and thereby women's basic legal rights and equality. The mayor was right to deny the group its proclamation this year because it amounted to discrimination against women.


"All cities across Canada need to respect the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and human rights codes by not approving cloaked messages from groups seeking to overturn those rights," added Arthur. 


In an earlier statement opposing the proclamation, [local pro-choice activist Dianne] Varga described the society's display graphic photos of fetuses at KSS and other actions as "disgusting, fanatical, offensive and inappropriate."


"While it's legal for them to have done so, it does give a clear indication of the extremist nature of this organization. It's been 40 years since abortion was legalized in Canada and the majority of Canadians support a pro-choice position. Yet the anti-choice movement continues to employ this and other shock tactics to try to move public opinion."

Last week, the forced pregnancy gang took their gory fetal pron signs to protest outside a high school. As usual, this upset people and caused controversy.

These are the grounds on which to oppose attempts to strong-arm local governments: the groups are fanatical, anti-human rights, and not at all representative of the community. In fact, their message is offensive to the majority and needlessly divisive.

Maybe the good people of Ottawa can offer a similar schooling to Mayor Jim Watson in time to cancel the annual proclamation of "Respect for Life Day" to coincide with the March of the Feti in May.

ADDED: Wingers whinge: Mayor kow-tows to pro-aborts. Hee.

Anti-Abortion Ad Pulled!

No. Not the one causing such a kerfuffle in the Excited States, you know, the heroic story of choosing to continue a problematic pregnancy that is probably a heap of BS in any case.

This one is right here in Canada.

The fetus fetishists were wetting themselves when a Kelowna telly station agreed to run a 'graphic' anti-abortion ad.

Well, it ain't gonna happen (links added).

A Kelowna TV station won't air a controversial anti-abortion ad after all.

CHBC executives say they've reconsidered their earlier willingness to run the graphic ad, sponsored by the Kelowna Right to Life Society, that shows a tiny severed hand and arm held up by an adult hand wearing a surgical glove.

Station general manager Dennis Gabelhouse said it was determined the ad's graphic content would likely run counter to national advertising standards.

Gabelhouse said it became a common-sense decision that the ad would not meet the Canadian Code of Advertising Standards.

The station manager said to his knowledge the ad has not run on any television station in North America. The ad was reportedly created by a group called New York Priests for Life and adapted for the Kelowna market.

Marlon Bartram, executive director of Kelowna Right to Life, criticized the decision, saying he understood fewer than 20 people had complained, and that the station was caving in to a handful of pro-choice activists.

According to Kelowna.com, CHBC is willing to run other, less graphic ads for Right to Life.

You can see the ad at LifeShite if you've a taste for fetal pr0n.

And dig this further comment from Bartram:

“We received a number of comments saying (the ad) was not graphic, it was well done and even beautiful,” he told Kelowna.com.

Yup, that's my idea of beauty. A severed arm.

And these freaks have the gall to say that pro-choice people promote a Culture of Death.