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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Michael A. Ottawa , ON
Feb 27, 2024 - 05:35pm
Anonymous Airdrie, AB
Feb 27, 2024 - 05:34pm
Phil K. Tottenham, ON
Feb 27, 2024 - 05:33pm
Anonymous Selwyn, ON
Feb 27, 2024 - 05:30pm
Vivian H. Cayuga, ON
Feb 27, 2024 - 05:28pm
Anonymous Saskatoon, SK
Feb 27, 2024 - 05:28pm
All Canadians should have the right to see pictures of preborn babies, not only the early stages of the babies' development but also the later stages of the beautifully developing babies.
Judy S. Guelph, ON
Feb 27, 2024 - 05:27pm
Anonymous Wellandport, ON
Feb 27, 2024 - 05:27pm
Mandana A. Brantford , ON
Feb 27, 2024 - 05:26pm
Melisa B. Sherwood Park, AB
Feb 27, 2024 - 05:23pm
Anonymous North Bay, ON
Feb 27, 2024 - 05:23pm
These babies are beautiful, real people - just small. Why kill your nearest neighbour?
Anonymous Winnipeg , MB
Feb 27, 2024 - 05:22pm
Gabriel G. Hamilton, ON
Feb 27, 2024 - 05:22pm
Mary Anne D. Hamilton, ON
Feb 27, 2024 - 05:21pm
Hunter E. Paris, ON
Feb 27, 2024 - 05:21pm