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Canadians push back against law that jails pro-life witness outside abortion clinics

Updated: October 9, 2017 at 8:30 pm EST  See Comments

TORONTO, October 9, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Campaign Life Coalition is asking supporters to fight back against a proposed Liberal law that will ban pro-life witness outside abortion centers.

Canada’s national pro-life lobbying group and largest pro-life association launched a petition in July against the bubble zone law that Liberal Attorney General Yasir Naqvi promised he would bring forward this fall.

Making good on his vow, Naqvi introduced Bill 163, or Safe Access to Abortion Services Act on Wednesday.

The sweeping proposed law is even worse than pro-life advocates feared, says Campaign Life senior political strategist Jack Fonseca.

So far, 1,343 people have signed the online version of Campaign Life’s petition, plus a couple thousand more who mailed in signed hard copy versions, but that number needs to skyrocket, he told LifeSiteNews.

Sign Campaign Life Coalition’s petition against Bill 163 here.

Ontarians need to push back against the Liberal overreach that tramples on their Charter right to freedom of speech and expression, he said.

If passed, Bill 163 will automatically ban pro-life activity within 50 meters of the province’s eight “dedicated” abortion centers, a distance that could be increased to 150 meters on request. When an abortion facility

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