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TORONTO, December 19, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Ontario’s ban on pro-life speech outside the province’s eight abortion centers takes effect February 1, 2018, the government confirmed in a letter last week.
But Campaign Life Coalition national president Jim Hughes says the law won’t stop pro-life advocates reaching out to women facing difficult pregnancies who may think abortion is their only option.
“If the government and the abortion industry think this is going to deter us, they have no idea,” he told LifeSiteNews.
Ontario MPPs passed Bill 163, or Safe Access to Abortion Services Act, October 25, just three weeks after Attorney General Yasir Naqvi tabled it. All three major parties agreed to fast-track the legislation.
Naqvi then sent a letter December 15 to the groups his ministry consulted in the summer on the legislation, informing them Bill 163 comes into force February 1, pending finalization of regulations on its implementation.
Campaign Life Coalition was among those groups consulted, and along with Alliance for Life Ontario and Association for Reformed Political Action Canada, denounced the Liberals for a bill that violates Charter rights and is based on scant evidence.
Campaign Life also opposed the bill during the
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