ONTARIO, September 12, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13th Campaign Life Coalition Youth is organizing Mini Defund Abortion Rallies in front of all Ontario MPPs’ offices across the province, as a lead-up to the huge Defund Abortion Rally to be held at Ontario’s legislature on Oct. 30th.
“This year we are kicking it up a notch. In addition to holding a massive rally at Queens Park like we did in 2011, we have also added a local element for 2012 with ‘mini-rallies’ across Ontario. These rallies will all happen on the same day, at the same time, to maximize the sheer awesomeness of this event,” said organizer Alissa Golob, coordinator for Campaign Life Coalition Youth.
“It’s time to turn up the heat on this initiative,” Golob told LifeSiteNews. “MPPs have told us that the absolute most effective thing you can do to get your MPP to pay attention to a cause is to rally their constituency office, as well as the provincial legislature, so that’s exactly what we’re doing.”
“We hope to have enough pro-lifers in every riding to boast a Mini-Rally in all 107 electoral districts,” Alissa said. “This powerful message will remind MPPs that this is not just an issue at Queens Park, but something that their very own constituents are demanding.”
Alissa explained that Campaign Life Coalition Youth holds the position that government-funded abortions are a blatant abuse of tax dollars, and severely unjust. She says these funds can and must be directed away from the killing of preborn children and used for treatment of genuine health problems, rather than controversial lifestyle choices.
“This is an issue that should be held close to the hearts of young people in particular,” Alissa observed. “We did not have a choice to stand-up against the Morgentaler decision, but we have a choice now. Let’s use it. We are the survivors and it’s our job to speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves.”
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The CLC Youth coordinator pointed out that because MPP offices are normally located in high traffic areas, the protestors, their signs, and their message will be seen by the broader community, cars driving by, and pedestrians, which may motivate local media to cover the mini-rally and thereby spread the message even further.
“It would be absolutely amazing, inspiring and effective if pro-life Ontarians stepped forward to take this on in their riding,” said Alissa.
“But we can’t do it alone. We need your help,” she said. “We need you on the ground level, to help us organize a mini rally in your riding. The work will be minimal, but the result monumental. It is only through this united effort will we be able to accomplish the task of having a rally in front of every single MPP’s office in the province.”
Noting that polls have shown the majority of Ontarians support the defunding of abortion, Alissa observed that these results “support the common-sense view that taxpayers should not be paying for the lifestyle choices people make.”
“Many physicians have reiterated the fact that no medical or health benefit exists in an elective surgery such as abortion, which is evidence enough not to fund a procedure whereby the (medical necessity) is highly contested,” she added.
Canadian Physicians for Life stated in an open letter to the federal Health Minister that, “Abortion is not an essential medical service. It is designated ‘medically necessary’ for purely social and political, not medical, reasons. Pregnancy is not an ‘injury, illness or disease.’ There is no proof that abortion improves health. In fact it disrupts a normal physiological process, poses a risk to the mother, and ends the life of her developing child. There is no ‘medical necessity’ where no medical benefit or health risk exists.”
Furthermore, they pointed out that, “If the federal government had any confidence that a majority of Canadians wish to see abortion funded by the taxpayer, it could easily prove so in a referendum. Without such a democratic affirmation of national support for free abortions, the government should at least respect the diversity of provincial government approaches to abortion funding.”
“It’s up to us,” said Alissa, “to raise the silent majority to step forward and stop forced, tax-payer funded abortion once and for all.”
Last year, the first-ever Defund Abortion Rally at Ontario’s legislature drew over 2000 pro-lifers. The spirited event called on the legislature to ease financial pressure on Ontario’s crumbling health care system by defunding elective abortion.
In preparation for the 2nd annual Defund Abortion Rally to be held on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 from 12 to 2 p.m. at Queen’s Park, Campaign Life Coalition Youth has launched a Defund Abortion petition campaign demanding that the Legislative Assembly of Ontario “cease providing taxpayers’ dollars for the performance of abortions by passing legislation to remove abortion as a service covered by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan.” The signed petitions will be presented to Ontario’s Members of Provincial Parliament.
Petitions are available for download here. Signed petitions should be returned to Campaign Life Coalition Youth, Attention: Alissa Golob. (Address: 104 Bond St, Suite 300, Toronto, ON, M5B 1X9)
Alissa asks those interested in helping Campaign Life Coalition Youth organize a Defund Abortion Mini Rally in your riding to please contact her at [email protected] or call 416-204-9749 ext. 238.
Information on the De-Fund Abortion Rally happening at Queens Park on Tuesday, October 30th is available through the CLC website here, and on Facebook here.