Reproductive "Choice" Campaign

In the seventeen years CBR has been using graphic abortion photos in the public square and in the five years CCBR has, we are not aware of one incident where a woman has committed suicide after viewing graphic images.

Absolutely not. CCBR condemns all forms of abortion-related violence and will not collaborate with groups or individuals who fail to condemn such violence.

There is definitely a place for fetal development imagery in educating the public about who the unborn are. In fact, new technologies, such as 3D and 4D ultrasound, are a benefit to the pro-life movement.

A society in the midst of committing and permitting an injustice does not willingly or easily admit its own wrongdoing. People rarely acknowledge evidence of their own complicity in injustice; even fewer seek out such evidence. The people who need to see this message simply will not go out of their way to view it in large enough numbers to stop this injustice.

Where on the trucks is any "view" being forced? It shows a picture of an aborted baby next to the word many associate with abortion: "choice." If you look at that and conclude that our view is that abortion is wrong, what’s really happening is that, upon viewing the evidence of what abortion does to an innocent person, your conscience is telling you that abortion is wrong.

You may be relieved to know that we aren’t directly targeting children with our campaign—they aren’t the ones perpetrating this injustice nor the ones complicit in it. Therefore, we won’t knowingly go to an area where only children are present, such as a preschool or an elementary school. The reality, however, is that it is impossible to reach the masses in society where no children will ever be present.

Is there any place where you wouldn’t object to viewing these images? We have found that in many cases when people complain about seeing the images in public, they don’t want to see them in private either. Many people would prefer that these images be "out of sight" because then they would be "out of mind." And that’s the problem: precisely because the horrible truth of abortion is out of most people’s minds is this injustice happening.

Please refer your friend to the toll-free number 1-800-395-HELP (4357). This is a 24-hour helpline run by an organization which is unrelated to the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform and which has no involvement with our Reproductive "Choice" Campaign. Please also review our document "If Someone You Know is Considering Abortion."

We are conducting this campaign for a number of reasons. First, abortion is rampant in our country. Statistics Canada reports that there are over 100,000 abortions every year, but few Canadians are aware of this ongoing slaughter.

The Reproductive "Choice" Campaign is a project designed to both educate and stimulate public dialogue about abortion. This mobile-billboard campaign involves placing factual images of aborted embryos and fetuses on the sides and rear of box-bodied trucks which are then driven through populated areas.