Brightly coloured posters counteract gruesome images

Pro-choice supporters flock to the streets

The Pro-Choice Coalition of Ottawa used brightly coloured posters and live art to counteract an anti-choice campaign at Bank and Queen streets on Aug 10.

Show the Truth has been carrying out a series of flash campaigns that involve people standing in crowded areas holding graphic images that depict the goriness of abortion. On more than one occassion, passersby have stopped to ask the anti-choice campaigners why they were displaying such graphic and disturbing images in a public area.


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