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Defund Abortion Rally

DEFUND ABORTION CAMPAIGN IN ONTARIO: A TWO-PART PLAN

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.

PART 1:  DEFUND ABORTION MINI-RALLIES
(11am, Saturday, October 13, 2012)

As a lead-up to our second annual Defund Abortion Rally at Ontario’s legislature Campaign Life Coalition is organizing a province-wide demonstration at the local constituency offices of MPPs two weeks earlier across the province.

At 11am on Saturday, October 13^th, pro-life Ontarians will simultaneously hold Defund Abortion Mini- Rallies at the constituency office of their local MPP. We hope to have enough pro-lifers in every riding to boast a Mini-Rally in all107 electoral districts. 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.

Finally, because MPP offices are normally located in high traffic areas, the protestors, their signs, and our message will be seen by the broader community, cars driving by, etc. Local media may also be inclined to cover the mini-rally and thereby spread our message even further.

It's time to turn up the heat in this campaign by bringing it to the doorsteps of every MPP in the province. But we can't do it alone. We need your help. We need you to sign-on as a "team leader" to help us organize these rallies on the ground-level in your city/ town. The work will be minimal; the result monumental.

To learn how easy it is to participate in these local rallies, read our Defund Abortion Mini Rally Instruction Manual, here. To sign up as a "team leader", please contact Alissa Golob at alissa@campaignlifecoalition.com or call 416-204-9749 ext. 238 to be added to our ever-growing list. 

To read the Canadian Physicians for Life statement on provincial funding of abortion, click here. 

Watch our promotional video for the Defund Abortion Mini Rallies, below:

Please find your riding to attend your local Defund Abortion Mini Rally happening on Saturday, October 13th, 2012 from 11am- 12noon at the locations provided below (please click on the ridings in red to go to the Facebook event page):

Riding	MPP	Address of Rally
Ajax- Pickering	Joe Dickson, LIB	201A-50 Commercial Avenue, Ajax
Bramalea- Gore- Malton	Jagmeet Singh, NDP	470 Chrysler Drive Unit 18, Brampton
Brampton West	Vic Dhillon, LIB	37 George Street North, Suite 304, Brampton
Carleton- Mississippi Mills	Jack McLaren, P.C	240 Michael Cowpland Drive, Suite 100, Kanata
Chatham-Kent-Essex	Rick Nicholls, P.C	81 Front Street West, StratSuite 100, 111 Heritage Road, Chatham
Davenport	Jonah Schein, NDP	1647 St. Claire Avenue West, Toronto
Don Valley East	Michael Coteau, LIB	99 Wellesley Street West, Whitney Block Room 1309, Toronto
Durham	John O'Toole, P.C	75 King Street East, Bowmanville
Eglinton- Lawrence	Mike Colle, LIB	2882 Dufferin Street, Toronto
Essex	Taras Natyshak, NDP	316 Talbot Street North, Essex
Etobicoke Centre	Donna Cansfield, LIB	4800 Dundas Street West, Toronto
Hamilton Centre	Andrea Horwath, NDP	Suite 200 20 Hughson Street South Hamilton
Huron Bruce	Lisa Thompson, P.C	408 Queen Street, Blyth
Kingston	John Gerretsen, LIB	303 Bagot Street, Suite #2- LaSalle Mews Plaza, Kingston
Kitchener Conestoga	Mike Harris, LIB	Unit 4, 4281 King Street East Kitchener
Kitchener- Waterloo	Catherine Fife, NDP	375 University Avenue East, Waterloo
Lambton- Kent- Middlesex	Monte McNaughton, P.C	360 James Street, Wallaceburg
Lanark- Frontenac-Lennox & Addington	Randy Hillier, P.C	Unit 1, 105 Dufferin St, Perth
Leeds- Grenville	Steve Clark, P.C	Suite 101, 100 Strowger Boulevard, Brockville
London North Centre	Deb Matthews, LIB	242 Piccadilly St, London, ON
London West	Chris Bentley, LIB	8-11 Base Line Road East, London
Mississauga- Brampton South	Amrit Mangat, LIB	7045 Edwards Blvd, Suite 203, Mississauga
Mississauga-East-Cooksville	Dipika Damerla, LIB	1420 Burnhamthorpe Rd East, Unit 315, Mississauga
Mississauga- Erindale	Hon. Harinder S. Takhar, LIB	Unit 2, 3413 Wolfedale Road, Mississauga
Niagara West- Glanbrook	Tim Hudak, P.C	4961 King St. East, Unit M1, Beamsville, ON
Oakville	Kevin Flynn, LIB	2318 Lakeshore Rd W, Unit 2, Oakville
Orangeville	Sylvia Jones, P.C	244 Broadway, Orangeville
Oshawa	Jerry J. Ouellette, P.C	170 Athol St. E, Oshawa
Ottawa South	Dalton McGuinty, LIB	1795 Kilborn Avenue, Ottawa
Ottawa West- Nepean	Bob Chiarelli, LIB	201- 2249 Carling Avenue?Ottawa
Parkdale- High Park	Cheri DiNovo, NDP	2849 Dundas Street West, (@ Keele), Toronto
Peterborough	Jeff Leal, LIB	236 King Street, Peterborough
Pickering- Scarborough East	Tracey McCharles, LIB	Suite 13, 300 Kingston Road, Pickering
Prince Edward Hastings	Todd Smith, P.C	81 Millennium Parkway, Unit 3,?Belleville
Richmond Hill	Reza Moridi, LIB	9891 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill
Sarnia- Lambton	Bob Bailey, P.C	836 Upper Canada Drive, Sarnia
Simcoe- Grey	Jim Wilson, P.C	50 Hume Street, Collingwood
Simcoe-North	Garfield Dunlop, P.C	482 Elizabeth St, Midland
St. Paul’s	Eric Hoskins, LIB	803 St. Claire Ave West, Toronto
Sudbury	Rick Bartolucci, LIB	93 Cedar Street, Suite 302, Sudbury
Whitby	Christine Elliot, P.C	Suite 101, 114 Dundas Street East, Whitby
Windsor- Tecumseh	Hon. Dwight Duncan, LIB	Unit 211, 2825 Lauzon Parkway, Windsor
Windsor West	Teresa Piruzza, LIB	2570 Dougall Avenue, Windsor
York Simcoe	Julia Munro, P.C	45 Grist Mill Road, Unit 8 Holland Landing

(12-2pm, Tuesday October 30, 2012)
PART 2:  HUGE RALLY AT QUEENS PARK, TORONTO  

Last year, our first-ever Defund Abortion Rally at Ontario's legislature drew over 2000 pro-lifers. The spirited event called on the assembled legislature to ease financial pressure on our crumbling health care system by defunding elective abortion which is a medically unecessary procedure.

Incredible guest speakers, including a medical doctor and families who have been declined OHIP coverage for a variety of genuine health problems, spoke eloquently about the dire need to for our collapsing health care system to fund only genuine health problems, rather than controversial lifestyle choices. 

Last year's event drew significant media attention, and we know from speaking to some MPPs, that it impacted them. Since that rally, an election took place and many new MPPs have been elected. This year, we want to make the 2nd annual Defund Abortion Rally even larger. Please mark your calendar. Bring your friends and family! Let's get the attention of the Premier and this new legislature which includes many MPPs who have never heard our Defund Abortion message.

• To download a promotional poster:  8.5x11 letter-size    11x17 tabloid size
   
• To view photos from the Defund Abortion Rally held October 22, 2011, click here.

• To view video highlights from the 2011 Queens Park rally, click here.
   
• To see the significant media coverage generated by this event at Queen's Park, click here.
   
• To view last year's official DEFUND ABORTION RALLY brochure, click here.  (the 2012 version will be available soon)
   
• Join our Defund Abortion Facebook fan page here.

MOVING AHEAD WITH THE TASK OF DEFUNDING ELECTIVE ABORTION

CLC Youth, the organizers of this first ever Defund Abortion Rally, will be employing various strategies to advance the defund objective. The first is to gather thousands of signatures on a Defund Abortion petition that will be presented to Ontario's Members of Provincial Parliament.  Please download a blank petition, get as many signatures as possible, and return them to Campaign Life Coalition Youth, Attention: Alissa Golob.

Secondly, we want to engage all pro-lifers, but especially young people, on the front lines of this Defunding mission. We encourage people of all ages to contact us if they're interested in rolling up their sleeves to assist us.  For young people especially, we'd like to have a team of pro-life youth in every riding of the province to carry out simple, effective strategies including:  mailbox leaflet stuffing and holding 'mini' defund rallies at the office of local MPPs.  As one speaker stated at the rally, "Young people are not the future. Young people are the present".  If you want to stop talking about defunding abortion, and begin doing something about it, email Alissa Golob today.

THE OPPORTUNITY COST OF PUBLICLY FUNDING ABORTION - video

Ontarians will send our newly elected provincial government a message:  STOP using our hard-earned tax dollars to fund the killing of innocent preborn children.

Campaign Life Coalition Youth holds the position that government-funded abortions are a blatant abuse of tax dollars, are severely unjust, and that these funds can and MUST be directed away from the killing of our preborn children. This is an issue that should be held close to the hearts of young people in particular. 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. 

Excerpts from the Canadian Physicians for Life stance on de-funding of abortion:   

“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.”

“To justify funding of a service, the medical necessity and therapeutic value of that service should be undisputed. “

“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."

 Taken from An Open Letter to Canada's Health Minister Honourable Allan Rock found here.