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McGill activists shut down ‘Choose Life’
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October 30, 2009
by Jane Kirby
HALIFAX – On October 5th, pro-choice activists at McGill university shut down a presentation hosted by the student society Choose Life entitled “Echoes of the Holocaust”. The talk, given by Jose Ruba of the Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform, compares abortion to genocide and has been deemed sexist [...]
Local feminist activist responds to criticisms of shutdown of anti-choice event
On February 4th 2009, at least a dozen women and their allies shut down an event at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax entitled “Echoes of the Holocaust”, forcing its relocation to a church off campus. The talk, given by Jose Ruba of the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform, was part of the Genocide Awareness Project, [...]
