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a few weeks ago i was driving home from kitchener and i saw a billboard that had a woman looking really sombre with the text "why wasn't i told?". at first glance i didn't get it and then as soon as i saw the url for abortionbreastcancer.ca in the bottom corner i felt a wave of anger that i can only feel when this kind of antichoice propaganda is thrown around.

i mentioned this to my ex who's been actively involved in women's rights for about a decade now and she noted that this sort of shit simply would not fly in toronto where she lives cause it's always torn down. for a moment the apparent apathy that surrounds me here in my town got me down until i drove by again a week or so later and saw that the sign had in fact been stripped off. you can see a clump of the sign left at the bottom. so, many thanks to whoever did this for giving a shit.

still, the fact that signs like this are even allowed to go up in the first place really irks me. the people that pay for shit like this aren't people who just think abortion is wrong and that you shouldn't have one. they spend their lives working towards making sure that the option isn't even available to you. how is it okay for a group that actively tries to take away your rights to advertise this blatant fud? imagine the outrage if instead it was an ad trying to resegregate or take away your right to vote. it would absolutely not happen.

sure, everyone's entitled to their opinion, but this is about more than just an opinion. this is about imposing on other peoples lives in a way that wouldn't in any other circumstance be tolerated. so why should it be okay in this case?

that's rhetorical. the answer is it shouldn't.

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