Calgary city council approves bolstering restrictions on graphic door-to-door pamphlets
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The motion from Ward 2 Coun. Jennifer Wyness calls for new rules to require mailed flyers from anti-abortion groups that include graphic images be concealed in an envelope.
Calgary city councillors have approved a motion that opens the door to a new bylaw that would restrict the door-to-door dispersal of graphic anti-abortion flyers.
The motion, drafted by Ward 2 Coun. Jennifer Wyness, calls for a new bylaw that will require mailed flyers from anti-abortion groups — which include graphic images, like showing or claiming to show a fetus, or any part of a fetus — to be concealed in an envelope.
The motion also calls for the pamphlets to include a viewer discretion warning.
On Wednesday, council voted unanimously to approve Wyness’ motion after a majority of councillors signed on as sponsors of the motion.
“It’s about representing the community and finding a way to balance everybody’s belief system and rights,” Wyness told Global News. “I think that’s what I tried to strike a balance in when I wrote this.”
Wyness told council she heard about the issue from constituents who have had graphic flyers dropped off on their doorsteps.
Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek said council has “been fighting this for a long time,” and noted an incident where she was personally impacted by a graphic pamphlet.
“It is incredibly traumatizing,” Gondek told council. “I’ve had this dropped into my mailbox after a miscarriage and that is not something I wish for other people to go through.”
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