We uphold our freedoms: P.E.I. views ‘Unplanned’

Last month the movie “Unplanned” was released in theatres across Canada, but not in P.E.I. We, the P.E.I. Right to Life Association, took it upon ourselves to organize venues all across P.E.I. for viewing. We finally arranged for showings of this pro-life film during the first two weeks in August at seven different venues from Montague to Alberton.

The response has been overwhelmingly positive. We even added an extra showing due to popular demand. We close this tour on Friday in Alberton. For more information please see Unplannedpei.ca.

The movie is controversial because the pro-abortion movement that makes so much about a person’s right to choose doesn’t want people to have a choice to see the movie or attend a pro-life rally, and are actively trying to block people from having the choice to choose.

It is sad to say but the truth is that there are elected MPs who are supporting a government that is actively working against freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom of artistic expression and even worse, they are supporting moral censorship against the belief that unborn babies have the right to live. (See the July 16 Postmedia opinion piece in The Guardian: ‘Liberals betray Charter rights over ProLife Film’). For this reason, we invited and sent a personal invitation to our elected officials, federal and provincial, to attend a viewing of the movie “Unplanned,” which examines the reality of abortion. Abortion is not really an issue about choice. The reality is ending the life of the child in the womb right here in our own province and country.

Pro-abortionists and the Trudeau government rely on not having a real discussion about when human life begins and when should a baby’s life be protected in law. In fact, it is a real disgrace to the reputation of Canada as a charitable nation that the Trudeau government ties support for abortion to financial aid to underdeveloped countries. This is a black mark against Canada. How uncharitable it is to insist that a country in desperate need of aid succumb to a policy of ending the lives of pre-born babies in order to help the poor.

Some countries are opting out of aid because they have greater dignity than Canada, and aren’t willing to sell themselves out of the life values they hold sacred.

Sadly, our own Island parliamentarians voted in support of this policy — shame on them, shame on us.

Because a truthful, sober view of reality is needed, we particularly invited MPs Lawrence MacAulay, Wayne Easter, Sean Casey and Robert Morrissey to view the film and really articulate the brutal policy they are supporting. We also invited Premier Dennis King, Opposition Leader Peter Bevan-Baker and Liberal Leader Robert Mitchell to attend with their caucus members.

Surely these elected leaders will have the strength to stand up and show support for freedoms of expression, which are being bitterly opposed by pro-abortionists, and also to view a film which will confront their views on a policy that should cease: abortion at home and promoting abortion abroad.

After all, it’s 2019, and surely we can open ourselves to welcoming human life and taking care of babies that are born into our communities.