Graphic lies and gendered disinformation: Anti-abortion organizing and campus politics in Canada - rabble.ca

Content warning: Anti-abortion rhetoric, graphic imagery.

At the University of Manitoba (UM), springtime brings warmer weather, the return of the geese, final exam stress, and the inevitable return of anti-abortion groups on campus. With their volunteer base temporarily bolstered by high school students participating in “ Pro-Life Bootcamps ,” representatives from the Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform (CCBR) (this link contains graphic imagery) appear in front of UM’s central student building holding five-foot-tall posters plastered with misleading and graphic images of allegedly aborted fetuses. A variation of this scene is repeated on campuses

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