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By Jordyn Marcellus

Another campus tradition has come and gone; but unlike other festive occasions, this one was much more controversial, and a lot more explicit. “As soon as people know that it’s about that time of year when the pro-life rallies occur, we get a definite spike of people needing peer support coming into our centre,” said… Continue reading Campus Pro-Life GAP project raises eyebrows

By Julianne Yip

Genocide or miracle? Baby or stem cells? Life or death? The doors to the stem cell debate opened this week with a Pro-Life Club demonstration on campus Mon., March 19 and Tues., March 20 and the faculty of medicine student-organized stem cell symposium Fri., March 23. For many researchers, stem cells hold immense promise in… Continue reading Stem cell debate hits U of C campus

By Amanda Hu

Pro-lifers everywhere have something new to protest in addition to abortion. The Carleton University Students’ Association (CUSA) announced in December that it is restricting the school’s “anti-choice” groups under an amendment to its discrimination on campus policy. The move affects groups that seek the recriminalization of abortion in their mandate and will deny funding, resources… Continue reading Carleton Students’ Association bars pro-life funding

By Katy Anderson

The Campus Pro-Life club brought their “Genocide Awareness Project” back to campus this week, displaying it on the lawn between Science B and MacEwan Student Center. The GAP uses graphic imagery to compare abortion to historical atrocities such as the Holocaust and Rwandan genocide. “The goal of a campaign like this is to change public… Continue reading Pro-lifers protest abortion

By Kristopher Schmidt

The debate over the University of Calgary Campus Pro-Life Club’s desire to hold an anti-abortion display is continuing on campus. The controversial display known as the Genocide Awareness Project involves a series of graphic images comparing abortion to historical genocides including the Holocaust.Earlier this fall, the club submitted a proposal to hold the exhibit on… Continue reading Pro-life club still negotiating space

By Chris Beauchamp

The University of Calgary Campus Pro-Life Club pulled out of a controversial anti-abortion exhibit after the U of C and Students’ Union set “unacceptable” restrictions on the project. The Genocide Awareness Project includes large-scale depictions of the Holocaust, Rwandan genocide and Cambodian killing fields and compares abortion to these and other atrocities. The club’s original… Continue reading Campus Pro-Life pulls plug

By Taryn Mahoney

It’s that time of year again to pull one of two dusty abortion arguments off the proverbial shelf, if anyone can still muster the energy. Despite their controversial history with the University of Calgary since 2006, the Campus Pro-Life Club has once again erected the same grotesque, graphic display of aborted fetuses smack dab in… Continue reading A visual sweetener to a sour abortion debate

By Ændrew Rininsland

The space in between Science B and the MacEwan Student Centre resembled a battleground this week as the University of Calgary’s Campus Pro-Life Club finally got to display their “Genocide Awareness Project” and were immediately set upon by hordes of really pissed-off people.On Mon., Mar. 27 and Tue., Mar. 28, cpl displayed their controversial exhibit… Continue reading The debacle continues

By Chris Beauchamp

The University of Calgary has given the Campus Pro-life club permission to exhibit a controversial display equating abortion with historical atrocities like the lynching of blacks in the U.S. and the Holocaust. “The administration at this point has said we can go ahead with [the Genocide Awareness Project],” said CPL representative Drew Brown. “We’re very… Continue reading U of C okays abortion display