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>> Jacquie: TODAY ON THE "CTV
NEWS AT 5", PRO-LIFE GROUPS TRY
TO REIGNITE CANADA'S ABORTION
DEBATE IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA.
>>> PLUS, LOCAL HOUSING NUMBERS
CONTINUE TO CLIMB.
>>> AND A LETHBRIDGE WOMAN IS
NAMED CANADA'S TOP BOWLER.
>> Announcer: "CTV NEWS," WITH
JACQUIE SCANTLEBURY.
>> Jacquie: GOOD AFTERNOON.
PRO-LIFE ACTIVISTS ARE
TRAVELLING SOUTHERN ALBERTA
PROMOTING REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM.
A GROUP FROM THE CANADIAN CENTRE
FOR BIOETHICAL REFORM IS HOPING
TO USE IMAGES TO STOP WOMEN FROM
HAVING ABORTIONS, BUT NOT
EVERYONE IS EMBRACING THEIR
MESSAGES.
SOME OF THE WARNINGS YOU ARE
ABOUT TO SEE ARE CONSIDERED
GRAPHIC.
>> Reporter: McKENZIE LIVES
WITH GUILT AND REGRET EVERY DAY.
SHE SAYS HAVING AN ABORTION WAS
A BIG MISTAKE.
>> IT'S SOMETHING I'LL DEAL WITH
FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
NO ONE TELLS YOU YOU'LL FEEL
GUILTY AND YOU ASK, WHY DO I
FEEL GUILTY, AND MAYBE THE
REASON IS BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE
SOMETHING WRONG.
>> Reporter: SHE'S TRAVELLING
SOUTHERN ALBERTA WITH A GROUP OF
PRO-LIFE ACTIVISTS.
IF A PICTURE IS TRULY WORTH A
THOUSAND WORDS, THESE PICTURES.
>> WE'RE SHOWING HOW WRONG
ABORTION IS BY PUTTING IMAGES OF
ABORTION ON THE SIDES AND
PANELS.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO
STATS CAN THERE ARE OVER 100,000
ABORTIONS EVERY YEAR IN CANADA
AND 5,000 HAPPEN RIGHT HERE IN
SOUTHERN ALBERTA.
THE ACTIVISTS ARE TRYING TO
USE THESE IMAGES TO EDUCATE
THESE WOMEN AND SEND A STRONG
MESSAGE TO THE GOVERNMENT TO BAN
ABORTION.
>> I HOPE WE STOP IT IN CANADA
AND HAVE BETTER OPTIONS FOR
WOMEN WHO ARE STRUGGLING AND
FEELING ALONE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE 6TH
STOP OF A WEEK-LONG TOUR FOR THE
GROUP.
SO FAR THE REACTION HASN'T BEEN
ALL POSITIVE.
SOME PEOPLE CHOOSE TO WALK RIGHT
BY, WHILE OTHERS FEEL THE NEED
TO EXPRESS THEIR POINT OF VIEW.
PETER ISN'T AFRAID TO STAND UP
FOR WHAT HE BELIEVES IN.
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
STUDENT WAS RECENTLY REPRIMANDED
FOR SHOWING SIMILAR IMAGES ON
CAMPUS.
>> I'M GOING TO KEEP DOING WHAT
WE'VE BEEN DOING SO FAR, BECAUSE
WE STRONGLY BELIEVE IN WHAT WE
DO AND AT THE SAME TIME IF WE'RE
NOT EXPOSING SOMETHING, THEN
THAT BECOMES PERMISSIBLE.
>> Reporter: KHAN SAYS SHE
UNDERSTANDS WHY WOMEN HAVE
ABORTIONS BECAUSE SHE WAS ONE OF
THEM.
SHE'S HOPING TO HELP OTHERS
REALIZE IT'S NOT WORTH IT.
>> THERE ARE BETTER OPTIONS FOR
YOU.
I DO UNDERSTAND, I TOTALLY
UNDERSTAND FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS
TO HAVE AN ABORTION, BUT YOU ARE
GOING TO BE MORE HARMED THAN
GOOD.