This kind of article tries to put a balanced face on something that is clearly idiotic.
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It is 2017, for heaven's sake.
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The S.C.C. decriminalised abortion more than 30 years ago.  The anti-abortionist cranks need to learn to obey the law.
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The issue has nothing to do with freedom of speech anymore.  That ship has sailed.
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Now it is only about the tortious and criminal harassment and intimidation of women trying to get medical services to which they are entitled by law.
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What if hip replacements were against one group's religious beliefs?
Would we allow them to obstruct and harass patients trying to get to the hospital for hip replacements?
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No, we wouldn't tolerate it for a minute.
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50 - 150 meters?  How ridiculous.
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In a free and democratic society it is a disgrace that harassment and intimidation are tolerated, at all.
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What we really need to be doing is ending the tax subsidized status of these religious groups that teach against Charter-protected rights.