Group challenging University of Alberta’s handling of anti-abortion protest
EDMONTON — A group that advocates for freedom of speech is in court to challenge how the University of Alberta dealt with a student club that staged an anti-abortion display on campus.
The event in March 2015 held by the UAlberta Pro-Life club included graphic pictures of aborted fetuses.
The display sparked a much larger counter-demonstration by pro-choice students and others who tried to prevent people from seeing the disturbing images.
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms says campus security did nothing to prevent this “mob” of students from disrupting the display and failed to adequately investigate a complaint filed by members of the Pro-Life club.