Roger Kimball: A tale of two billboards or political correctness, Canadian style
Roger Kimball, writing at his Pajamas Media blog:
You might approve of Canada’s law regarding abortion, or you might disapprove of it. LifeCanada disapproves and exercises its putative right of free speech 1) to remind the public of what the law actually is and 2) to ask whether it is a good thing. The result? Advertising Standards Canada last week ruled that the ad was “deceptive.” Why? Because, explained ASC, the ad did not deal with “access” issues. Meaning–what? As Warren notes, “The feminist red herring about “access” is not something worthy of serious discussion. When a woman wants an abortion in this country, she gets it, pronto. That is indeed a very good reason why abortions in the third trimester are comparatively rare. And yet they do happen, and they are quite legal. The billboard wasn’t discussing numbers, it was discussing law.”