Complaints raised about graphic anti-abortion flyers

A Saskatoon man says he's shocked and offended by anti-abortion pamphlets that were distributed in his neighbourhood recently.

The flyers handed out by the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform (CCBR) include graphic photos of aborted fetuses.

Robert Rudachyk, who filed a complaint with the police today, says the material is obscene and traumatizing for many who saw it.

"As far as I'm concerned, this amounts to child abuse," he said. "My next door neighbour's granddaughter got the mail yesterday and when she saw it she was so traumatized, she vomited on the floor."

Freedom of Expression

According to Cameron Cote,the Western activism and outreach director for the CCBR, children aren't the target audience for the campaign.

"I can either choose to do something to desperately try to save these pre-born children, or I can choose not to do anything, becauseI care more for the emotions and feelings of the born than I care for the lives of the pre-born," Cote said.

Cote is part of a team that's distributing almost one million of thegraphic pamphlets throughout Canada.Theyattack Liberal leader Justin Trudeau for his pro-choice views.

The anti-abortion group saidit is targetingnew ridings like SaskatoonWest and swing ridings ahead of the federal election.

Cote defendedthe use of graphic imagery.

"Abortion itself is very offensive," he said. "If we're offended by the image, possibly, we should think a little more about the action that's being done."

Cote maintainedthat the group is within its rights to distribute these pamphlets, and the Saskatoon police agree.

In a release Friday, the police service said it has sought legal advice and determined the images in the pamphlet may be offensive to some, but they aren't criminal in nature.

Police will notbe investigating any complaints laid.