Brandon Rosario

UVic anti-abortion club loses public space privileges

By Brandon Rosario University of Victoria Students’ Society board votes to censure and suspend group’s booking privileges for public spaces Victoria (CUP) — After more than three months of committee deliberation, the University of Victoria Students’ Society (UVSS) has passed a motion disciplining UVic’s anti-abortion club, Youth Protecting Youth (YPY), for hosting a contentious demonstration on campus in November. The “Choice Chain” demonstration featured club members standing in the quad holding large pictures of purportedly aborted fetuses with the word “Choice?” overtop. During a well-attended UVSS board meeting on February 6 that saw a heated debate over interpretation of the society’s…

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