Torontonians learn reality of abortion harm.

Toronto -- This year the Right to Life Association of Toronto held its annual street education campaign in conjunction with the Silent No More billboard campaign. Between July 10 and August 6, 2006, sixteen billboards were placed around the city with the message: "We regret our abortions." Organizer Natalie Hudson, executive director of the association, said, "The campaign was one of the most successful yet. We had a record number of volunteers, most of them from the University of Toronto Students for Life, and handed out over 10,000 pieces of literature that included a Silent No More card." Most recipients seemed to read the literature and many commented, showing support or disbelief. The prevalent urban myth is that abortions do not occur past three months. Though abortion is abhorrent at any gestational age, the fact that they occur throughout all nine months has many people shaking their heads.

The image on the billboards showed a large group of women who have had abortions and lived to regret them, including Dr. Alveda C. King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King. The Catholic Civil Rights League "commend[ed] this effort to put a human face on post-traumatic reactions to abortion, and to offer help."