About 150 youth took part in 24 ridings spanning the province, said Golob.

“Abortion is an elective procedure that is not medically necessary,” read the pamphlets, and listed other potential uses for the reported $30-$50 million of provincial funds that goes towards abortion in Ontario. That money could be better spent, the argument is made, on hiring more than 200 doctors, 400 nurses and treating an additional 500 autistic kids each year.

Golob said the blitz accomplished its goal of educating taxpayers and, hopefully, activation. “When we did a poll before the De-Fund Abortion Rally (held at Queen’s Park last fall) it said that 91 per cent of people weren’t even aware that abortion was funded by taxpayer dollars, so this was a great opportunity to let them know that,” she said.

Despite the severe cold weather alert as a deep-freeze struck cities across the province, the youth braved the elements and delivered all the pamphlets, said Golob.

“It was a really good way to make the young people feel like they’re doing something — and this is extremely important work reaching out to the everyday person,” she said.

“We know there’s just as many pro-lifers as there are people who support abortion so this was an opportunity to get our voices heard.”

This is the second pamphleting blitz run by the youth branch of Campaign Life Coalition.