{"id":16563,"date":"2008-01-31T13:58:29","date_gmt":"2008-01-31T17:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=16563"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:08:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:08:41","slug":"039-why-human-rights-commissions-are-just-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/16563","title":{"rendered":"039 &#8211; Why Human Rights Commissions are Just Wrong!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/039_Abortion_Henry_Morgentaler_168x100.jpg\" alt=\"Henry Morgentaler\" width=\"168\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16565\" \/><audio preload=\"none\" controls=\"controls\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS-2008\/20080131-justRIGHT-039-HumanRightsCommissions-ABORTION.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/>Your browser does not support the audio element<\/audio><br \/>\nHuman rights commissions masquerade as protectors of equality while eroding the very freedoms they claim to uphold. Ezra Levant stands before Alberta\u2019s commission for publishing Danish cartoons that others refused to show, and Mark Steyn confronts parallel charges across multiple provinces for reporting demographic realities about Muslim birth rates. These proceedings expose tribunals that admit hearsay, bar cross-examination, ignore intent, and treat truth itself as irrelevant. Our direct involvement representing a London landlord against coordinated complaints confirms their kangaroo-court character, where property owners and service providers surrender genuine rights to manufactured claims that pit one person\u2019s liberty against another\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Canada now marks twenty years without any abortion statute after the Morgentaler ruling. Columnists clash over absolute maternal ownership versus the humanity of the unborn, yet common ground emerges when attention turns to informed consent, the rejection of taxpayer funding, and the practical nightmare of enforcing prohibitions. The real question remains who decides and what penalties would follow any law that forces one body to serve another.<br \/>\nNavigating these charged issues with principle and reason always lands just right.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"custom-button\" href=\"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/039 - Transcript\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transcript<\/a> <a class=\"custom-button\" href=\"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your browser does not support the audio element Human rights commissions masquerade as protectors of equality while eroding the very freedoms they claim to uphold. 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