Controversy Over Anti-Abortion Posters
The posters feature photographs of babies, who the upper house candidate claims are the forgotten people in the abortion debate, destined to lose the chance to live their lives.
"I realise the horridness of abortion and had to say something," he said.
He has already drawn the ire of the Democrats, with lead candidate Jeanie Walker condemning Mr Grace for ignoring the sensitivities of what she considers a "health issue".
"Some fundamentalists will do all they can to push women into guilt trips when there is no justification other than wanting to control women," she said.
"It saddens me that we have to give this man, this blast from the past, free publicity, but I call on South Australian women, supported by their menfolk, to get the message out that we will not move back to the 19th century."
However, the movie posters appear to have had little impact so far in Mount Gambier, with frustration over the increasing number of signs from various candidates hitting the streets apparently outweighing any offence at Mr Grace's efforts.
"It seems to be a lot of money spent for nothing and you can't trust any of them anyway," local resident Allan Pink said.
"They are always quick to get them up and in no rush to get them down, with posters often hanging around for a month after the election, defacing the city."
Mr Pink said he believed money spent on election posters could be better spent on more worthwhile initiatives for the state.
But Mr Grace said he hoped the posters would make people think about the abortion issue.
The high school teacher and parent said he could not understand how political parties protested against killing of whales and rallied to save the River Murray, but did not have the courage to "stand up against the systematic killing of unborn babies".
February 25, 2010
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