Alberta Party candidate calling for restrictions on anti-abortion protests

An Alberta Party candidate wants restrictions on anti-abortion protests near elementary and high schools.

Angela Kokott made the call after a small group of protesters held graphic pictures close to a high school in Calgary that upset students and parents.

A provincial law only protects patients at abortion clinics, giving them a 50-metre safe zone from protesters.

John Carpay of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms says such displays may be shocking, but they amount to freedom of expression.