Anti-Abortion Float Prompts Organizers To Pull Out Of York Parade

YORK, Pa. -- York's traditional Halloween parade may be coming to an end.The York Jaycees have decided not to sponsor the parade this year.The Jaycees said they rescinded their offer to city officials because they didn't want to be involved in the controversy over a float sponsored by the Rev. Jim Grove.Grove's anti-abortion float, "Dr. Butcher's Chop Shop of Choice Cuts," features fetuses and mutilated body parts.Jaycees Chapter president Lisa Benson wrote in an e-mail to members Wednesday that the potential liabilities and legal ramifications of sponsoring the parade are just too great for the chapter to endure.The Halloween parade attracts more than 30,000 people.



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