UK – Protesters on the streets to defend abortion rights

Four women in the last eight months have been prosecuted in Britain for having an abortion

By Sophie Squire, Socialist Worker
Saturday 02 September 2023

Around 500 pro-choice supporters confronted bigots who took part in an anti-abortion march in London on Saturday. Thousands joined the anti-abortion march, which happens every year. They were boosted by recent anti-choice prosecutions in Britain and restrictive laws across the world.

Protester Amity told Socialist Worker that anti-choice bigots are growing more confident. “I saw a lot of angry, mostly men, on their side. It’s shocking, as I’ve never been on one of these counter-demonstrations before.

Continued: https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/protesters-on-the-streets-to-defend-abortion-rights/

02.09.2023

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New Zealand – Big win for Dunedin’s ‘dicks guy’

Hamish McNeilly
Aug 01 2023

Sam Sharpe continues to hold a counter protest over anti abortion protesters who gather outside Dunedin Hospital on Fridays. Dunedin’s famous ‘Dicks guy’, will soon be a dicks guy no longer.

Sam Sharpe has famously led a counter-protest against abortion protesters near an abortion clinic at Dunedin Hospital every Friday for nearly ten years.

Continued: https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/gender-and-society/132656626/big-win-for-dunedins-dicks-guy

01.08.2023

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Anti-abortion protesters outnumbered by pro-choice signs at Glasgow hospital

The metres-long display of around 200 cardboard signs were arranged by LGBTQ+ protest group Cabaret Against The Hate Speech (CATHS).

By Jon Brady
2 APR 2023

Pro-choice campaigners have pre-empted a group of anti-abortion protesters on their final day of action outside a Glasgow maternity unit with a huge display of posters.

The metres-long display of around 200 cardboard signs, bearing messages such as "bans don't stop abortions - they stop safe abortions" and "my rights, my body, my choice", were arranged by LGBTQ+ protest group Cabaret Against The Hate Speech (CATHS). They were put up before members of 40 Days for Life arrived outside the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital on Sunday for the last of 40 days of anti-choice action.

Continued: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/anti-abortion-protesters-outnumbered-pro-29611013

March to defend abortion rights in Britain and the US

Four more Republican-led states in the US were this week set to ban almost all abortions.

Monday 29 August 2022
Socialists Worker, Issue 2820

The Abortion Rights UK group is holding a counter‑protest this Saturday against an annual anti-choice march.

It said, “The fightback is here. The antis are emboldened after the overturning of Roe v Wade in the US, but we are the pro-choice majority.”

Continued: https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/march-to-defend-abortion-rights-in-britain-and-the-us/

29.08.2022

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Anti-abortion and pro-choice groups clash in Prague

The anti-abortion protesters held an annual march across Prague, while pro-choice groups briefly blocked their way and held a separate rally.

Written by ČTK

Published on 02.05.2022

The National March For Life, an annual event held by opponents of abortion,
marched across Prague on Saturday after a two-year pause caused by the
coronavirus pandemic, while another group of demonstrators promoted women's
right to abortion.

The two demonstrating groups met near Mánes Bridge, where the participants had
verbal exchanges. Those defending the right to abortion briefly blocked the
opponents' way, but without the police having to intervene.

Continued: https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/anti-abortion-protesters-march-in-prague-pro-choice-activists-counter

Canada – Politicians, activists trying to stop display and distribution of graphic anti-abortion images

One petition is going to city politicians, another will be presented in the provincial legislature

Kate Dubinski · CBC News
Posted: Oct 26, 2020

A battle in London against graphic abortion images displayed and distributed by a Calgary-based group is being fought on several fronts, including counter-protests and petitions to municipal and provincial politicians.

NDP MPP Terence Kernaghan has one petition on his website, calling for a provincial injunction against the Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform (CCBR) and its flyers which show aborted fetuses.

Continued: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/politicians-activists-trying-to-stop-display-and-distribution-of-graphic-anti-abortion-images-1.5776582

Switzerland – Police attacked at anti-abortion demonstration

Police attacked at anti-abortion demonstration

September 14, 2019

An anti-abortion demonstration in Zurich has been disrupted by participants in a counter-demonstration. Police officers were attacked and containers burned.

At least two police officers were injured as a result of projectile fire, according to Zurich City police on Saturday. More than 100 people were briefly held by police and one was arrested.

Continued: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/march-for-life_police-attacked-at-anti-abortion-demonstration/45229072

14.09.2019

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Italy: Thousands protest against anti-abortion conference

Italy: Thousands protest against anti-abortion conference
Pro-choice activists took to the streets of Verona to protest an anti-abortion conference attended by Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. His coalition partner Luigi Di Maio described anti-abortion rhetoric as medieval.

31.03.2019

Tens of thousands of people marched through the northern Italian city of Verona on Saturday to protest an international anti-abortion conference.

The three-day meeting organized by the US-based World Congress of Families (WCF) started on Friday and featured Interior Minister Matteo Salvini as Saturday's key speaker.

Continued: https://www.dw.com/en/italy-thousands-protest-against-anti-abortion-conference/a-48131965