Saturday, 26 Sep 2026
By Róisín Cullen
Campaigners have called on the Government to remove the mandatory three-day wait for an abortion at the annual March for Choice in Dublin city centre.
The 15th March for Choice, organised by the Abortion Rights Campaign, highlighted the barriers women still face in accessing abortion care in Ireland.
Continued: https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2026/0926/1593062-march-for-choice/
Sep 10, 2026
Alisa Berry Ryan, Abortion Rights Campaign
If you were with us in Parliament Square on Saturday, you saw exactly what we are up against.
Every year, anti abortion campaigners tell us their movement is about compassion. They talk about “protecting women”, supporting families and defending life.
But the reality we saw on Saturday looked very different.
01 Sep 2026
Alisa Berry Ryan, Abortion Rights Campaign
Abortion Rights warns that anti-abortion politics is being pushed further into the British mainstream as Reform UK hosts anti-abortion campaigners at its party conference this week.
This weekend, on Saturday 5 September, pro-choice campaigners, trade unions, MPs and healthcare organisations will gather in Parliament Square for Stand Up for Choice, Abortion Rights’ annual counter-protest to March for Life UK.
Critics link Farage’s ‘Trump-lite’ condescension to female journalists to Reform’s moves against women’s rights
Alexandra Topping
Sat 21 Feb 2026
When Nigel Farage told a journalist this week she should “write some silly story … and we won’t bother to read it”, it provoked an instant – and divided – reaction. For some it was a “masterclass” in dealing with mainstream media, but for others it was “rude, dismissive, misogynistic, arrogant”.
Behind the scenes, Farage’s treatment of the Financial Times’s Anna Gross – which was met with mirth and applause among Reform diehards in the room – provoked disquiet and anger among lobby journalists across the political spectrum.
Athena Stavrou
Sun 28 September 2025
Campaigners have warned that Reform UK has become a “political refuge for anti-abortion politicians” amid fears Britain could experience a US-style politicisation of the issue.
Pro-choice activists have raised the alarm after several political figures who have previously called for greater restrictions on abortion defected to Nigel Farage’s party.”
Continued: https://au.news.yahoo.com/reform-proudly-embracing-anti-abortion-100056164.html
Hundreds of pro-choice activists rallied in parliament square
By Jude Mckechnie, Socialist Worker
Saturday 06 September 2025
Several hundred people joined the Abortion Rights counter-protest against the annual “March for Life” in London on Saturday.
It was young, loud and confident, mingling with the Defend Our Juries protest against the ban on Palestine Action that was taking place in parliament square.
Around 1,000 joined the bigots’ march—smaller than previous years and annoyed that they weren’t in the square.
Continued: https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/protesters-rage-against-bigoted-anti-abortion-march/
‘Go away march of spite, health care is a human right’ chanted protesters
Socialist Worker
7 September 2024
Up to 400 people joined a pro-choice protest in parliament square on Saturday to confront the bigots’ annual March for Life.
The crowd chanted, “When abortion rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back,” and, “Go away march of spite, health care is a human right.”
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/
Campaigners stress ‘abortion is healthcare, not a crime - we should not be policing people’s bodies’
Tara Cobham
June 17, 2023
Thousands of protesters calling for the decriminalisation of abortion have marched in central London following outrage at the conviction of a woman for ending her pregnancy beyond the legal cut-off of 24 weeks.
Campaigners stressed that “abortion is healthcare, not a crime”, after Carla Foster, 44, was this week sentenced to 28 months in jail, having obtained drugs to end her pregnancy at 32 to 34 weeks during lockdown.
Woman was reportedly handed information from the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children at London clinic
Shanti Das
Sat 30 Jul 2022
A pregnant woman who told her GP she was considering having an abortion says she was left “shocked and traumatised” after being given a leaflet for an anti-abortion group.
The woman, 38, says she was seeking treatment for a bladder problem on 19 July when a doctor at All Saints Medical Centre in Plumstead, south-east London, asked whether she was pregnant.
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