UK – Pro-choice activists rage against anti-abortion march

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.

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US anti‑abortion cash floods UK free speech frontlines

Democracy for Sale investigation finds US anti‑abortion lawyer funding Toby Young’s Free Speech Union, while Alliance Defending Freedom’s UK spending soars.

May 31, 2025
By Peter Geoghegan and Max Colbert

Nigel Farage has often described himself as ‘pro-choice’ - but this week the Reform leader declared that plans to decriminalise abortion up to 24 weeks are “utterly ludicrous”.

Farage’s comments were striking. Not least as the abortion proposals have been backed by a cross-party group of MPs. But the Reform leader is not the only figure on the political right who seems to have a growing interest in Britain’s abortion laws.

Continued: https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/us-antiabortion-cash-floods-uk-free-speech-union-adf