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Pro-Choice Direct Action
May 9, 2015 @ 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

A religious anti-abortion group are planning a procession from their church to a nearby abortion clinic. We can’t let this go unchallenged – they might have a right to express their opinion, but they don’t have a god-given right to stand outside a clinic, peddle lies and intimidate and harass people. As well as making sure people can access the clinic safely, we want to do a lively action that makes a stand against the religious right-wing and their anti-women views that are dressed up as concern and counselling.
Abortion is a class issue! Spread the news to all your networks!
Abortion is not just a ‘women’s’ issue. And not just about a woman’s individual ‘right’ or ‘choice’*, which is hard to come by in a capitalist system, especially for black and working class women who always bear the brunt of such policies – either by not being able to access abortions if they want one, or being forced to have one because the state doesn’t want them to reproduce, or having to have one because they can’t afford to have a baby. As communists/anarchists/
Together we can overcome! All genders welcome! ¡No pasarán! Click here for the FB event
Look for people in Feminist Fightback red t-shirts who will then give further instructions…
Bring pots and pans, music/noise-making stuff, pro-choice placards!
Further Reading / Watching / Listening / Distributing:
Summary outlining the tactical debates about abortion clinic vigils (Sept 2013)
Analysis of the attacks on reproductive rights in relation to austerity (April 2013)
Research into the threat of privatisation to abortion rights (April 2012)