France, Alternative Libertaire AL #249 - Haute-Garonne:
Semi-win for Family Planning (fr, it, pt) [machine translation]
After mobilization of nearly two months to alert the financial position of the Toulouse
association, the center reopened in mid-March. But the fight is not over... ---- The year
2015 began badly for Family Planning 31. Indeed, following major financial problems due
among other things to the structural decline and widespread financing granted to
associations, employees and volunteers have been forced to close-es reception offices at
the end of January. A disaster when it is known that information on contraception,
abortion, sexuality is not easily accessible for many women, especially younger and more
precarious. ---- Behind closed doors, employees and activists were not idle: they have
struggled to build a united mobilization, the starting point has been the demonstration of
17 January, the anniversary of 40 years of the Veil law. While that day Marisol Touraine
announced a grand plan to improve access to abortion, members of the Family Planning 31,
thanks to the event they themselves had organized the Toulouse alerting people about the
situation of the association.
After information meetings, appointments unit gathering space activist from the Communist
Party Libertarian Alternative through feminist associations of the city, and happenings in
the city center, the financiers of the association have finally agreed to meet and receive
the employees and volunteers of the Family Planning in February. Case closed?
Request exceptional assistance
The day of the famous meeting with the financiers, fifty people were present to lend their
support to the association. This did not please the funders who have imposed their
conditions for the meeting, refusing to receive more than three (instead of six planned),
leaving barely speak to employees. An exceptional assistance request is being processed at
the Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Women's Rights; permanences have reopened but
at reduced because underfunded hours. The association will continue to operate
understaffed (three employees only for the whole department!). The issue of funding
remains unresolved and is unfortunately beyond the family of Haute-Garonne, since state
budgets allocated to social planning, to health, to brief equality that makes the heart
activity schedules Family and many associations are steadily declining. Even without
believing in the action of the State, it is vital to mobilize alongside organizations such
as Planned Parenthood, the usefulness and necessity have been proven!
Auréline (AL Toulouse)
More info: haute-garonne.planning-familial.org
http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Haute-Garonne-Semi-victoire-pour
