(en) Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group - Defend the
Fertility Control Clinic - Celebrate 10 years! by ablokeimet
The Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group circulates the following message from Radical
Women in the spirit of the united front. The MACG supports the clinic defence actions of
Radical Women. ---- Saturday, 22 August, 9.30 am ---- Defend the Fertility Control Clinic
- Celebrate 10 years! ---- This clinic defence will celebrate a milestone. For 10 years,
grassroots reproductive rights activists have kept the monthly anti-abortion "rosary
parade" away from the clinic's gates. Since 27 August 2005, defenders have stopped Helpers
of God's Precious Infants from obstructing women entering and leaving the clinic, shoving
lurid pictures in their faces, hurling abuse, and photographing them. Victoria Police and
Melbourne City Council call this misogynist conduct "free speech" and legitimate
"protest." The community calls it violent harassment.
This month, we will honour the decade with a speakout. Hear clinic staff, original
defenders and longtime regulars relate highlights and why defending the clinic is so
important. Add your voice. Let's talk about how to turn a tenacious defence into a
movement that will make all clinics safely accessible and win reproductive justice for all
women.
Fertility Control Clinic, 118 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne
Take Tram #48 or #75 to Powlett or Simpson Streets, East Melbourne.
For more information, contact Radical Women: radicalwomen@optusnet.com.au or join the
Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1602142050038752/
https://melbacg.wordpress.com/2015/08/17/defend-the-fertility-control-clinic-celebrate-10-years/
