(en) anarkismo.net: Emergency protest for abortion demand
held in Belfast by Fionnghuala Nic Roibearid - WSM
Somewhere in the region of 70, people attended an emergency protest yesterday outside
Belfast City Hall. ---- Those present were protesting in favour of free, safe and legal
abortion on demand, as early as possible, as late as necessary. ---- The protest was
called by Alliance for Choice to keep the momentum up from the positive ruling the day
before that maintained that the North’s strict abortion laws are in “breach of human
rights” in the cases of rape, incest and fatal foetal abnormalities. ---- Among those who
spoke was Suzanne Lee who said “it [the new ruling] doesn’t help me, I stand here and I
face life in prison and that’s not good enough and it’s not acceptable. While we hear
these politicians say that they’re going to appeal this tiny tiny step that they have
taken, we can’t let it continue, we can’t go on. What we have to do is, we have to keep
breaking the law, provide abortion pills and make sure that anyone who wants an abortion
in this country can access it. What we need to demand is abortion on demand, which is not
a dirty phrase; it’s not a phrase that we should be ashamed of. It’s right to stand here
and to be angry, I have been angry for years now and we’re still not getting anywhere.
What we need to call for from this protest is free, safe and legal abortion on demand!”
The fight is nowhere near over, even when we achieve free, safe and legal abortion on
demand the fight will continue to ensure that every child brought into this world is
brought into a world free from all kinds of oppression.
We will have video footage of the protest up later today which shows Suzanne and Fiona Nic
Fheargais from People Before Profit addressing the crowd.
Related Link: http://www.wsm.ie/anarchism/gender
http://www.anarkismo.net/article/28835
