Pass the baton of freedom: demand safe, free and unrestricted access to abortion
A public meeting organised by Left Unity Women’s Caucus, Sunday 11 May, London.
Women’s right to abortion and to decide whether (or not) and when they wish to become mothers are fundamental human rights!
In Spain, in 1985, under the centre-left Partido Socialistas Obreros Español (PSOE: Spanish Socialist Workers Party) government, there was a partial decriminalisation of abortion. However, it wasn’t until 2010 that there was a progressive reform of the law relating to the voluntary termination of pregnancy. Unfortunately, this reform still maintained many restrictions that were attached to the right to obtain an abortion. The draft bill submitted by the centre-right Partido Popular government is restrictive and reactionary. Moreover, it infringes upon the rights and freedoms of women to decide whether or not to become mothers.
The Party of the European Left rejects the “Draft Bill on the Protection of the Rights of the Unborn Child and Pregnant Woman” approved by the Council of Ministers in Spain, because it curtails women’s fundamental rights and calls for its immediate revocation. We also support any reforms made to the Law on sexual and reproductive health and voluntary termination of pregnancy aimed at extending those rights that are fundamental and specific to women to ensure that women can decide whether or not we want to be mothers.
As the culmination of a long series of campaigns and actions, Abortion Rights and the Left Unity Women’s Caucus are having an event in London in solidarity with our sisters in the Spanish state!
Not the Church! Not the state! Women must decide their fate!
Date:
May 11th, 2014
Venue:
Marchmont Community Centre
62 Marchmont St, London WC1N 1AB
Time:
2-5 pm
Speakers:
Kerry Abel (Secretary of Abortion Rights, LU Women’s Caucus)
Cristina Rios (“My Belly is Mine”)
Susan Pashkoff (Left Unity Women’s Caucus)
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There will also be a speaker from the pro-choice campaign from the Spanish state. Additional potential speakers are being contacted
sorry i cannot be with you. I have already made my views on abortion clear
http://eurofree3.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/abortion-on-demand-now/
Will the meeting also discuss the latest court ruling that women from NI are not entitled to have an NHS abortion in the UK
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/09/northern-irish-women-nhs-abortions-high-court-ruling
Thanks Ben! Kerry Abel will be addressing the court ruling that women from NI are not able to have an NHS abortion in England. I also am planning to address it as it is relevant to a point that I made on the piece on the 41st anniversary of Roe vs Wade and Doe vs Bolton.