Vol. 78/No. 19 May 19, 2014
Staffing an information tent decorated with hand-painted signs and banners defending abortion rights, about a dozen defenders of women’s rights were well received by motorists and passersby, residents and workers in the neighborhood. Clinic nurses and staff made a point of thanking participants.
Supporters of women’s rights passed out leaflets opposing a proposed Foetal Personhood Law, which would recognize a fetus of 20 weeks or 400 grams as an “unborn child” who is “taken to be a living person” for certain violent crimes.
“It was refreshing and energizing to be so strongly reminded that over 80 percent of Australians support a woman’s right to choose abortion,” said Christine Smith of the Women’s Abortion Action Campaign.
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