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Vol. 78/No. 19      May 19, 2014

 
Rallies in Australia
back women’s rights
 
BY JOANNE KUNIANSKY  
SYDNEY — Rallies in support of a woman’s right to choose abortion took place outside the Preterm abortion clinic here March 29 and April 12. Organized by the Women’s Abortion Action Campaign and Sydney Feminists, the actions were called to counter a “Forty Days for Life, Pray to End Abortion,” around-the-clock prayer vigil by a dozen opponents of women’s rights targeting the clinic leading up to Easter.

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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