We need to talk about women being pressured into abortions.
The European Court of Human Rights will rule today on a case where three women in a psychiatric institution were forced to have abortions against their will.
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#ECHR #abortion #humanrights
The European Court of Human Rights will rule today on a case where three women in a psychiatric institution were forced to have abortions against their will.
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#ECHR #abortion #humanrights
Last month, the court ruled in a case where a 20-year-old had been forced to have an abortion by her parents, also against her will. The court strongly condemned this as a breach of human rights:
Forced abortion, they said, is
"an egregious form of inhuman and degrading treatment which had not only resulted in a serious immediate damage to her health – that is the loss of her unborn child – but had also entailed long-lasting negative physical and psychological effects."
"an egregious form of inhuman and degrading treatment which had not only resulted in a serious immediate damage to her health – that is the loss of her unborn child – but had also entailed long-lasting negative physical and psychological effects."
You might think these examples of forced abortion are horrific outliers.
But BBC polling found that almost 1 in 5 (!) women in the UK who have abortions do so against their will.
comresglobal.com/polls/reproduc…
But BBC polling found that almost 1 in 5 (!) women in the UK who have abortions do so against their will.
comresglobal.com/polls/reproduc…
Note, btw, that abortion has been found by pro-choice researcher David Fergusson to increase likelihood of anxiety, depression, substance abuse and suicide by many fold.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16405636/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16405636/
"Pro-life" or "pro-choice", we can all see that the current state of affairs is not a win for women.
In cultures where abortion is championed, there's less effort put into providing supported and realistic alternatives for women who want to avoid abortion.
In cultures where abortion is championed, there's less effort put into providing supported and realistic alternatives for women who want to avoid abortion.
Making abortion available and leaving women "to it" is lazy, dangerous faux "feminism".
And today, the #HouseofLords will debate legislation that would BAN volunteers from offering alternative options to abortion to women outside abortion facilties.
#Clause9, Public Order Bill
And today, the #HouseofLords will debate legislation that would BAN volunteers from offering alternative options to abortion to women outside abortion facilties.
#Clause9, Public Order Bill
Literally, it would ban pro-life volunteers from "informing", "advising", "expressing opinion" or even just being in that public space.
It's the first time in UK legislation that censorship would be based on opinion alone.
It's the first time in UK legislation that censorship would be based on opinion alone.
Pro life orgs like the Good Council Network have been offering practical help like housing, financial support and baby supplies to women in crisis pregnancies who would prefer to choose motherhood if they had more help.
Read about their work here: berehereforme.org
Read about their work here: berehereforme.org
TL/DR: A society that claims to empower women with "agency" shouldn't be one where women feel forced into abortions.
Surely we can all agree on this.
Stop using an ideological agenda to remove real options of help for women.
#clause9 #abortion #prolife #prochoice #prowomen
Surely we can all agree on this.
Stop using an ideological agenda to remove real options of help for women.
#clause9 #abortion #prolife #prochoice #prowomen
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