>It comes after healthcare providers recently told The Independent anti-abortion activists are ramping up protests outside clinics in the wake of the government’s failure to introduce “buffer zones” outside abortion clinics.
>Olivia Home, who manages one of MSI Reproductive Choices’ abortion clinics in central London, previously told The Independent that anti-abortion demonstrators harass women seeking abortions – with some followed and pestered as they walk to the train station after treatment.
>She added: “They shout insults at women and people, they either shout ‘murderer’, ‘baby killer’ or anything along those lines. They hand out leaflets and rosary beads and the leaflets may contain graphic and quite offensive imagery.
>“They also hand out baby toys whose limbs have been removed which are covered in fake blood. They sometimes spit from their mouths at clients or healthcare professionals or they splash holy water at them.”
What a bunch of assholes. Abusing their religion to be assholes to other people.
BlackAle on
Them that are harassing those that have recently had abortions just need arresting for harassment or breach of the peace or whatever.
Women that have gone through the trauma of an abortion, don’t need that nonsense.
PriorSafe6407 on
I can only say of people that protest outside abortion clinics, what Christopher Hitchens said of Jerry Falwell. Not only do I not think you would go to heaven if it existed, I think it’s a pity that there’s not a hell for you to go to.
RaymondBumcheese on
If they have to protest somewhere, protest outside Parliament. Unless it’s just about getting a kick out of harassing women…
idontlikemondays321 on
I wonder what happens if I were to get my atheist friends together and protest outside a church?
milkyteapls on
You’ve got to be a proper sad sack to hang out abortion clinics just to harass women who more often than not are there because of horrible reasons beyond their control
InMyLiverpoolHome on
These people are scum and many are directly funded by far right evangelical Christian organisations from the USA. Expect them to start getting more sympathetic coverage from certain outlets
YoYo5465 on
Just another example of the creep in American culture we’re seeing here in the UK over time. Slowly becoming more like them.
As ridiculous as it sounds, we all play a part in it. We don’t want their culture here. No more “two times”, saying “like” every other word or using US words for things we did just fine without before.
YaGanache1248 on
I don’t think 150m is far enough, it should be 500m. Handing out false “medical” information should also be a crime.
Whilst these people are entitled to their religious beliefs, they absolute do not have the right to abuse people with different beliefs than theirs.
The government also needs to crack down on the lobbying groups and religious leadership to prevent this type of harassment. I took shelter from the rain in the doorway of Catholic Church and it was covered with ant-abortion propaganda, misinformation and links to join protest groups. Any organisation found to be either promoting lies or actively interfering with the right to healthcare should have their charitable status stripped and be heavily fined, at a minimum.
PM-ME-YOUR-DIGIMON on
What’s fucked up is a lot of these protesters are American. Now that American women have lost their rights they are coming over here to try and convince people to ban abortion here too. It’s disgusting and I don’t know why we allow it.
apple_kicks on
If they want to protest they should do it at political locations like parliament or local mp. If they want to do a prayer vigil, keep it in church.
They don’t do this because they want to intimidate vulnerable patients and the staff working there. They’re definitely spreading misinformation on what they do at protests/vigils there’s a few known ones who shove cameras into patients faces while calling them murderers
GunstarHeroine on
Oh god. Can we not trail along in America’s shitty wake on this one, I beg.
antbaby_machetesquad on
About time. People’s right to protest should not trump the right of other people to carry out their life without being harrassed.
most_crispy_owl on
Is it even the actual British that protest outside of these?
Loud-Maximum5417 on
Ahh yes, that well known Bible verse ‘ vow shalt scream abuse at vulnerable people and the people trying to help them’ .
These deluded pricks should be arrested for harassment or some sort of public order offence.
heavenhelpyou on
Good!
During my first pregnancy, I needed a scan, but could only get myself into a BPAS clinic.
The harassment I got outside that clinic was fucking insane – those cunts calling me all kinds of names, showing me disgusting (and fake) imagery, shouting religious shite at me. It was truly fucking awful.
I gave each and every one of those dense twats a piece of my mind – one them even walked after me into town to carry on with this shite.
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>It comes after healthcare providers recently told The Independent anti-abortion activists are ramping up protests outside clinics in the wake of the government’s failure to introduce “buffer zones” outside abortion clinics.
>Olivia Home, who manages one of MSI Reproductive Choices’ abortion clinics in central London, previously told The Independent that anti-abortion demonstrators harass women seeking abortions – with some followed and pestered as they walk to the train station after treatment.
>She added: “They shout insults at women and people, they either shout ‘murderer’, ‘baby killer’ or anything along those lines. They hand out leaflets and rosary beads and the leaflets may contain graphic and quite offensive imagery.
>“They also hand out baby toys whose limbs have been removed which are covered in fake blood. They sometimes spit from their mouths at clients or healthcare professionals or they splash holy water at them.”
What a bunch of assholes. Abusing their religion to be assholes to other people.
Them that are harassing those that have recently had abortions just need arresting for harassment or breach of the peace or whatever.
Women that have gone through the trauma of an abortion, don’t need that nonsense.
I can only say of people that protest outside abortion clinics, what Christopher Hitchens said of Jerry Falwell. Not only do I not think you would go to heaven if it existed, I think it’s a pity that there’s not a hell for you to go to.
If they have to protest somewhere, protest outside Parliament. Unless it’s just about getting a kick out of harassing women…
I wonder what happens if I were to get my atheist friends together and protest outside a church?
You’ve got to be a proper sad sack to hang out abortion clinics just to harass women who more often than not are there because of horrible reasons beyond their control
These people are scum and many are directly funded by far right evangelical Christian organisations from the USA. Expect them to start getting more sympathetic coverage from certain outlets
Just another example of the creep in American culture we’re seeing here in the UK over time. Slowly becoming more like them.
As ridiculous as it sounds, we all play a part in it. We don’t want their culture here. No more “two times”, saying “like” every other word or using US words for things we did just fine without before.
I don’t think 150m is far enough, it should be 500m. Handing out false “medical” information should also be a crime.
Whilst these people are entitled to their religious beliefs, they absolute do not have the right to abuse people with different beliefs than theirs.
The government also needs to crack down on the lobbying groups and religious leadership to prevent this type of harassment. I took shelter from the rain in the doorway of Catholic Church and it was covered with ant-abortion propaganda, misinformation and links to join protest groups. Any organisation found to be either promoting lies or actively interfering with the right to healthcare should have their charitable status stripped and be heavily fined, at a minimum.
What’s fucked up is a lot of these protesters are American. Now that American women have lost their rights they are coming over here to try and convince people to ban abortion here too. It’s disgusting and I don’t know why we allow it.
If they want to protest they should do it at political locations like parliament or local mp. If they want to do a prayer vigil, keep it in church.
They don’t do this because they want to intimidate vulnerable patients and the staff working there. They’re definitely spreading misinformation on what they do at protests/vigils there’s a few known ones who shove cameras into patients faces while calling them murderers
Oh god. Can we not trail along in America’s shitty wake on this one, I beg.
About time. People’s right to protest should not trump the right of other people to carry out their life without being harrassed.
Is it even the actual British that protest outside of these?
Ahh yes, that well known Bible verse ‘ vow shalt scream abuse at vulnerable people and the people trying to help them’ .
These deluded pricks should be arrested for harassment or some sort of public order offence.
Good!
During my first pregnancy, I needed a scan, but could only get myself into a BPAS clinic.
The harassment I got outside that clinic was fucking insane – those cunts calling me all kinds of names, showing me disgusting (and fake) imagery, shouting religious shite at me. It was truly fucking awful.
I gave each and every one of those dense twats a piece of my mind – one them even walked after me into town to carry on with this shite.