Abortion Rights
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Abortion Rights is a pro-abortion organization based in the United Kingdom that seeks full access to abortion at any age of the unborn child.
Kerry Abel is the chair for Abortion Rights. They have received financial support from the Andrew Wainwright Reform Trust Ltd, The Feminist Review Trust, UNISON’s General Political Fund, and Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust.
Mission
From their website:[1]
- "Abortion Rights is the national pro-choice campaign. We are campaigning to defend and extend women’s rights and access to safe, legal abortion. We oppose any attack on the 1967 Abortion Act including any attempt to lower the abortion time limit. It’s almost 50 years after the introduction of safe, legal abortion in Britain women’s rights should be advanced not driven back. A consistent three quarters of people support a woman’s right to choose in Britain. We believe the law should be brought into line with public opinion – so that women can make their own reproductive decisions without the current unfair legal barriers, obstructions and delays.
- "We aim to:
- "Oppose any restrictions in women’s current rights and access to abortion.
- "Improve the current UK abortion law for women, to make abortion available on the request of the woman.
- "Improve women’s access to, and experience of , abortion – ensure all women in the UK have equal access to safe, legal, and free abortion.
Signatory for the 'Stop Trump Coalition'
Kerry Abel of Abortion Rights signed a letter posted at The Guardian on February 1 2017[2] from the Stop Trump Coalition, "a coalition of organisations and individuals [who] joined forces to protest against Donald Trump’s planned visit to the UK."[3],[4]
The letter read, in part:
- "We write to impress upon Theresa May and her government our opposition to US President Donald Trump being accorded a state visit or any official visit to this country. The US population has suffered more than a decade and a half of a fall in incomes, but billionaire Trump offers no solution to this problem.
- "Racism, sexism, misogyny, Islamophobia, antisemitism, homophobia, war mongering, climate change denial or policies designed to boost the wealth of the already super-rich should not be rewarded or celebrated in this country.
Abortion Rights Press Release
In a press release[5] dated July 12 2018 written by Alisa Berry-Ryan:
Excerpt:
- Donald Trump is visiting the UK and mass protests are planned to greet him. Abortion Rights is proud to be joining the carnival of resistance.
- Abortion Rights is joining up with organisations as part of Together Against Trump coalition. We are standing against all the misogyny, racism and sexism that Trump galvanised in his election campaign and that is creeping over here. We are pleased to announced that our Chair (Kerry Abel)will be speaking Together Against Trump national demo.