Pro-Choice Action Collective presents:
Film Screening
The Coathanger Project
The Coat Hanger Project is a documentary about abortion and the current state of the reproductive rights movement in the US. Abortion was legalised in 1973 in the landmark Roe vs. Wade case. Since this time the Christian Right has been doing its utmost to claw back the freedoms won. The fight continues. www.thecoathangerproject.com
Tuesday August 10, 6:30pm
Turnstyle Community Hub, 10 Laura St, Highgate Hill
Free entry.
A cheap meal and drinks will be available.
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Pro-Choice Action Collective
Drop the abortion charges! Repeal all anti-abortion laws!
Free, safe, accessible abortion on demand
http://www.prochoiceactionqld.org
In one month a young Cairns woman and her partner will face trial under Queensland’s anti-abortion laws. If the charges are upheld, she faces the prospect of seven years prison. Her partner faces the prospect of three years prison.
This is the most extreme attack on abortion rights in Australia for decades. The case threatens to set a dangerous new precedent on the abortion laws that could radically set back access to abortion. The charges have been brought under laws that should not exist – women have the right to control their own bodies…read more