Hundreds rallied at the Millicent Fawcett statue in Parliament Square on 5 September at this year’s Abortion Rights counterprotest against the annual anti-abortion “March for Life”. The Stand up for Choice protest brought together activists young and old from all backgrounds, with one thing in common: a fierce commitment to oppose any threat to our... Read More

If you were with us in Parliament Square on Saturday, you saw exactly what we are up against. Every year, anti abortion campaigners tell us their movement is about compassion. They talk about “protecting women”, supporting families and defending life. But the reality we saw on Saturday looked very different. Our supporters were shouted at,... Read More

Abortion Rights warns Reform UK is attempting to import a US-style culture war over abortion as campaigners prepare to Stand Up for Choice in Westminster FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Trade unions, MPs, healthcare providers and reproductive rights campaigners will come together in Parliament Square this Saturday, 5 September, for Stand Up for Choice 2026, Abortion Rights’... Read More

PRESS RELEASE — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Abortion Rights warns of attempts to push anti-abortion politics into the British mainstream ahead of Stand Up for Choice this Saturday. Abortion Rights has warned that Reform UK is attempting to ramp up a culture war over abortion in Britain, as anti-abortion campaigners are given a platform at the party’s... Read More

Manna Mostaghim is a PhD Candidate in the Health Policy Department at the LSE. Her PhD thesis is on the provision of publicly subsidised IVF for women with a high BMI in the UK. The Far Right’s fear of happy, free women who control their reproductive agency In the far-right imagination, there is a nuclear... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Abortion Rights will mobilise in Parliament Square as March for Life UK returns to the capital Abortion Rights has announced Stand Up for Choice 2026, its annual counter-protest to March for Life UK, taking place in Parliament Square on Saturday 5 September at 1pm. Pro-choice campaigners, trade unions and supporters will gather... Read More

For years, Britain’s anti-abortion movement has borrowed from America everything from the language and tactics, to the money and legal strategies. Now the relationship is becoming much harder to ignore. From MAGA to Europe This week, HOPE not hate founder Nick Lowles sounded the alarm over Sarah Rogers, the Trump administration figure nominated to lead... Read More

Four years after Dobbs, the anti-abortion movement has a problem: the public has seen what abortion bans actually do. They have seen women denied emergency care, doctors afraid to treat miscarriages and patients forced to travel hundreds of miles. Rather than making abortion restrictions more popular, the reality of bans has pushed public opinion in... Read More

The anti-abortion movement has a problem: the public has seen the true impact of abortion bans, and does not like what it sees. Four years after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, more Americans identify as pro-choice than they did before the ruling.  As a result, the anti-abortion movement is no longer relying... Read More

The anti-abortion movement likes to talk about “family values”. This week’s news shows what that phrase means in practice: American money flowing into British politics, US aid being used to pressure African countries to restrict reproductive healthcare and embryos being quietly redefined as children inside government policy. Different countries. Different tactics. Same political project. The... Read More