April 11 & 12th: Abortion on Demand & Without Apology

From Stop Patriarchy: Abortion rights are in a state of emergency, and headed for disaster. Already, women in this country who cannot access safe abortions are attempting to self-abort by inserting sharp objects in their vaginas, taking pills, asking their boyfriends to beat them up, and more. Others are being forced to bear children they do not want. This is the future for women everywhere if this war on women is not massively resisted and defeated.

WE MUST ACT TO STOP THIS NOW!

Forcing women to have children against their will is a form of enslavement.

Join Sikivu Hutchinson, Carol Downer and others at the emergency speak-out in Los Angeles on Friday, April 11:

7pm at United University Church

USC Campus, 817 W. 34th St., Los Angeles

AROUND THE COUNTRY, tune into the LIVE national WEBCAST:

Friday April 11, 7-9:30pm EDT

Abortion Rights Emergency WEBCAST

Host a viewing party and tune in wherever you are at StopPatriarchy.org

In New York City: Advent Lutheran Church, 93rd & Broadway, 7-9:30 pm

Speakers include:

Dr. Willie Parker, award-winning doctor at the last abortion clinic in Mississippi

Sunsara Taylor, writer for revcom.us/Revolution newspaper, leader of the Abortion Rights Freedom Ride, and initiator of StopPatriarchy.org

Merle Hoffman, CEO of Choices Women’s Medical Center, which has provided abortions and other health services to women since 1971

Donna Schaper, Senior Minister of Judson Memorial Church, on her own abortion and why we must defend this right

Marge Piercy, poet, novelist, memoirist, via video message: “It was a time when falling in love could get you killed.”

Louise Bernikow, author, historian, long time activist

Bill Baird, reproductive rights pioneer who was jailed eight times in five states in the 1960s for lecturing on abortion and birth control

David Gunn, Jr., son of first abortion doctor to be assassinated, via video message

Testimony from:

Susan Cahill, owner of the Montana abortion clinic that was destroyed and closed on March 3, 2013 about how this is an attack on all women

Dr. Susan Robinson, one of only four doctors in the U.S. who openly provide late-term abortions; featured in the acclaimed documentary After Tiller

True stories of illegal abortions before Roe v. Wade

More to be announced.

Saturday, April 12th: PROTEST!

RAISE BLOODY COAT-HANGERS* AND BREAK THE SHACKLES OF WOMEN’S ENSLAVEMENT

In NYC:

2pm: Gather at NW corner of 49th St. & Fifth Avenue

3:00 pm: Procession to St. Patrick’s Cathedral and silent protest

In Los Angeles:

1pm: Santa Monica Pier & Ocean Ave.

2:15pm – March through 3rd Street Promenade

Check StopPatriarchy.org for protests in other cities or to plan your own.

Silent protests at institutions behind the war on women that raise bloody coat-hangers (representing the fate of women when abortion is illegal) and shackles (representing female enslavement). After an hour, break the shackles and pledge to resist until we defeat and reverse these attacks and win the full liberation of women.