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The US midterms: Women’s rights versus the economy

The US midterms: Women’s rights versus the economy

The midterms have proved it’s time we view economics and abortion rights as one in the same
Still Parents: Breaking the taboo around miscarriage

Still Parents: Breaking the taboo around miscarriage

Review of the ‘Still Parents’ exhibition at the Whitworth Gallery and discussions around women’s reproductive health care.
Call Jane review: Looking back at Roe Vs Wade in the #MeToo era

Call Jane review: Looking back at Roe Vs Wade in the #MeToo era

From Director Phylis Nagy (Carol, Mrs Harris), Call Jane is a fictional narrative based on an illegal abortion network of women in the 1960s, who called themselves “The Janes”. Although Call Jane is a critical look back at darker times the unavailability of abortions is still a widespread problem for many Americans. After the reversal […]
Womb with a view?: The abortion debate on university campuses

Womb with a view?: The abortion debate on university campuses

What are university pro-life societies? Are they just about abortion? The Mancunion speaks to two such societies and UoM’s Feminist Collective to find out
Polish students react to near-total abortion ban in their home country

Polish students react to near-total abortion ban in their home country

Nationwide protests continue in Poland against a restrictive abortion law that is to be implemented
The Future is Feminist: lessons from our Latin American sisters

The Future is Feminist: lessons from our Latin American sisters

Beatrice Pearson discusses the wave of feminist protests in Latin America and what we can learn
Consultation into ‘buffer-zone’ around Fallowfield abortion clinic ends

Consultation into ‘buffer-zone’ around Fallowfield abortion clinic ends

While the potential Public Space Protection Order seems promising, anti-harassment campaigners don’t believe the proposal provides a sufficient buffer-zone around the clinic
Council launch consultation into buffer zone around Fallowfield abortion clinic

Council launch consultation into buffer zone around Fallowfield abortion clinic

The move comes after “numerous” reports of “anti-social behaviour” outside the clinic, say Manchester City Council
Review: Spring Awakening The Musical

Review: Spring Awakening The Musical

Alexi Pieretti reviews UMMTS’ last musical of the year, Spring Awakening; a show which brings hope for societal change whilst condemning censorship and adults who stifle the minds of the young, as well as the criminalisation of abortion
Clash of protestors outside Fallowfield abortion clinic

Clash of protestors outside Fallowfield abortion clinic

An angry demonstrator harassed an group of elderly pro-life protestors outside the Marie Stopes clinic in Fallowfield, before making a speedy getaway in her car
An interview with Sister Supporter

An interview with Sister Supporter

Daisy Lester interviews Eabha Doherty, a founding member of the Manchester branch of Sister Supporter, a group who are campaigning for a buffer zone around a Fallowfield abortion clinic
Review: ‘Repeal the 8th’

Review: ‘Repeal the 8th’

The Manchester Literature Festival hosted a discussion on the historic repeal of the Eight Amendment that happened in May last year.
Life’s freshers’ fair complaint dropped by Office for Students

Life’s freshers’ fair complaint dropped by Office for Students

The pro-life charity’s complaint to Office for Students over freshers’ fair refusals has been dropped
Pro-life charity refused stall at freshers’ fair

Pro-life charity refused stall at freshers’ fair

The pro-life charity, Life, have lodged an official complaint with the Office for Students, after the University of Manchester Students’ Union said the fair was “not the right platform” for the charity

Controversy: Are sex-specific abortions OK?

Following the criticism of an Ethics Professor for supporting abortions based on the foetus’s sex, Science and Technology reporter Jake Jones considers the ethics of sex-specific abortions

Pro-life students banned from forming group at Strathclyde University

Anti-abortion students at the University of Strathclyde feel their free speech has been violated by the Students’ Association’s decision not to fund their ‘anti-choice group’