![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/this-is-an-attempt-to-prevent-abortion-at-any-cost-the-us-anti-abortion-extremists-targeting-britain/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/AA13MjcY.jpeg&description=© Alastair Grant/AP Anti-abortion demonstrators hold placards in a pro-life protest in Parliament Square, London, last month - Alastair Grant/AP It is 8.30 on an autumnal Wednesday morning, and a group of people are standing on a grass verge outside Bournemouth's abortion clinic. One middle-aged man holds up rosary beads. A silver-haired woman is carrying a placard which reads 'Pregnant? Need Help?' and is accompanied by a phone number. They have gathered to protest against abortion as part of a six-week 'vigil' organised by Texas-based group 40 Days For Life. The group holds internationally-coordinated demonstrations around the world, twice a year - but this is the first since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade in June, after which a dozen US states banned abortion in almost all circumstances. And, since the demonstration began in September, anti-abortion protesters have gathered in more than a dozen other cities across Britain, including Leeds, Reading, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Cardiff, Liverpool, Southampton and Brighton - hundreds of volunteers operating a rota system to ensure a round-the-clock presence."We have seen an increase in protests outside clinics since Roe was overturned. It feels like they've been emboldened. As though they think this is their time," says Katherine O'Brien at the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (Bpas), the UK's largest abortion provider. Supporters of 40 Days for Life now stand accused of using US-style tactics to harass women as they enter clinics, including encouraging them to take so-called 'abortion reversal pills'. These contain high levels of progesterone to, it is claimed, counter the effects of the medically approved abortion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol. Also known as 'telemedicine' or 'pills by post', these were widely adopted during the pandemic, so women could manage their own abortions - within the first ten weeks of pregnancy - at home. © Provided by The Telegraph Protesters in favour of abortion rights){kind=link}
An American group which is staging ‘vigils’ outside UK abortion clinics has been accused of harassment, intimidation and misinformation
It is 8.30 on an autumnal Wednesday morning, and a group of people are standing on a grass verge outside Bournemouth’s abortion clinic. One middle-aged man holds up rosary beads. A silver-haired woman is carrying a placard which reads ‘Pregnant? Need Help?’ and is accompanied by a phone number. They have gathered to protest against abortion as part of a six-week ‘vigil’ organised by Texas-based group 40 Days For Life.
The group holds internationally-coordinated demonstrations around the world, twice a year – but this is the first since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade in June, after which a dozen US states banned abortion in almost all circumstances.
And, since the demonstration began in September, anti-abortion protesters have gathered in more than a dozen other cities across Britain, including Leeds, Reading, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Cardiff, Liverpool, Southampton and Brighton – hundreds of volunteers operating a rota system to ensure a round-the-clock presence.
“We have seen an increase in protests outside clinics since Roe was overturned. It feels like they’ve been emboldened. As though they think this is their time,” says Katherine O’Brien at the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (Bpas), the UK’s largest abortion provider.