Not long till the annual face off outside the Usher Hall on Lothian Road to support the right to abortion. Get it in your diary and make sure you're on the right side of the street. @abortionrightsscot.bsky.social

The STUC Women's committee will continue to work collaboratively with @engenderscot.bsky.social, @abortionrightsscot.bsky.social and others in support of the ‘Let’s change the act’ campaign.

The Alliance Defending Freedom are a designated hate group (SPLC). They got abortion rights overturned in 🇺🇸 They are pouring money into our country to enforce their fundamentalist agenda. Yesterday’s march looked 90% white men to me. Want to ‘protect women’? Fight this and leave asylum seekers alone

Correction: Apologies for the wee mistake in last week's Friday Feminist Five newsletter - the @abortionrightsscot.bsky.social International Safe Abortion Day event is happening on 28th September from 11.45am ⬇

An opportunity to think about and discuss Joanna Russ' challenging, radical feminist SF novel The Female Man (1975).

Stop the Closure of Sandyford NHS Counselling Service #sexualtrauma #nhs #SaveSandyford www.change.org/p/stop-the-c...

Stop the Closure of Sandyford NHS Counselling Service #sexualtrauma #nhs #SaveSandyford www.change.org/p/stop-the-c...

US anti‑abortion cash floods UK free speech frontlines - Democracy for Sale investigation finds US anti‑abortion lawyer funding Toby Young’s Free Speech Union, while Alliance Defending Freedom’s UK spending soars. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/us-antiabo... by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social

Transport for London blocks BPAS ads calling on people to lobby MPs to decriminalise abortion These ads appeared across England & Wales. They feature anonymised case studies of women who have been investigated by police, and in some cases prosecuted. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The Scottish abortion statistics for the year 2024 and have just been released. Over 18 thousand people had an abortion freely, safely, legally, performed by the #NHS, in Scotland last year. www.abortionrightsscotland.com/campaigningw...

The Scottish abortion statistics for the year 2024 and have just been released. Over 18 thousand people had an abortion freely, safely, legally, performed by the #NHS, in Scotland last year. www.abortionrightsscotland.com/campaigningw...

Strong discussion about police treating the person having the abortion as a criminal when she is he person most at risk. #DecriminaliseAbortionNow

Abortion provider is now talking about the recent and horrible police guidelines on criminal investigation if someone has had a pregnancy loss. observer.co.uk/news/nationa... #DecriminaliseAbortionNow

We're now hearing from a doctor who's an abortion provider in the Highlands of Scotland about abortion provision in Scotland. #AbortionIsHealthcare

Issue raised on @policescotland.bsky.social refusing to defend the #BufferZones out of clinic hours. #AbortionIsHealthcare #AbortionIsAHumanRight #SafeAccess

Some really interesting background on the. #BufferZones Act and how the bill became law 108 votes to one. @gillianmacmsp.bsky.social

We're now hearing from GillianMackay @scottishgreens.org MSP about the background to her #BufferZones Act for ##SafeAccess zones for abortion providers in Scotland.

The 4th Abortion Rights Scotland supporters meeting and AGM begins - we're in City Chambers in #Edinburgh

If you care about the future of safe, legal abortion provided by the #NHS in Scotland then come along to our #AbortionRights supporters meeting in #Edinburgh on Saturday 24th May! You can attend both parts either in person or online. Register at eventbrite www.eventbrite.com/e/abortion-r...

If you care about the future of safe, legal abortion provided by the #NHS in Scotland then come along to our #AbortionRights supporters meeting in #Edinburgh on Saturday 24th May! You can attend both parts either in person or online. Register at eventbrite www.eventbrite.com/e/abortion-r...

Parliament is going to debate the petition – “Decriminalise Abortion”. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... The debate is scheduled for Westmimster Hall, Monday 2 June 2025. #AbortionIsHealthcare #DecriminaliseAbortionNow

Thanks so much to @abortionrightsscot.bsky.social for sharing our work on the need to modernise abortion law in Scotland at the STUC conference over the weekend 💪💜 Find out more & read our report here: www.engender.org.uk/news/blog/mo...

We are at the STUC conference this week if your a delegate pop along to our stall we would love to meet you.

Stand up for choice! #AbortionIsHealthcare #Edinburgh #AbortionRights

Free safe legal #AbortionRights #Edinburgh

Abortion is healthcare -we say Decriminalize now!

We're here! #Edinburgh for #AbortionRights

It's TODAY We celebrate the 1967 Abortion Act becoming law on 27th April 1968 - 57 years ago. Lothian Road, Usher Hall side, 11am-1pm #AbortionRights #Edinburgh #AbortionIsHealthcare #AbortionIsAHumanRight

We'll be in Lothian Road again this year on Saturday 26th April - 11am to 1pm, celebrating the right to safe legal local abortion in Scotland. Join us! www.abortionrightsscotland.com/campaignwithus #abortionrights #edinburgh #humanrights @abortionrights.bsky.social

America are going backwards. Decriminalisation of abortion is LONG overdue in the U.K. Please sign, share on other platforms. Send to friends. Ask them to forward it too. We need to protect ourselves. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Join us for our annual celebration of abortion rights Sat 26 April 2025 11am-1pm, Lothian Road. Edinburgh

Hello Bluesky! Abortion is healthcare. Bodily autonomy is a fundamental right. No one should be forced to carry a pregnancy against their will. We fight for safe, legal, and accessible abortion for all—because freedom means being able to make your own choices. #WeAreAbortionRights