A-Infos (en) Czech, AFED: We face the darkness (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Speech by the organizers before the blockade of the clero-fascist March 
for Life, which took place on April 6 in Prague. ---- A big thank you to 
everyone for standing here together today. We're not here to look for 
trouble or goof off, but because we have no choice. The pro-life 
movement, which with the support of politicians across the spectrum and 
church dignitaries meets at the top of Hradcany, has been attacking the 
basic rights of all of us who are here for a long time, albeit covertly. 
Standing up to him means not only standing up to church dogmatism, but 
also to his years of connecting with politicians and various 
institutions in an attempt to win them over to the intention of limiting 
abortions in the Czech Republic in any way.

Although the Movement for Life in recent decades has published and sent 
publications to schools labeling gays and lesbians as perverts, for 
example, they now pose as saints. In a society that, fortunately, is not 
curious about open bigotry, it is disguised in the most cynical way 
possible. He is conjured by helping the unwittingly pregnant, people in 
a particularly vulnerable position who need everything but manipulation 
and emotional blackmail. Or what the Pro-Life Movement is also 
particularly fond of: threatening stressed and insecure women that if 
they get an abortion, they will suffer for life from scientifically 
unfounded so-called post-abortion syndrome.

When we stand up against the lies, manipulation and fearmongering, the 
clerics tell us that we want as many abortions as possible. It's not 
true. We want the possibility for each person to be able to make a truly 
free decision and - whatever this often difficult choice may be - so 
that society does not bully them or push them through prohibitions into 
often life-threatening home abortions.

Of course, it is unacceptable for irresponsible men to force pregnant 
women to have abortions, as the Pro-Life Movement often says. But we 
need emancipation, equality and the eradication of sexualized violence 
as well as violence and blackmail in relationships, which is led to by 
exactly the same culture of supposedly "traditional" values that the 
Movement for Life promotes. And let it be completely, perfectly clear 
what we do not need, what no one must and has no right to do: make wombs 
the property of the state and the church and people living incubators. 
The children we have or will have in the future, if we decide to do so, 
will be ours, and not Duky, Juchelky or Joch!

Starting a family is a wonderful and big thing. We all want parents to 
enjoy sufficient social support, freedom and social security. But that 
is precisely why we prevent the possibility of choice. Being pro-life 
does not mean forcing anyone in any situation to have children, but 
respecting that life must be free. Unbound by the centuries-old dogmas 
of institutions that swear by sanctity while mass abusing children. Free 
from state coercion and ideopolice persecution. Of course, being truly 
and freely alive in this way also brings difficult choices. But we are 
willing to carry them and help people who need help.

The time has come to say it openly. The pro-life movement does not 
defend a normal world and family, but a fringe, authoritarian ideology. 
We are pro-life, we are pro-family. And that is why we stand here today 
and stand against the darkness.

(A report from the blockade will follow in the coming days.)

https://www.afed.cz/text/8150/postavime-se-tme
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