FTP is Repro Justice

Statement on 8/6/22 Clinic Defense and Arrests

August 8, 2022 by NYC4AR

On Saturday, August 6, 2022, NYC for Abortion Rights showed up to the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral for our monthly clinic defense. Over 100 people joined us to picket the church, which hosts the anti-abortion group Witness for Life. The group’s leader, Fidelis Moscinski, is currently serving up to 90 days in jail … Read more

Manhattan Mobilization Defends Clinic From Anti-Choice Protesters

May 13, 2022May 10, 2022 by NYC4AR

Report on successful mobilization in defense of a reproductive health clinic in Manhattan, New York, which blocked a group of anti-choice protesters who for years have harassed patients. Read in It’s Going Down.

Liberal Cities Are Not Immune to Mounting Attacks on Abortion Rights

May 13, 2022April 16, 2022 by NYC4AR

An anti-abortion group that masquerades as progressive in an attempt to gain a following in liberal cities suddenly surged into mainstream news headlines this spring after the Washington Metro Police Department recovered five fetuses from the apartment of anti-abortion activist Lauren Handy. Read in Truthout.

Statement on NYPD Arrests at the August 14 Pro-Abortion Protest in Brooklyn

August 17, 2021August 16, 2021 by NYC4AR

On August 14 in Cobble Hill, the NYPD sent its militarized Strategic Response Group to crack down on a protest opposing harassment at the nearby Planned Parenthood. Last Saturday, NYC for Abortion Rights counterprotested the Archdiocese of New York’s “Witness for Life” at St. Paul and St. Agnes. The Strategic Response Group arrested two of … Read more

Video of anti-abortion extremists blocking clinic doors

August 12, 2021June 30, 2020 by NYC4AR

Clinic defense outside the Planned Parenthood in Soho on June 20, 2020, during the height of Black Lives Matter protests. Anti-abortion activists wore “Babies Lives Matter” shirts and physically blocked the clinic doors.

September 30, 2020June 16, 2020 by NYC4AR

The recent and highly publicized killing of George Floyd has evoked mass social protests against the racialized effects of policing. We understand racialized police violence to be a permanent feature of police as we know it. We understand that gendered police violence, both sexual and domestic are also a permanent feature.