Name/TitlePlacard: Never Again
About this objectLarge handmade cardboard placard, covered in white paper and featuring the slogan 'NEVER AGAIN' handwritten in red marker pen above a clothes hanger motif in black. Made for a counter protest in Glasgow's west end in response to March for Life UK's anti-abortion training day held on Glasgow University campus on 13th May 2023.
MakerGlasgow Students for Choice
Date Made2023
Period2020s
Place MadeScotland, Glasgow
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card and paper
MeasurementsH: 495 x W: 590 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's healthcare
Subject and Association Keywordsabortion rights - pro-choice
Subject and Association Keywordseducation - college, university
Subject and Association Keywordsreproductive rights
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://www.glasgowunisrc.org/organisation/8539:
As a student pro-choice group, Glasgow Students for Choice aim to create a safe environment for the discussion of sexual and reproductive rights whilst challenging behaviour that encourages the stigmatisation of sexual and reproductive healthcare.
https://www.marchforlife.co.uk:
March for Life UK is a pro-life organisation which incorporates three main annual events as well as a continuous mission comprising of three key aims: To raise awareness of the hurt and damage that abortion causes and promote the value of every human life from the first moment of conception; To foster a sense of community within the pro-life movement so that we can come together as one united voice; To enthuse, educate and inspire people to become pro-life not just in name but in their actions and so march for life daily.
https://dcabortionfund.org/2014/03/statement-from-val-vilott-president-of-the-dc-abortion-fund:
Why is the coat hanger a symbol of the reproductive rights movement? Because lack of access to abortion causes women to go to desperate lengths to terminate a pregnancy, similar to those undertaken in the pre-Roe v Wade era. At that time, consuming Lysol and household poisons was not uncommon to instigate abortion. Nor was inserting knitting needles, Coke bottles, and – yes – wire coat hangers into their cervices. It might make you cringe to imagine just how desperate one must be to go to these lengths. But here at DCAF, I don’t have to imagine. We hear from women every day who are that desperate, with no one else to turn to. With our help, they access quality, safe abortion care – no wire coat hangers needed. The coat hanger is a reminder of patient’s suffering when abortion is placed out of reach. It is a promise from reproductive rights advocates to never go back to the grotesque world our anti-choice opponents are striving for: a world WITHOUT safe access to abortion, where people might have to resort to horrific alternatives like a coat hanger. That’s why our supporters love the pendants and wear them as a point of pride.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePlacard
Object numberGWL-2023-55-8
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved