Name/TitlePlacard: Ex St Benedict's H.S. Pupil
About this objectHandmade cardboard placard featuring the slogan 'EX ST BENEDICT'S H.S. PUPIL, PROUDLY PRO-CHOICE'' hand-painted in different colours, and decorated in the bottom right corner with a rosette motif that says, YOU FAILED'. 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
MeasurementsH: 435 x W: 670 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 Keywordsreligion & spirituality
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.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePlacard
Object numberGWL-2023-55-17
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved