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Remove anti-abortion posters from marquees anti-abortion poster Newtribuna NEWTRIBUNA.ES | EFEJANUARY 26, 2022, 11:26 We need your help to continue reporting Become a member of Nuevatribuna A dozen city councils have decided to remove from marquees and advertising supports the controversial campaign of the Catholic Association of Propagandists (ACdP) that encourages "praying" in front of abortion clinics, considering that it violates women's rights, although others, such as Madrid and Córdoba , they are going to maintain it.
The controversial posters, with the slogan "Praying in front of abortion clinics is great" , were placed on 250 stands in 33 cities, in response to the bill being processed in Congress to criminalize Malta Phone Number harassment of women and workers of clinics that practice voluntary terminations of pregnancy. For the Minister of Equality, Irene Montero, it is "perverse" to talk about praying in front of the clinics when in reality "they are harassing, harming and making it difficult for women to exercise their right to abortion." In contrast to the councils that have decided to ask the advertising media concessionaire companies to withdraw the campaign, others have publicly refused to take that measure.
The mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, has considered that the City Council does not have the competence to judge the opinion of the advertiser and believes that freedom of expression should prevail and the government team of Córdoba, formed by PP and Ciudadanos, has alleged that no regulations governing advertising are breached. This Monday Vigo, Pontevedra and Vitoria took the opposite step . The Vigo City Council, headed by socialist Abel Caballero, ordered the withdrawal, considering that it was "sexist propaganda contrary to constitutional rights," according to municipal sources. A "repulsive" and "disgusting" campaign, according to the Pontevedra town council.
The controversial posters, with the slogan "Praying in front of abortion clinics is great" , were placed on 250 stands in 33 cities, in response to the bill being processed in Congress to criminalize Malta Phone Number harassment of women and workers of clinics that practice voluntary terminations of pregnancy. For the Minister of Equality, Irene Montero, it is "perverse" to talk about praying in front of the clinics when in reality "they are harassing, harming and making it difficult for women to exercise their right to abortion." In contrast to the councils that have decided to ask the advertising media concessionaire companies to withdraw the campaign, others have publicly refused to take that measure.
The mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, has considered that the City Council does not have the competence to judge the opinion of the advertiser and believes that freedom of expression should prevail and the government team of Córdoba, formed by PP and Ciudadanos, has alleged that no regulations governing advertising are breached. This Monday Vigo, Pontevedra and Vitoria took the opposite step . The Vigo City Council, headed by socialist Abel Caballero, ordered the withdrawal, considering that it was "sexist propaganda contrary to constitutional rights," according to municipal sources. A "repulsive" and "disgusting" campaign, according to the Pontevedra town council.