r/worldnews 15d ago

Western Australia has made it illegal to protest outside abortion clinics *Within 150 meters

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/western-australia-has-made-it-illegal-to-protest-outside-abortion-clinics
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u/UltraWafflez 15d ago

I remember these fuckers would protest at my elementary school for some reason

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u/16yYPueES4LaZrbJLhPW 15d ago

There was a man, easily 80 years old, who would stand on the corner of a road right outside the city of the college I used to attend.

I saw him every time I drove past that corner. Every single day, at every time of the day, he was there. Equipped with a baby doll in a stroller and an 8ft sign, it was like this man was protesting for his life.

I felt bad for him. Especially since he was devoted to protesting a clinic that overall decreases the need for abortions, but provides them in a safe and sterile environment if necessary. I don't know if he realizes that these clinics will first compile all the resources they can to help you carry through with your pregnancy, and have stopped more abortions than he has.

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u/PraiseGodJihyo 15d ago

They don't care. For them it's all about being righteous warriors for their god. All we can do is try to educate the young in the hopes that one day religion, at least fanatical religion, will be a relic of the past.

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u/CalvinCopyright 15d ago

There is no religion without fanatical religion.

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u/FavorsForAButton 15d ago

There is no fanaticism without religion*

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u/chronicwisdom 15d ago

People are never fanatical about their political/economic ideology or trivial things like sports. Nope, just religion.

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u/KeeblerAndBits 15d ago

Right....I get what you're saying but if you're strictly looking at America, where tf do you think "fanatical" reoublicans come from if not fanatical religion?

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u/grandoz039 15d ago

Do you think that main motivator for extreme Trump nutjobs is religion? For supremacy groups?

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u/KnightTemplar777 15d ago

A positive no for that question. But really since your sentence is heavily biased I don’t know what specific nut jobs and groups you are referring to and their actions as a whole and not individually.

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u/KnightTemplar777 15d ago

Really? You remember the “summer of love”? It was very one sided on the political spectrum.