Transphobia: Attacked by the far right, Family Planning plans to file a complaint

Transphobia: Attacked by the far right, Family Planning plans to file a complaint

Family Planing denounced the attacks of far-right leaders and activists, reaffirming the firmness of its investment in the fight against transphobia.

In Planning we know that men can also be pregnant. Present on one of the Family Planning posters, this sentence is taken a series of attacks by the far right against the associationas revealed by Huffington Post. Faced with an outbreak of violence, he announced Family Planning file a complaint.

Elected officials and activists from RN and Reconquest attack family planning

On August 17, cartoonist Laurier The Fox shared a poster made for Family Planning. We see a couple in particular made up of a transgender man expecting a baby. Designed to raise awareness that trans men, female assigned at birthmay also be pregnant, the image has been activated a lively controversy. On social networks, many far-right officials and activists have multiplied their attacks on the association, questioning its legitimacy.

Among the authors of these criticisms are, in particular, the vice-president RN at the National Assembly, Helene Laporte. On Twitter he accuses Family Planning of not being ” henceforth only a simple militant association for the theory of gender. In a post published on the account of Reconquest, Eric Zemmour’s partywe read : ” That’s what your taxes are for: to finance the new delusions of “family planning.” “.

Planned Parenthood Twitter post

Against these attacks, Family Planning intends to defend itself in court

In a press release published on August 19, Family Planning denounced a ” extremely violent attack “And he announced he was consulting his lawyers to start legal proceedings against” these instigators of hatred, who are sometimes elected representatives of the Republic “.

The association took the opportunity to firmly reaffirm its resolute commitment feminist and his involvement in trans rights to be welcomed and recommended for “contraception, abortion, medical monitoring of their passage”.

Sexual and reproductive rights are one and the same: in Planning we don’t prioritize them, we fight as much for abortion as for the sexual health of trans people or for the access of young people to sex education.. ”

Planned Parenthood Twitter post

Featured Image Credit: © Planned Parenthood Twitter account screenshot

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