April 8, 2013
Abortion opponents held a massive rally near the government headquarters in Tbilisi on Sunday to urge the government to rate abortions as a crime.
The rally would have deteriorated into a mass fight between abortion opponents and supporters if police had not intervened.
The opponents argued that abortions are a murder. They held posters reading, “Abortions are Genocide!” “Embryos have Souls!”
Supporters disagreed and they carried their own posters, saying that criminal liability will not discourage women from having abortions and that sex education must be introduced at schools.
Significantly, most of the abortion opponents were young men and most of the supporters were young women.
Source: InterfaxReligion
