Pro-life students were targeted by angry pro-abortion advocates at the University of Manchester in the U.K. last week. The situation violently erupted when the pro-life group tried to hold its first meeting.
Police officers were forced to intervene to hold back an angry mob who heckled and attacked pro-lifers at the inaugural event of the newly formed Manchester Pro-Life Society on February 29.
The group had been the subject of scrutiny since its creation in January as the once all-male group aimed to promote “respect for the dignity of human life from conception,” according to its Instagram page.
According to the BBC, more than 19,000 University of Manchester students signed a petition calling for the group to be dissolved saying it added to an “already prevalent stigma” surrounding abortion.
“The student union should be a place that supports all students’ rights and wellbeing rather than endorsing societies that aim to abolish these rights,” the petition read.
However, the pro-life group maintained it aimed “to create a pro-life culture on campus and support the dignity of every human life from conception.”
“From a legal standpoint, it’s not possible to stop a society from affiliating for their legal views that are contrary to
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