Retired nurses dressed as suffragettes chained themselves to the railings of the Margaret Pyke Centre in central London yesterday. The centre, which provides contraceptive services and sexual health outreach and training, has been described by the Care Quality Commission as “outstanding”, but is threatened with closure – despite assurances that government cuts to public health budgets wouldn’t hit frontline services.
For a hundred years suffragettes have been a potent symbol of the fight for women’s rights, and the retired nurses and service users who brandished “Women need coils” placards in the demonstration were referencing the connection between the provision of contraception and the ongoing struggle for women’s equality.
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