Aggression against Pro-Life Activists in Munich

Country: Germany

Date of incident: February 28, 2015


The German Christian pro-life group Jugend für das Leben ("Youth for Life") organized a demonstration on the Odeon Square in Munich followed by a Holy Mass at the University Church. The demonstration had previously been registered and approved.

Participants reported that counter-demonstrators blocked the way of the peaceful and silent march and tried to pushed it back. The pro-life demonstrators, including a considerable number of small children, were huddled together on the edge of the square, protected from physical attacks by about 50 to 70 police officers. Verbal aggression and attacks included "Hätte Maria abgetrieben, wärt ihr uns erspart geblieben", (Had Mary had an abortion, we would have been spared from you). "We have photos of you and will find you!", "We will masturbate onto your photos!", "feminism instead of fundamentalism", and "You Nazis!".

Source: known to Observatory