March for Life Interrupted by Counter-Demonstrators Insulting and Stereotyping Christians

Case information
Incident date
Country
Austria
Place
Vienna
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Morals
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Anti-Religion or Humanism Groups
  • Radical Left
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Insult or Incitement
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Freedom of Association and Assembly
  • Freedom of Conscience
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Negative Stereotyping
Place of Incident
  • Public Street
Bias Indicators
  • Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
  • Organized Hate Groups
  • Victim/Witness Perception
Reported to Police
  • No
Response of Local Authorities
  • Unknown

On October 17th, counter-demonstrators interrupted the March for Life in Vienna by blocking streets, which led to serval changes of the originally planned route. The counter-demonstrators also verbally and physically insulted the participants of the march with vulgar expressions and gestures. They also held up highly insulting banners like:"If Mary would have aborted, we would have been spared of you." Additionally, the counter-demonstrators held up flags against homophobia, stereotyping Christians as homophobic, despite the fact that the march was not about LGBTQ+ issues but the protection of the unborn life.

Sources from eye-witnesses