On April 11th, the anti-women lobby will want to march through Prague
Recent development on the Czech political scene is playing right into the hands of Hnutí pro život (Movement for Life). The government and the opposition have switched places, but the influence of Radim Ucháč and his ultra-conservative team continues, and the anti-abortion lobby maintains an open door to those in power. Hnutí pro život likes to talk about women who are forced to have abortions, while the political elite focuses on the declining birth rate. Radim Ucháč and Jan Gregor have found new allies in the new government. The lobbyists of Aliance pro rodinu (Alliance for the Family) and Hnutí pro život present themselves as pro-family, grassroots initiatives, but in their core, there is authoritarian and ultra-conservative foundation - and funding.
Hnutí pro život has never distanced itself from its most conservative ideas and plans, from their efforts to ban sex education in schools, through a complete abortion ban, to a public registry of women who have had abortions. Their chairman Radim Ucháč was also behind the creation of the manipulative “exhibitions” by the Stop genocidě (Stop Genocide) movement, which you can still encounter on the streets.
Radim Ucháč and his team envision Pochod pro život (March for Life) as an annual, peaceful PR event. But they won’t get a chance to have it their way. We will be in the streets defending our rights and the rights of people whom conservative authoritarianism seeks to oppress or dehumanize. None of their plans will get through us!
Join our protest! As always, it will be nonviolent, colorful, and playful, but it will once again hold an uncompromising stance. Our bodies are not anyone’s political playground!
On April 11, the voice of feminism will ring out louder than ever before and clearly show that the Czech public does not share the views of the ultra-conservative lobby. Neither Aliance pro rodinu nor Hnutí pro život will ever decide for all of us what kind of lives we can live.
See you on the streets of Prague!
The Real March for Life went through Prague on October 11, 2025. It followed the same route as the anti-women march organized earlier this year by the Hnutí pro život (Movement for Life). Nearly two thousand people took part, and the event featured speakers representing fourteen collectives and initiatives dedicated to human and women's rights. Check out the photos!