{"id":56523,"date":"2025-11-23T21:01:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/?p=56523"},"modified":"2026-01-01T16:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T16:06:16","slug":"cardiff-students-union-passes-motion-to-campaign-for-and-support-pro-choice-despite-concerns-over-neutrality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/news\/cardiff-students-union-passes-motion-to-campaign-for-and-support-pro-choice-despite-concerns-over-neutrality\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff Students’ Union Passes Motion To Campaign For And Support Pro-Choice, Despite Concerns Over Neutrality"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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By James Burns<\/strong><\/p>\n

The third motion on the AGM agenda, that re-ignites calls for the Students’ Union to campaign for and support pro-choice was passed.<\/p>\n

The annual event that took place on the 20th November, saw all four submitted motions passed by the meeting. The motion supporting the continued campaigning from a pro-choice perspective won the audience vote by a clear majority.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, this did not stop it becoming the most debated motion of the evening, in which two speakers from the audience spoke against the passing of the motion.<\/p>\n

The AGM adopted an official pro-choice stance three-years ago, and with the policy due to lapse a renewed motion was submitted for the 2025 meeting, in order for the AGM to retain a formal position on abortion and the reproductive rights of students.<\/p>\n

The side arguing for the renewal of adopting a pro-choice stance proclaimed that \u201cneutrality is not an option\u201d in the debate surrounding an official stance. They retained that while abortion remains a legal right in Wales, \u201cissues of accessibility\u201d persist, as women continue to be plagued with a \u201cfear of judgement and stigma\u201d, as well as the \u201cmisinformation\u201d that clouds the process of abortion.<\/p>\n

They made clear that an adoption of a pro-choice stance \u201cis not about telling anyone about what choice to make but supporting the right to choice\u201d. The board then put the motion to audience members to vote upon the issue, with the vast majority of voters siding in favour with the motion, and just a few hands representing a rejection.<\/p>\n

One of these hands was that of Greg Owens, who then took to the stage to provide a rebut to the motion. Owens noted the importance of the Student’s Union\u2019s obligation to protect free speech and suggested the motion \u201cstrays into an area of non-inclusivity\u201d.<\/p>\n

He affirmed that \u201cif the university is to achieve its vision of inclusivity it must remain neutral on contentious issues like this. He also suggested the potential damage the stance could have over students who are outspoken about their pro-life opinions, and that \u201c20-30 students\u201d have been discriminated on the basis of such beliefs in the past. Owens then departed the stage with a chorus of jeers from the majority of the audience.<\/p>\n

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The counter from the motion makers once again reaffirmed the importance of women having \u201ccontrol over their bodies\u201d, and that the pro-choice stance \u201cleaves openness for the debate\u201d, whilst still retaining the importance of individual choice.

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The next speaker, rejecting the motion, retorted \u201cthat we can not accept ideological suppression\u201d. The speaker departed the stage to silence after the crowd was reminded not to boo speakers.

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The proposers of the motion then provided a summary of their arguments. They provided clarity by stating \u201cpro-choice in not pro-abortion but choice over individual\u2019s bodies\u201d.\u00a0 Maria Pollard told the audience that \u201cwe are inherently political, as a union we are allowed a stance\u201d

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