The Menstrual Cramps release new song ‘Abortion’

THE MENSTRUAL CRAMPS have released a brand new song!

The new song, titled Abortion, is the brand new single from the Bristol-based queer punk band and follows on from their previous single, Body Politics, which was released last year.

Speaking about the new song, vocalist Emilia Elfrida says, “I wrote the song Abortion when debates started happening in the run up to the Roe v Wade overturn in America—Roe v Wade had guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion, that was subsequently overturned in 2022, denying millions of people the right to have an abortion in America. Although in England abortion is legal, you still need to get two doctors’ permission and specific grounds need to be met. You cannot legally have an abortion in England just because you want one.”

This song is a response to these archaic rules, and for me to break the taboos around having abortions, to open up discussions about my experiences having had two abortions, and to fight for everyone to have the right to have abortions. As the song says ‘I’ve had an abortion, no I’ve had two, if you don’t like it, then fuck you’.”

Watch the official lyric video for Abortion here: 

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