By Luke Andrews For Mailonline
Published: 11:11 BST, 14 April 2019 | Updated: 11:14 BST, 14 April 2019
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An anti-abortion group has taken legal action against a university after claiming its views have been censored.
Aberdeen University students' association voted by more than 95 per cent to not allow the pro-life group to affiliate after an opponent said the society had a 'history of rape apologism and misogyny'.
It has now filed court documents accusing the academic institution of discrimination under the Equality and Human Rights acts.
If a society becomes affiliated, it gets access to money for events, campus facilities and can have a stall at freshers' week.
It follows the decision of Glasgow University's student union to allow a pro-life society to affiliate after it also took legal action.
The pro-abortion society claims it is being censored by Aberdeen University's student union because it is being denied membership due to its views on abortion
Alex Mason, 33, who is married with two children and founded the student group, told The Sunday Times: 'A section of the student body is leftist in view on this issue. I think this is a culture which is zealous for abortion rights.'
He argued that the society's main purpose was to hold 'peaceful' debates on campus about issues including sex-selective abortion.
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