Pro-choice campaigners drowned out anti-abortion protesters outside a maternity ward in Glasgow by blasting cheesy pop tunes.
Members of religious group 40 Days for Life have held daily "prayer vigils" outside the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, which offers abortion services, since February 22.
Feminist activists staged a counter protest against the group on Thursday morning by displaying placards with pro-choice messages. One activist was filmed blasting empowering songs sung by female artists with a megaphone.
Hits from the clip included; Juice by Lizzo, Wannabe by the Spice Girls, Milkshake by Kelis, Scrubs by TLC, Respect by Aretha Franklin, Girls just want to have fun and Loveshack.
A video of the counter protest went viral on TikTok after feminist campaigner Gemma Clark said she and other activists had planned to 'give pro-life campaigners a taste of their own medicine'.
The clip received more than 100,000 likes, with many people asking for song requests at the next protest.
One person said: "Heroes don’t wear capes, they wear megaphones."
Another added: "Can we donate to get you an even louder speaker?"
Texas based group 40 Days For Life plan to operate daily protests outside of medical facilities offering abortions until April 2, with their 400 Scotland-based volunteers.
Similar protests have taken place outside other medical centres which offer abortion services across Scotland.
We previously told how a furious NHS consultant confronted the anti-abortion protesters on his lunch break.
Dr Greg Irwin told four protesters that they were upsetting patients and asked the group to leave but his pleas were ignored.
Members of the group can be seen holding banners featuring images of foetuses and slogans like 'Don’t be coerced into abortion'.
Leader Rose Docherty, from Bishopbriggs, previously told the Record she was recruited by the religious group 'through the pro-life grapevine'. She claimed the group stands across from facilities offering to 'help' women who she believes may be 'coerced' into abortion.
The action has sparked debate for many on the urgent need to bring in harassment-free buffer zones around clinics through legislation.
Greens MSP Gillian Mackay said: “The anti-choice protests targeting clinics are designed to intimidate and harass those seeking access to basic healthcare. This is unacceptable and has no place in a modern Scotland, yet it continues to happen all over the country.
"This shows exactly why we need to introduce buffer zones for the protection of patients and staff, and why I’ll be taking forward my buffer zones bill in the Scottish Parliament at the earliest opportunity.”
40 Days for Life did not respond to the Record.
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