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In rejecting the Working Women's Charter, for instance, the General Council of the TUC argued that abortion was not an appropriate matter to be within a Charter for the whole trade union movement." Barbara Castle's opposition at the Labour Party Conference to the resolution on the NHS, which included the abortion clause, is another indication of the real attitude of the Labour leaders to these resolutions.
When the Report of the Select Committee considering White's Bill was published, it was easy to see why Harold Wilson had previously informed the National Abortion Campaign that he, and the Government as a whole', were awaiting the Report 'with great interest" Nowhere did the Report make any suggestions on how to improve and extend sate abortion facilities on the NHS. Instead it catalogued a whole series of measures which would mean more restrictions on existing counselling serWOMEN