tee on abortion.
and imprisonment against the organisations.
The National Abortion Campaign at once made it clear that they had nothing to hide. A statement issued at their press conference said. a tne aruments that abortion is medically damaging nave been reruted, anere is no evidenco that abortion is psychologically damaging.
Dr Berry Beaumont, a member of The anti-abortion charade in Parliament was dealt a blow last week by the decision of the National Abortion Campaign and fifteen other pro-abortion organisations - including the Socialist Medical Association and the National Union of Students - not to give evidence to the rump Select Commitbe referred to the Privileges Committee of the Commons, which could take action including fines the NAC Steering Committee, demonstrated that the overall death rate from legal abortion in England and Wales was Tour per iou.uuu. wane for cany abor weeks) it was as low as two per 100.000 The death rate from child birth was 11 NAC will be considering proposals This challenge to the authority of Parliament immediately caused the matter to to rounce a workers report m CounCE position to the pre-judged results of the selec committee waca Is now composed entirely of anti-abortion MPs. The NAC will be calling on representatives from the TUC and Labour Party to back a tribunal which will produce an alternative report on aborThe report will have to deal with the massive impact cuts in the NHS are naving on aborton provision. ne fight must start in the localities to gain all possible information on the impact of economies on abortion and contraception facilities. Activists should demand tne opening or the books and plans of health authorities to draw up a programme of action to meet any such moves. The centralisation of these sorts of actions is a burning need for the alternative enquiry to the Select COTHECE step, counterposing the democracy of the workers movement to the fraud of a Parliamentary Committee which has no other purpose but to restrict Turtner me limited provisions onerce to women under the 1967 Abortion Act.
powered Privileges commitce to take action against those who refuse to give evidence to this rump, Angla Phillips of NAC spelled it out loud and clear at the Press conterence 3 April, because that is when the NAC whole of the National Abortion Cam paign. Then they should come to Tralalgar Square, where we shall be ending - so concerned This move by the NAC is a positive As to the threat posed by the high- WOTHCH Let them do so on and other forces will be marching through They should subpoena the WEEKLY