WILLIAM BENYON is the son of an Admiral in the Royal Navy. He is a Powellite, owns an estate acres.
Parliament. Impressive tions for an enemy of the working class.
For it is William Benyon in whose name a parliamentary Bill is to go forward which represents one of the most serious attacks on democratic rights likely to be seen in 1977. The Bill aims to restrict the right of women to control their own bodies; it is an anti-abortion Bill.
For number of abortionists have been systematic, well-financed campaign to overthrow the gains of the 1967 Abortion Act. In 1975 there was the vames wnie bir Last year I was the Select Committee on Abortion.
The White Bill was dropped, the Select Committee was boycotted by pro-abortionists. the new Benyon Bill is in part based on the Select Committee proposals, and it will be a lot more sophisticated and carefully worded than the James White Bill.
It is expected that the Bill will ban abortions after 20 weeks, stipulate inat te two doctors autorsing ar abortion should not be for doctors who are objectors to perrorming abortion.
Also under attack are the charitable institutions which advise on abortion rights and services and to which many women are forced to go because of lack of National Health Service facilities.
Those who try to deny a woman's riaht to choose in this way are not of 2,000 qualificaWilley, tailed Cabinet Minister its parliamentary Now Willey contempt for years antiwaging ference policy.
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anywhere else. lead is one connected iousness, 'conscientious minster. While opposition ment ABORTION RIGHTS THREATENED who have agreed to sponsor the Bill. Thev are James vnite and Leo Abse long-time opponents of abortion; lan and Justice of the Peace; and Fred present Willey is vice-chairperson or me cabour rary eason Committee, one of whose tasks is to Haise between te Labour ranty and representatives. has Snown policies agreed nationally by the Labour Party sponsoring a Bill which is in fundamental opposition to Labour's congone against the of ScienManageria sponsors him as an An AS MS officia told Red Weekly, 'our policy is to fully support a woman's right to choose'.
and these other Labour traitors nave no rant to represent the Labour Party, in Parliament or But the attack they which all militants should take with the utmost serBill has a real chance of becoming law unless a massive campaign is mounted.
This campaign must break out of the parliamentary confines of Westall Labour Party militants should demand a threeline whip against the Bill in Parlia ment, the best chance of scuttling the Benyon proposals is if there is a massive organised grounaswer ol workers moveThis means sending resolutions Constituency Labour Parties, streets on the issue; most urgently it means building support for the Tribunal on Rights on vanuary:
Throughout all these activities, let the demands ring clear and loud:
Remove all Labour MPs who support the Beyone Bill Free Abortion on Demand, the National Health Service!
For a Woman's Right to Choose! On page 2 Toni Gorton explains what lies behind new threat to women's abortion rights.
keeping Labour in on and Methven. workforce.
rested, car. workers occupation Methven (left) and Watkinson. Their plan for '77 coincides with Jones'. stop this disastrous collaboration with the Labour Government. Far fron Power, as Jack Jones claims, the TUC-supported policie of this Government are preparing the way for a mass abstention of Labou voters at the next election and the return of the Tories.
The second item must be a policy which defends all workers from the effect of inflation. Only by fighting for immediate automatic compensation fo price rises — a sliding scale of wages — can the responsibility for inflation b put where it belongs, on the backs of those who are represented by Watkinso Conference on incomes policy - see page 3 HER HWING NANOMALAS sociation for Freedom has been giving advice and assistance managements at the strike-hit Linton Lodge and Randoiph Hotels in Oxford since the beginning of the disputes in November.
Members of the Transport and Genera workers onion nave oee! out on strike for union recognition for nine weeks. The intervention of the NAF comes at a time when are also the moving torce behind Grunwick management in London, who are resisting a similar demand by their largely black Harassment of the strikers has increased apace. Two weeks ago, Eric Hoyle-Mills, a member of the Randolph strike committee, became the seventh picket to be arallegedly for damaging a from the Linton Lodge Hotel were evicted from ineir start quarters arter a orie and yet aner nume weeks me worker are determined not to accept vicamusaon, An emergency mecene District Trades Council last Thursdav heard mo sympathetic action T&GWU in Oxford and for a blacking of all trust Houses Forte companies, especially Gardner Merchants, the caterers in all British Leyland canteens.
Geoff Hulett, the T&G district organiser responsible for the disputes, has promised to light tor this sort of action on the union Finance & General Purposes Committee, and to consider the call for an emergency District Committee meeting if necessary.
But such promises are nothing new for the strikers. Three weeks ago union leaders promised to back sympatnenc action by can teen workers in the Cowley car plant i there was no progress in negotiations; but this was quickly changed to a call for a meals boycott by car workers Naulona. support urgently needed in this dispute. These disputes are a test case for low paid badly organised workers everywhere.
The ferocity with which Trust Houses Forte and the secret society ol the NAt are ligning tnis battic in Oxford widest
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